H/G/B *House/Garage/Barn

Ugh. That about sums up my feelings on building.

We have great credit, minimal debt and make payments on time for the debt we have. Is it good enough? Just barely, or so our bank says. (Excuse me credit union). It took 2 full months to get approved and close on our construction loan. Then our mortgage officer asked if we were going to make a draw at closing--after not returning calls and putting us off for a month and a half when we started pressing for a closing date. Uh, no Scott, we are not going to make a draw. We couldn't start because you wouldn't tell us when our closing would be....

Anyways, we made it through that. Thank God. And now we are going to get our slab poured this week. Basically, this is how our building project has gone: Hurry up and get our part done because the contractor is on a tight schedule. Wait an inordinately long time for the contractor to do his part. Contractor tells us something he needs done before he can even start. Hurry up again. Wait again. After really long wait, contractor goes on vacation. Will do it when he gets back. He gets back and pushes it off to next week.

As you can see, I'm frustrated. We are at the end of September and I don't even have a cement slab to call home, let alone four walls and a roof. My birthday is next month and we will still be living with my in-laws. (As I've mentioned before, I don't mind living with my in-laws, but it's my birthday and we are still newlyweds. Plus, for those of you who know me, I'm quite independent. *Deep Breath.

Ok. Now that I've ranted. Supposedly, we will at least be able to camp out in sleeping bags in our new h/g/b by Thanksgiving (aka Hunting Season). This is good. Also, we are finally seeming to make progress. I will post a progression of pics from the past month or so at the end of this post.

Other than that there is one contractor we have worked with that I will recommend with no qualms whatsoever. PGA out of Weston, WI. I cannot say enough good things about them. Quick to send out our estimate, on time with work, very reasonable prices. I would steer any and all business their way that I could. They are awesome. They call to check on where we are if they haven't heard from us in a while, and answer my questions when I get confused--they even steered us to our well driller. If you need a quote for anything related to plumbing or septic (the two things we had them do) go to this website. They also do heating, cooling, electrical, excavating and insulation. They are amazing.

Hope you have a great week. I'm planning on it. Meanwhile, duty calls to the Annie Nannie. :)

ps-what would you think if I opened a bakery? Let me know. TTFN. :)

The Summer of 2012

Well Summer has come and gone. It was so busy. We took two trips out of state. One to North Carolina for my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary--this is Me and A with them at their party. Us married for almost exactly a year and them at 60! WOW!

We had super fun in North Carolina--it was the first time A had met most of my Dad's family. We also got to go the the museum of Natural History (Museum=Love for A) and got to explore the Battleship North Carolina. This next picture was the following weekend back in Wisconsin. We went up to my favorite place on earth...AKA the Cottage...for our first wedding anniversary. 

This gets us through June. The last weekend in June/first weekend in July we moved from our house. We actually moved in with my in-laws (don't worry, I don't mind living here--and we actually moved in to my old room--long story). During July, we closed on our construction loan, FINALLY! We also put our house on the market and as I mentioned before, Moved. Busy month. 

August was busy too! First weekend, one of my very good friends got married in Milwaukee. Above is the picture of me and A at the Milwaukee Zoo! I had never been to a real zoo before so it was really really exciting! Below is my hairstyle from the wedding--LOVED IT! (I stood up in the wedding in case you didn't guess.)

The last hurrah of summer was our trip to the UP of Michigan with my brother. Yes, my husband and brother are wearing matching clothes. No, it was not planned (or so they say). :) Anywho, this pic is at Miner's Falls in Pictured Rocks National Park and is basically the only picture from my camera from all of vacation. It was super fun, but when you are having that much fun, who has time for pictures?

As  you can see our summer was crazy busy and now we are moving on into fall. Hopefully, next week I can catch up on blogging the progress of the h/g/b (House/garage/barn for those slow at picking up on acronyms). We are actually making progress! Woohoo! Until next week, TTFN. :) Tata for now.