It's Offcial

I know that everyone is been biting their nails in anticipation of the official announcement........will they, won't they? Just kiddin', practically everyone knows already anyway, but for those that need a phone call to keep appraised of my latest adventures----we pulled the trigger and are building the house. We made some pre final changes to the plans and handed over a wad of cash. It is both exciting and nauseating at the same time. I don't take major decisions very lightly even if I manage to pull off looking like I am taking it lightly. This decision has kept me awake many a night wondering what I am doing to the fate of my family. The usual stuff to worry about, schools, friends, ward, money, is a pool too dangerous, what if I hate my new kitchen, will I really like living out in the middle of nowhere when right now I am 2 min from everything anyone could ever need in life...............the list goes on and on.......Oh! How could I forget.........the whole selling my house burden. Yikes!

As if all this were not enough to send a person into a major fit of anxiety alone there's more, oh so much more! Nate's business partner is out of town for nearly 2 weeks, so Nathan is getting slammed at work which is getting him sick, then right when Chad gets back they are opening a practice here on the west side just down the street from our current house. Because they will have 2 practices in town this means also 2 overheads so, they need to hire another Dr to work at the east side practice with Nate. That is in negotiations currently. Let's see, what else. I am supposed to be getting my house ready to sell and we are leaving for Hawaii on the 26th ( I know, I know poor me right). I swear, everything in my life happens in a cluster.

So, do you wanna see a couple of pictures? I would scan the plans if I thought you would be able to catch the vision, but we have made so many changes to the small plans that I have that I don't think it gives an accurate depiction of the final house. I need to be able to shrink down the larger final plans to make them available for viewing.

In order of appearance we have, our lot. The angle of the picture is obstructing the fairly close mountain range right behind the mound of dirt. Where our house currently is we have an awesome view of the mountains, but they a farther away than they are in this lot. There isn't much we can do about being fairly close on each side to our neighbors (if we want a paved road, water instead of well and sewer instead of septic), but we have a 1/2 acre lot with no one behind us ever. 2nd Picture is the view of the mountains while standing in either the back of the house or the backyard, not really sure which. 3rd picture is just a representation of the style of kitchen that will be in my house. I am doing a stucco hood and I really love the color of the granite and cabinets and the tile work. 4th picture is the front door I want. I love the color, style and size. All of my interior doors and moldings will also be in this color and style. I will also have a tile mosaic in my front entryway. The entry way is an oval and then the rest of the flooring will be a dark hardwood.

There are many more fun features, but I don't want to bore anyone. It gets me gitty just thinking about it. Oh, the style of the house is Spanish Colonial if I didn't mention that before. I really need to get back to trying to clear out my office (my nemesis)to get it show ready.