Monthly Archives: December 2024

Pre Construction Meeting

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December 18, 2024

We drove to Magnolia today and the fog was horrendous. We drove to our new street and there were already 8 houses that had been started. We were there just two weeks ago and there was only 1 started at that time. These people move very fast.

We had our pre-construction meeting with the project manager, Zach Chilton, and Kristi Wells. Zach was a really nice, energetic guy. He listened to anything we brought up and answered all our questions. We decided against putting the LVP in the master bedroom for now. We added an outlet outside that will be controlled by a switch inside for Christmas lights, a flood light on the back corner of the house that will be able to point to the back yard and the side of the house where the generator will be, 3-drawer cabinets on both sides of the stove, blocking for hanging the tv in the living room, and blinds throughout the house. I decided we really need the blinds to be done by them because it will be a while before we hang curtains. We finished the meeting with paying 25% of all the options we put on the house. They can now start on building the house. This all seems so unreal, lol. I’m so excited to get the ball rolling!

December 7, 2024

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We drove back to Spring this morning to bring the dogs to Lori’s and pick her up to head to the Design meeting in Escondido. We were planning on telling Kristi that we needed to consider a cheaper house or change some things on the Conway. Things are getting real and this is super scary. We had her take out the flooring update in the master bedroom so it will now have carpet. I was considering going to a lower inspiration package to lower the cost but we decided we wouldn’t be happy with the selections it came with. We both have our hearts set on that deep green tile in the master bathroom and I love that quartz island that comes with the Caves inspiration. The price only came down $5000 but we decided to go for it. We’ll probably need to put more on the down payment but we’re okay with that. I’m horrible at design and color matching so picking the brick, garage door, and paint colors was painful. Ricky likes dark brick and I like light brick. He told me to pick whatever I wanted. I went with a textured brick rather than a regular flat brick and a light stone with some splashes of rust in it. I let Ricky pick the color of the garage door and paint trim. The inside of the house will all be white and we’ll probably paint some of the walls before we move in. We also intended to ask Kristi to throw in blinds throughout the house and, of course, we forgot to ask about them. We are one step closer in this process, yay! Next will be a pre-construction meeting on December 18th. We’ll meet with the builder and confirm anything that we want added. We’re going to ask about moving the clothes rod in the master closet and adding a second rod and adding a table in the laundry room to have something to fold clothes on. We’ll possibly have them do the blocking and whatever else to have the TV mounted on the wall and wires not showing. This is a very stressful process, lol. I’m thankful that David Weekley has gone to the Inspiration packages and I didn’t have to go to a design center and pick out all the individual items for the interior. That would’ve been a nightmare to me.

The stone is Cave Rock Chopped and the brick is Postrock King.

December 2, 2024

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It was a long week at work. Worked 3 12-hour days, a 13-hour day, and then 6 hours on call. We did get a lunch break the first 3 days, which was a treat after so many months of not having enough staff to take one. I don’t ever go anywhere for lunch, but it is a nice break out of the office for an hour. It was nice seeing everyone after being off for a week. I’ll really miss my coworkers when I retire. Sunday working my on-call made me appreciate my team even more. My team has the same work ethic I have. We come to work to do our job, and when nothing is happening we socialize. The other team starts the day socializing and standing at each other’s desks then running when the phones are ringing off the wall. I can honestly say I’m not going to miss the feelings I have when I see the people not doing their jobs. We’re all getting paid to answer the phones, even if it’s annoying.

Advent is here and the first week symbolizes Hope. We can have hope in all of our circumstances because Jesus died to reunite us with God. God is always working everything for our good even when we face hardships. God is always faithful.

Although I no longer buy too much for Christmas, I believe I’ve completed all the shopping I’ll be doing. It’s so hard to buy for people these days. Everyone buys themselves anything they really want nowadays. The days of having to save up to buy something you’ve had your eye on are over. I miss the old days. Not to say I don’t appreciate that we don’t struggle the way we used to. Sometimes it just makes you enjoy what you buy when you’ve had to skimp and scrape to save up enough to buy something special. Hopefully, I’ve purchased items people don’t have and they’ll like what I picked out.