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Sunday morning at the home site 4.4.21

Posted on April 5, 2021 by robynbird

Sunny and warm on Easter morning at ‘the house’ this week.
All the brick is finished. Of course, one of the front windows is now broken, so it’s always something, right?

garage

The entire house is drywalled now!

main level

Mike and Josie met us at the house this week. We haven’t seen each other since Labor Day weekend and it was wonderful to hug our friends after so long!
(three of us have had both our covid vaccines and the other has had their first with the second scheduled for Monday next)

Y’all this house becomes more real each week! Soon though, it’ll be locked up and we won’t be able to wander around it on Sunday mornings. But soon enough after that we’ll spend each Sunday morning there, and we couldn’t be happier!

Categories: around the house | Tags: construction, construction site, creating a home, it's all happening, love my life, new build, new construction, new home, YBW | 6 Comments

a tune for Tuesday vol 117

Posted on March 30, 2021 by robynbird

Every single time I hear this song I feel so much dang joy!
Check out this fun vid for Hold Me Down by The Happy Fits
Let me know what y’all think!

Please listen responsibly.

Categories: music | Tags: Hold Me Down, i dig music, music, The Happy Fits, tune for Tuesday | 2 Comments

Sunday morning at the home site 3.28.21

Posted on March 29, 2021 by robynbird

We have brick on the front of our house, y’all!

And the stacking doors are finally in the living room.

The bathrooms are beginning to come together.

hall bath

main bath shower

We found a couple of problems at our pre-drywall inspection meeting, all of which will be fixed to our specifications.
The sales team sent their weekly email yesterday. Looks like drywall installation is scheduled to begin the end of this week/beginning of next week.
At this point, we’re just waiting on the letter with the final walkthrough and settlement dates.

OHMYGOODNESS!!

Categories: around the house | Tags: construction, construction site, creating a home, it's all happening, love my life, new build, new construction, new home, YBW | 2 Comments

would you rather – partie treize

Posted on March 24, 2021 by robynbird

have a bottomless box of Legos or a bottomless gas tank
Bottomless gas tank.
Oh the place’s I’ll go…

have unlimited sushi for life or unlimited tacos for life

go back to age 5 with everything you know now or know now everything your future self will learn
I’m not sure five year old anyone is capable of managing the emotional weight of knowing what adult them knows. I’m choosing knowing now what future me will know.

see what was behind every closed door or be able to guess the combination of every safe on the first try
While it sounds kind of cool, in reality, how much access do or will I have to random safes? But I come across doors every day of my life. I choose doors.

have all your clothes fit perfectly or have the most comfortable pillow, blankets, and sheets in existence
Perfectly fitted clothes all day every day.

Categories: me | Tags: fun, playful, thought provoking, would you rather | 6 Comments

a tune for Tuesday vol 116

Posted on March 23, 2021 by robynbird

I’ve been listening to Orange Light for a few months now and can’t shake my like for it.
It has a bit of Yardbirds vibe about it with that twangy 1960s sounding guitar, but also a quite modern sensibility.

Check out this 2014 track from Cool Ghouls album A Swirling Fire Burning Through The Rye.
Let me know what y’all think.

Please listen responsibly.

Categories: music | Tags: Cool Ghouls, i dig music, music, Orange Light, tune for Tuesday | 5 Comments

Sunday morning at the home site 3.21.21

Posted on March 22, 2021 by robynbird

And then there was brick.
And a good color brick not that gross color brick like the house next to ours!

Pre-drywall inspection meeting is Tuesday afternoon and I know of two things that need to be fixed. Placement of the light cluster in the dining room and the lack of rain shower in our bathroom.
Of course, the giant stacking doors still aren’t in…
It’ll be interesting to see what they say about that.

We should get a completion date Tuesday. Even if it’s approximate, at least we’ll know better than we do now.
We’re so excited!

Categories: around the house | Tags: construction, construction site, creating a home, it's all happening, love my life, new build, new construction, new home, YBW | 4 Comments

adventures with Birdie and Papa

Posted on March 17, 2021 by robynbird

When mommy and daddy are away, Baby K will play.
Or as her Papa said, “When it’s just you and Birdie and me, we’re going to party like rock stars.”

Thing 1 and Husband N did a two day – one night trip to celebrate Thing 1’s birthday. Then it kind of became a bit of celebration for buying their first house. It was also a bit of utilizing the built in childcare YBW and I can provide.
Thing 1 remarked that going on a minibreak two weeks before closing on their house was chock full of irony, but it was already planned and she was excited.

