A very productive day.....

We started the day off making some decisions with John.  1st on the list was the roof.   John showed up this morning with a bunch of roof samples (basically different colors to choose) because they no longer make the one we have (OBVIOUSLY -- that's the way we roll) it was discontinued.  While the choices kinda look similar, they are pretty different.  And since we don't need a new roof on our existing house,  the bottom line is they won't match.  So we decided to pick the closest color and then have John remove the back of the existing roof and put new up..... so it looks good from the back.  That way when we do re-do the existing roof (in about 10 years or so) we only have to worry about the front.   We also found out that there aren't any "roofers" as I said in my last entry....John will be wearing his "roofer hat" (I've come to find out he wears many hats) and doing it himself....well with Craig and Mike of course.    And like magic....all the roofing material was delivered within a few hours!  DONE!

Next up was deciding if we want the basement windows to be pull outs or sliders.  We chose pull outs.   DONE!

Next was siding.  I don't think I did an entry on the siding changes we made.  So here's the short of it.  We decided on vinyl instead of Hardie Plank.   With all of the "problems" we've had so far and the additional money spent to fix them.....we had to make some cuts.  The biggest cut we made was siding.  We didn't want to, but we didn't have much of a choice.   So vinyl it is..and we are still going with green!  So today we had to decide on the size and the type of trim.   We will be going with regular siding on the whole house and then shakes (shingle type siding) on the new dormer upstairs.  DONE!

We also asked John to change the location of the door to the master bath. It's going on the angled wall in the bedroom! DONE!

















We also discussed the kitchen because Joe and I are finalizing the cabinets tomorrow (YIPPPEEE) and off to work John went, Joe went golfing and I went to visit my sister in law and nieces!

When I came home around 1:30 (I left around 11am).....I opened the front door and it sounded like the guys were working inside our house, upstairs.  I was hoping nothing happened and no one fell thru the ceiling (even though they were done with that part).  I went to the bottom of the stairs and looked up.....

OH MY GOD......HUGE HOLE IN MY WALL!!!!!  But it was supposed to be there!  :) 

They cut thru the existing house to "tie together" where the hallways will meet!  I had no idea this was happening today....but it did, and it was exciting!  They did board it up until a later date...



















And finally,  they removed the window in our existing bathroom.  This left us with only 2 windows upstairs, and no pictures or frames or anything on any walls b/c every time they bang..everything falls off!  :) 



















EYE ON THE PRIZE.......

~Gianna~