Week 7

So we are in the middle of week 7 of the construction of Pam's Place and we are thrilled to be able see the apartment take shape.  The drywall was hung this week and the guys have started taping and mudding.

 This is the view while standing at the front door.

 This is standing in the center of the apartment.

 This is the entry that leads to the foyer of our house.  She'll be using this to come and go while doing her laundry--the one thing we weren't able to negotiate into the apartment.

 This is the view standing at that same entrance.  The black box coming out of the corner will be where the wood burning stove will sit.

 This is standing in her bedroom.  The door on the left is her bathroom.  The door on the right leads to the living/kitchen area.

 And of course, this is the bathroom.  

 

The workers will be back later in the week to add the texture to the walls! 

Praise God! It is really taking shape now.

Next week is painting week.  In order to save a little money, they agreed  to let us do the painting. The walls, the trim and the doors will all need to get painted by Friday of next week.  Of course, God's sense of humor is shining through, since the painting can't start until Tuesday next week and they would like for it to be completed by Friday. Four days.  No problem.  The humor is that I am working Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next week!  He is sooo funny!  Seriously though, I am simply delighted we are this far and the project is on the downward slide.  While we were hoping to move her in during Spring Break, it looks like that might have to be postponed by a week or so.  So much for a spring break move-in and a spring break move out!  Although, through this entire journey, I have learned that God has a funny way of working things out, so it still just might happen!  While it has been a year with a few ups and downs, and we are all ready to have our homes back to normal, we are grateful that God has been so good and has grown us up in many areas of our lives.

I know I haven't shown many pics of the new garage throughout this journey, but let me give you a visual.  A large building of plywood with a muddy mess all around.  They have been at a stand still since framing out the garage due to a couple of unforeseen hiccups.  Yet, this week things started to rumble a bit and the roofer is here adding shingles while the weather is decent.  The entire front area had many drifts of snow from the past storms, and now that it's melting the yard is a complete mess.  The puppies don't seem to mind.  They love to track this dirt right onto my floors.  Ha Ha!  I guess it could be worse.  Not sure how, but I'm sure it could be worse!  I'll post some photos of the new garage in a day or two, when it changes a little bit more.  But for now, I am going to breath a sigh of relief that things are beginning to progress again!