Any takers?!?!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
5 weeks to go...
'doors and paint and tile' oh my! ...and cabinets and stucco and grout now, too, but the grout's not in the pics. I'm sure it'll be really hard to imagine what it looks like with grout, but you'll have to try. We're pretty sure the stucco is not the color we picked out, but don't really care one way or the other. Maybe it will give us some bargaining power, though ;) We also realized yesterday they don't have any wires for a light fixture over the dining area! Good thing we check up on it frequently & can hopefully get all this fixed without pushing back our closing date
Thursday, January 21, 2010
What's up (lately) doc?
So far all of you out there waiting on pins and needles for us to post an update-we didn't take our camera out over Christmas at all! We had a blast, spending one week in Boston (my first time back since our wedding, which was nice) and New Year's week in Michigan. If you want to see more detail of Boston at least and you're not one of my siblings, I'll direct you over to the family blog links on the side here (and if you are a sibling, you've already seen all that so you don't need the help).
a great view...but that's always been there
plumbing (how dumb is this? Some new code says that copper piping has to stick out of the wall above the washer & dryer...NEVER seen that before. And not really a fan if you can't tell)
Stucco prep! This is a whole new thing for us. The CM was offended when Micah called this stuff chicken wire and told him how much tougher it was...so Micah called it 'turkey wire' and Dale just laughed.
and just for fun....isn't my hubby the cutest?
Since Christmas Break:
Windows, garage doors, painted trim & doors....
Windows, garage doors, painted trim & doors....
a great view...but that's always been there
plumbing (how dumb is this? Some new code says that copper piping has to stick out of the wall above the washer & dryer...NEVER seen that before. And not really a fan if you can't tell)
Stucco prep! This is a whole new thing for us. The CM was offended when Micah called this stuff chicken wire and told him how much tougher it was...so Micah called it 'turkey wire' and Dale just laughed. 
and just for fun....isn't my hubby the cutest?
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Christmas in Albuquerque
Friday night, my old companion in our ward, told us about this place, so we went up on Saturday night. These 2 homes are completely decked out!
Some fall projects
(Best-I finally finished mine!)
This is a little craft project we worked on up in Idaho Falls at Thanksgiving
Us girls hard at work in IF
our Christmasy home
and this 2nd pic will NOT delete for whatever reason, so you get a lights on/lights off comparison!
The lights were all synchronated to music...which you probably cant' hear
Some fall projects
(Best-I finally finished mine!)This is a little craft project we worked on up in Idaho Falls at Thanksgiving
Us girls hard at work in IF
our Christmasy home
and this 2nd pic will NOT delete for whatever reason, so you get a lights on/lights off comparison!
The lights were all synchronated to music...which you probably cant' heara work in progress....
Here's a little continuation of the post about our most likely new address:
It makes Micah nostalgic about when they built their home growing up
The view of the mountains and moon leaving the neighborhood one night
(and incidentally our windshield, too)
Micah pacing out the living room
Micah was especially excited to see the roof trusses go up. We almost missed it they did it so quickly!
Mainly finished! The entire building was framed in 7 days!!
Me in the living room, from the kitchen
We've looked at housing here since we got married last spring. This is a condo & townhome neighborhood just a few blocks from us that we've kept an eye on, but never really interested in. We started looking with a realtor again this fall and after a month or so of actually going through homes, we only found one that we were pretty excited about, but way on the other side of town (right now, Micah has a 5 min commute & I have a 2 min). When we were just about decided on that one, prices in this neighborhood, which had been slowly dropping since we'd seen them, suddenly dropped a dramatic $40K overnight, for a total $65K off the price they'd sold for last summer. After some deliberation, we decided that even though it was not really our dream to live in a condo or townhome ("The Office" fans will understand when I say we don't have the Michael Scott-condo-dream-complex), this was definitely the right thing to do for us, so we signed a contract on a townhome! ...which just means that we got to pick colors and have first dibs, but in the meantime if we find something better, we have no obligation to it until we close on it. The floorplan is not our favorite because the downstairs living area is not the most functional, but like I said, we're not staying in this thing forever so we're not worried about our starter home being a dream home- otherwise we are totally excited about it! We only share one wall/it's a 2-unit building. & like I said, since it's only a few blocks away, we keep an eye on it almost daily and it has been going up really fast! We'll soon have room for anyone that wants to come our way ;)
pouring the foundation & the cement truck
It makes Micah nostalgic about when they built their home growing up
The view of the mountains and moon leaving the neighborhood one night(and incidentally our windshield, too)
Micah pacing out the living room
Micah was especially excited to see the roof trusses go up. We almost missed it they did it so quickly!
Mainly finished! The entire building was framed in 7 days!!
Me in the living room, from the kitchen
We've looked at housing here since we got married last spring. This is a condo & townhome neighborhood just a few blocks from us that we've kept an eye on, but never really interested in. We started looking with a realtor again this fall and after a month or so of actually going through homes, we only found one that we were pretty excited about, but way on the other side of town (right now, Micah has a 5 min commute & I have a 2 min). When we were just about decided on that one, prices in this neighborhood, which had been slowly dropping since we'd seen them, suddenly dropped a dramatic $40K overnight, for a total $65K off the price they'd sold for last summer. After some deliberation, we decided that even though it was not really our dream to live in a condo or townhome ("The Office" fans will understand when I say we don't have the Michael Scott-condo-dream-complex), this was definitely the right thing to do for us, so we signed a contract on a townhome! ...which just means that we got to pick colors and have first dibs, but in the meantime if we find something better, we have no obligation to it until we close on it. The floorplan is not our favorite because the downstairs living area is not the most functional, but like I said, we're not staying in this thing forever so we're not worried about our starter home being a dream home- otherwise we are totally excited about it! We only share one wall/it's a 2-unit building. & like I said, since it's only a few blocks away, we keep an eye on it almost daily and it has been going up really fast! We'll soon have room for anyone that wants to come our way ;)
Saturday, November 14, 2009
BYU 24 UNM 19
Today's activity. This game was much closer than it should have been. They would have beaten us, had their kicker not stunk. He hit the pole THREE times!!! and one of his 3 point field goals got blocked. That's kind of embarrassing for us, seeing as UNM is possibly the worst team in the country! Go cougs!!
Look at all that blue!! I promise, there were ALMOST as many cougar fans as lobos!
Look at all that blue!! I promise, there were ALMOST as many cougar fans as lobos!
there's a good chance this might be our new address!!!
but nothing's for sure until closing in the spring, so we're not saying much about it
(except this, cause I'm kind of excited to move anywhere out of our 600 sqft apt)
(except this, cause I'm kind of excited to move anywhere out of our 600 sqft apt)
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