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Well you guys planned well.... looks amazing!!!

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Well the trusses weren't set monday but they did set them today. Got all of the decking on but one sheet. I don't like where the window is on the gable end of garage so I think I am going to lower it around 8 or so inches. The garage is 24x26 with 10 foot walls and the bedroom above it is 12x24 but will have closets it that space. still moving along and oh yeah baby is at 36 weeks and 2 days. less than 4 to go. :) My wife ordered this shirt for him, she got online from Old Navy. I didn't know she ordered it and I think its pretty cool that she supports the hobby.

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Looking good! I agree on the window and really like the plans you have for the house!

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Coming along nicely.

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There has been alot done in the last few days. I have the garage completely wired and insulation in. I have most of the ceiling drywall done, just waiting to finish ceiling until I have the hallway from old house to new upstairs cut out. The outside is ready for the stone that is going below the eyebrow on front of garage and wrapping around corners. Soffit and siding should be up on garage and east side of house on wednesday.

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I know my truck is sitting funny in the last set of pictures but that is where they have dug out for the driveway. I am going to have them put a drain that runs the width of the garage about 18 inches in front of the doors, so they have dug down around 6 inches or so where my back tires a sitting.

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Lots of nice work here.

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that looks great
spent the weekend workin on my Bro-inlaws
his forms got poured last week

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Love the progress.... jealous over here in MO. :)

I know who I'm calling when we design our place.

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this is an awsome place your building .. never seen this part of the forum

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Those are some nice digs you are building there. I see two AZ plates there,one old and one of the later ones with and old corriente steer head possibly. Is there an AZ connection ?
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haha, well maybe if all of your other options fail :)

Thanks for all of the compliments, Its nice to see the progress and for others to give encouraging words.

My wifes grandma lives in Phoenix, we went out there this summer and a couple of board members gave me those. Great guys!!

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Here is the house as of today. I am very happy with it so far but have a long way to go. the outside of the garage is basically done. the stone for the front should come in next week and the masons should be here by end of next week as well. The concrete guys will are going to pour concrete on monday. My wife and I are going to pick out the front lights this weekend. Also added a picture of what the stone looks like that we ordered.

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What color is the siding? Gray or Blue?

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Next on the agenda for the outside of the house is the front porch. I am going to completely remove the old one and replace with a craftsman style porch. I have a new front door which i will be moving a little to the left and we are going to put a window on each side of the door. here is a picture of the windows that we ordered. Once porch is on and door and windows are in we will reside the front and the west side of house which is last side. All of this will have to wait until more is done inside.

I did get the new sliding patio door in today. it turned our really nice, its exciting to start having nice things after living in a garage for 6 years.

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its called flagstone. made by certainteed. I asked my wife today what we would describe the color of the house as when we have people looking for our house and we figured we would say blue-gray. I know that doesnt help much.

I think its more blue though

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Caught a glimpse of the wife in the picture of the window. :)

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yeah, she looks like a ghost :)

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Looking real nice. Great progress but i bet you will be even happier when it is done and you can sit back and enjoy it with the little one thats coming.

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Finally have the kitchen, dinning room, and laundry room ready to have sheetrock finished. I hired an employee of a neighbor that has been a sheetrock finisher for 35 years. He is going to start tomorrow. Our cabinets are supposed to be installed on Dec. 15 so we are going to go ahead and have these three rooms finished so that we can lay the tile. I don't want anything to hold up the cabinet guy so we are skipping around a little.

Oh and we have 12 days to due date. :)

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looking awesome

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First coat of mud went on today and the wife's belly!

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The apron in the driveway is poured and stone is here. hopefully it will go on house on monday.

Also started hangning siding on the garage that I built this summer. Finally!

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Did some dirt work over the last two days. Because the house is built on a slope we had to regrade the front and west side of house to help with drainage. We also regraded the driveway and put some rock I had pilled up down over the base we laid. Im not done with drive yet but at least my wife can drive up to the garage now. The masons surprised us and started setting the new stone front. They are going to finish up on monday. We LOVE the color, and it matches with siding and trim very well.

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Here is a picture of our back porch, I know its a mess but its covered storage right now, and a couple of the east side of our yard.

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Stone is finally done!

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Looks amazing !!!

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Thanks! Still have a long way to go, but we are getting there.

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Started laying the tile in the dining room and kitchen. Have to have it laid by wednesday because our Cabinets will be installed then. This is my first attempt at tile but a good friend is getting me started. Learning alot and starting to feel better about it. The tile is 6"x24" and looks like hand scraped wood flooring. We wanted wood but didn't want our dog scratching it, so we went with this. Oh and 4 days until our due date!

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The tile looks amazing!

Keep us posted on the arrival on that new addition. :) You've got my number.

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Took advantage of the warmer weather this weekend and finished the siding on 2 sides of the workshop. Going to finish the tile in the kitchen/dining room tomorrow night.

Due date for the baby is tomorrow. Doesn't seem that he is going to make his arrival then. We have an appt. on tuesday and if nothing has happened by then we are going to schedule for her to be induced. :metal:

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Looks good!

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Finished laying tile in the kitchen/dining room on Monday night. Still have to grout it.

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Cabinets came in and look incredible. They were so much more than we were hoping for. A dad of a friends friend built/installed them for us. The craftsmanship is amazing. Bad news is the counter top we have coming wont be in until january. The cabinets are natural hickory. we decided not to have them stained, but just clear coated. We went with the 8 ft. tall cabinets instead of standard 7ft, because we have 10 ft. tall ceilings in the house.

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Love the look of those cabinets.

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looks awesome!!

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Beautiful work!

Now where's that baby??? :D

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Thanks so much guys!

My wife was induced Friday morning and after 20 hours of labor, we had to have a C-section. Grayson was born at 12:42 this morning. 8 pounds 10 oz. It was truely the most incredible thing I have ever experienced. My wife worked so hard and was a trooper through it all. So far she is doing well, just very sore and tired and he is a healthy baby boy. :)

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Congrats on the new addition to the family. The house is coming along real nice
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Completely awesome!! The house is amazing, the cabinets, tile, and a new baby!! Very happy holidays to you!