Building the Dream: First Week of School

This week Nicholas was able to start school at the elementary school just across the street from our property.

Although the house isn’t finished yet, the school board granted permission for him to start the school year, which was a HUGE blessing, since transitions can be very hard for him. We really didn’t want him to have to switch schools just a few weeks into the year. Our builder expects to be finished in mid-October (only about 7 weeks left!).

So a week ago, my heart walked away wearing a little blue backpack.

As far as the house itself, the crew has been working hard to get the shingles on the roof. They finished the chimney and they are working on the front porch and the dormer that will be in the bonus room over the garage. 

We have been trying to hurry and put together the IKEA cabinets because we won’t have much longer now until they can start being installed. It was kind of slow-going for a while there. I kept commenting to Eddie how much I wished we had the cordless brad nailer that I got to work with at the Haven conference. Eventually, I stopped wishing and emailed one of the contacts I made at the conference. I felt kind of selfish asking for it because I had just won a bunch of their tools through a Twitter contest, but guess what? They sent me one!

I’m in love with my new Airstrike Nailer. Thank you, Ryobi!

It is perfect for putting together all of these cabinets while we are living in the apartment because we don’t have to worry about a noisy air compressor bothering the neighbors. (And I don’t know how we’d get the air compressor into the apartment anyway.) Previously, we had been using a hammer and nails to attach the back to each cabinet and that was taking for-freaking-ever. We have a ton of cabinets. The Airstrike makes it go SOO much faster. I already have several projects in mind for my new best friend once we get into the new house.

 Now if we could just fast forward through the next 7 weeks, I’d be all set!

P.S. Yes, I still like to rock my 15-year-old (holy cannoli, I’m getting old!) cheerleading tee from high school.

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