We Got Walls!

Our builder called on Tuesday to let us know that the floor trusses for the main floor were done and were going up (they are built in a shop and hauled to the lot). Heck, last Friday we didn’t even have a concrete floor in the basement so this was pretty exciting. We got a chance to drive out there Wednesday night and boy were we surprised.

Ok, so you know the movie Annie? (Yeah, who doesn’t?) There’s a scene where Daddy Warbucks decides to adopt Annie and all of the hired help is dancing around the mansion singing “We got Annie!”. It’s quite the scene (trust me).

Anyway, Dave and I were totally feeling that excitement. Imagine us dancing around singing “We Got Walls”! Ok, so maybe we weren’t dancing around and Dave definitely wasn’t singing that, but I was (I’ll admit such things – you all know I’m weird).

So, yeah, we got walls! The whole main floor is up; the second floor and roof trusses were sitting on the ground ready to go. It’s a fabulous sight. We haven’t been back out there yet, but we are assuming the rest of the house is up!

View looking in to the garage.

Standing in my shower. For those of you who remember, I could do this in my dorm room. One hand was on the loft bed and one was on the wall. Yep, my shower is almost as wide as my dorm room (trust me that this is something we should all strive for).

View from the great room looking up and out into the back yard.

Basement (from inside).

Basement (from outside). Note the three large windows - we'll talk about those later.

Pile of walls for 2nd floor.

More walls for 2nd floor.