Saturday morning Papa read every book in the basket in Baby K’s room, then she and I colored with markers at the kitchen table before we went to the playground at our neighborhood elementary school. The first thing she did was fall off the stairs on the slide. (grandparent fail?)
I think she was more scared than hurt and even with the snuggles and kisses and mulch removal, she was unsettled. Not the best way to begin our adventure, but she rallied and chose to be adventurous.

She struggled to climb up through the tube, but with Papa pushing from the bottom, and Birdie pulling from the top, she made it!
Then there was lots of giggles going down the slide on the other side.

She “quack quack(ed)” at all the birds and said, “Hi!” to the airplane flying by.

When we got home from the playground, we had lunch then watched some of Moana.
After her nap, she played in her media table, which is currently filled with a variety of beans.
She had pizza for dinner, but not just any pizza, pepperoni rolls which are kind of like garlic knots and stromboli had a delicious baby. And she loved it!

She had such fun exploring at the new house Sunday morning. She’s got a penchant for picking up construction debris and finding creative ways to use it.
She found this empty caulk tube and turned it into a scope. (yes, we brought it home and washed it for her to play with)

We blew bubbles on the porch after lunch. Well, we didn’t blow them, the bubble blowing machine did. Baby K and the dogs danced and chased and popped so many bubbles!
Her mommy and daddy got home about ten minutes after she woke from her nap

Y’all, we had such fun with that girl!
How fortunate we can provide childcare for her parents at the same time getting to spend such precious and sacred time with our granddaughter.
Birdie and Papa FTW!

Categories: love | Tags: Birdie and Baby K, caregiving, fun, grandbaby, granddaughter, love, Papa and Baby K, sacred time, YBW | Leave a comment

a tune for Tuesday vol 115

Posted on March 16, 2021 by robynbird

I came across this song quite by accident.
The more I hear it, the more I find myself enjoying it.
What do y’all think?

Check out Disco Kitchen by Gardens & Villa

Please listen responsibly.

Categories: music | Tags: Disco Kitchen, Gardens & Villa, i dig music, music, tune for Tuesday | 2 Comments

Sunday morning at the house 3.14.21

Posted on March 15, 2021 by robynbird

Y’all!
We have insulation up in here.

Below the rooftop decks is spray insulation.

That’s the guest room, so when folks come to stay they’ll be nice and cozy under the small front roof deck.

The bricks are stacked up out front, but those huge stacking doors for the living room still aren’t in.

The pre-drywall inspection is scheduled for Tuesday next. According to my (half-assed googling) research it’s only 60-75 days to closing after that meeting! (Eep!)

Categories: around the house | Tags: construction, construction site, creating a home, it's all happening, love my life, new build, new construction, new home, YBW | 2 Comments

all packed up

Posted on March 11, 2021 by robynbird

Around lunchtime Friday last, Thing 1 and Baby K sat with me on the porch and watched as a truck dropped this storage box in the driveway.

I’ve been packing for about six weeks or so in preparation for paint and new flooring before we put our house on the market.
All the books, everything from the dining room, art and photos, and other miscellaneous items went into the back bedroom.

Furniture, holiday storage containers, and other larger items went into our front living room.

We worked our asses off Saturday.
Husband N helped with heavy lifting.
Thing 1 made sure we were hydrated and fed all day.
Baby K drew with chalk in the driveway, sang and danced, and kept us going with random hugs, and shouting “Cheehoo” when excited. (She’s currently obsessed with Moana)
We actually got most everything into the storage box and stopped work at about four Saturday afternoon.

When YBW and I came home from the new house Sunday morning, we made a quick breakfast and got to work.
I spent the majority of my time in the storage container utilizing my mad skills.
Thing 1 was my right hand man.
Husband N and Baby K chalked in the driveway and helped YBW bring things to be packed.
We finished loading everything before two o’clock.

All that’s left in our house now is what we’ll use to stage the house when it goes on the market, and what will go to Thing 1 and Husband N’s house at the end of the month.
The painter’s estimate came back in a price range we liked and they’ll get to work the beginning of April. As soon as they’re finished, the flooring guys will get in here and we’ll be ready to go.

I’m so happy to put away the packing tape dispenser and color coding labels. Of course I haven’t actually stopped working. I’m taking advantage of the nice weather this week to weed and mulch the foundation beds before everything starts growing.
But after that I’ll stop and be still for a moment.
Until it’s time to help Thing 1 and her family move to and get settled in their house.