What's Happened Today

The whole skeleton seems to be in place though I am a layman, so I could be wrong.This is a view of our room from the bathroom door.

Here is the bathroom and Ryan checking out the day's progress.

Here is the closet. Jay thinks it's too big. He is not the one who has basically had to move out of our current closet to make room for the other person's suits. I won't name any names, but I think we all know the girl is supposed to have most of the closet. He will love it when I get all the shelves and organizers in there for our shoes, hats, ties, belts, etc. Plus he won't have to get dressed in the dark anymore because he'll be able to close the door and turn on the light!

Here you can see the current roof under the new one. It's kind of weird. It does make me think of what a cool attic space we could have if they cut it out. You know like those ones they always show on tv with the rocker and the antique trunk of grandma's old stuff. For us that will just be dead space though. I'm cool with that, but I've always liked the mystique of those old attics. You might be able to see that they still need to cut the overhang of the current roof off and place studs up to the ceiling here and over the bathroom and closet areas.

It is shaping up nicely and it's starting to seem very real. Of course I've been dreaming up ideas for the new space forever, but now I really feel like this is going to happen. I think when the drywall goes up it will really start to feel like a room. I imagine the siding going up will make it feel like it is really part of our house. Right now it's kind of like a new engagement ring. It involves lots of promise and excitement, but it doesn't totally feel like a part of our lives yet.

Thursday's Progress

It's the end of the workday and the roof looks almost like a whole roof.

This is what it looked like this afternoon at lunch time...

A little pick me up for Jay at work:-)

Here is where things are now. This is probably the best shot to see the overall picture, but to get the whole picture you need to see the others too.


You can see the rib work (so to speak) of the roof is done.
I'm not sure if you can tell by this picture with all the wood going all different directions, but the framework for the bathroom and closet ceiling is in. Those two areas will have regular 8' ceilings, but the bedroom will have cathedral ceilings :-)

Lunch Time Report- Updated

This is where the guys left it at lunch time today. I know it's lunch time because they stayed here to eat today;-) Ryan chatted them up for a while when they were done. They told him the same thing every other construction guy has told him...Stay in school you don't want to do this for a living. Interestingly I always thought construction workers liked their jobs.

This is the left bedroom wall.

This will be our bathroom

Just past the bathroom if you can make it out through all the craziness is going to be my our walk in closet. I'm very excited about it, I've never had one before.

They are back at work now, so hopefully I'll have more to show you this afternoon!

Update:

Due to a sudden and torrential lightning storm all work stopped shortly after lunch. So there is not too much more to show, but you can see the roof line now. So it goes, so it goes.

Now for what you really want...

The lunch time progress report.
To really see the progress you have to look at it from our bedroom window which will soon not be there because it will be an interior wall. Instead it will be the end of the hallway that leads to the new addition. See how that works:-)






Jiminy Cricket it's hot out there! I walked in to the air conditioning after taking these pictures and realized just how incredibly hot it is! Those poor guys working out there in the sun. I wonder if they would take advantage of the sprinkler if I set it up for them.


Update: It appears the framers are actually done for the day. I saw them leaving around noon and it is now 2:15. That would be a pretty long lunch. I guess they called it a day because of the extreme heat. It's probably best because I'm hearing lots of thunder now. At least the storm should cool things off for tomorrow.

An Interesting Trip

We went to Target this morning. It was quite an interesting trip full of mommy decisions and child strife. It all started out well, everyone seemed in a good mood. We picked up a few things we needed. I even picked up a box of donuts because Ryan asked so nicely for them. Then we continued through the store browsing a bit as we made our way to the sunglasses on the other side. Ryan lost his second pair of the summer last week and we are going to the beach soon. That might not be enough to get me to buy them, but the pair I bought for myself at Target this year recently broke too, so I figured I'd get us both some. They didn't have the style I liked last time which is really upsetting because it is really hard for me to find sunglasses I like and look good on my face. I did end up getting Ryan some and these baby ones with an elastic band for Lily. I thought Lily should have those since the moment I got the plastic ones near her she grabbed them and almost bend the ear piece off. Plus the regular ones said for 3 and up and she still puts stuff in her mouth and breaks things regularly. Then it was time to get the cold stuff and go, so we headed back over to the other side of the store (yes I know, bad planning) to get milk, eggs, etc. On the way Lily spotted the donuts and had to have one in that way that only 1 years olds can. She cried. I tried to distract her, but she was focused on those donuts and no amount of bright, shiny, noisy objects were going to deter her from achieving her goal. She squirmed and wiggled to try to get her hands on the box. She screamed and pointed thinking I should hand them to her. I hate to give in to crying fits, but it was past snack time and people seemed to think stopping and blocking the aisle in front of me and my screaming baby was a great idea. It's really hard to maneuver a cart with a preschooler and a bunch of junk in the front while you hold a squirmy toddler that wants donuts. Finally I just opened the stinkin' box of donuts and gave one to Lily and one to Ryan to avoid his inevitable protest (that coincidentally started as I pulled out his donut, but stopped as soon as he realized it was for him). Sometimes you just have to give in a little to keep you sanity.

Before all the mayhem with Lily, on the way over to the sunglasses, I realized Ryan had reached a new stage in his little life and it's not a good one. I realized this at the pivotal moment when he said, "Mommy, I need more Thomas the Tank Engine trains because Friend Ben has more than me." And all at once I realize that he is now comparing himself to his peers. This could mean disaster. I told him that we don't need to have something just because someone else does, but he was not convinced. He then broke in to a chorus of, "Please, please, please!" This is not something he normally does and I've always tried to prevent this the same way my parents did, "It doesn't matter how many times you say please I'm not going to change my mind." Then of course latter I undo all the good I've done with that by completely caving when his sister begged (in her own way) for a donut. I'm hoping the bonus donut for him distracted him enough that he didn't put two and two together. ::sigh:: Erin, no offence, but I've seen your basement of unending toys and if this stage continues I'm not sure we will be able to come over and play, we can't afford it;-)

As an added bonus to this lovely shopping experience both kids fell asleep in the car on the way home. I was so pleased because I saw the framers heading out of the neighborhood for lunch as we pulled in and I thought I would have some peace and quiet. Of course Ryan had to squelch that magnificent dream by waking up as I carried him in and protesting quiet time. "I'm not tired!" has been whined at me so many time since then that I might just flip out. He has cried, screamed, made tons of excuses to come out of his room, lost dessert, TV and the pool this afternoon all in the time that I have written this post. All in the time that was supposed to be quiet and relaxing. It has not been so quiet or relaxing.