Moving Along and Babies everywhere

So on May 15th they finally broke ground at the Rock'n K and 4 days later on Saturday they put the forms up. Nothing more to be done until the following week. 
On Sunday while sitting on the mini mansion porch looking to the west we saw this dark line of clouds coming towards us. Yay we might get some badly needed rain.That line looks a little angry.

At the same time Bubba our builder said he was coming our way to do some marking off and measuring. David told him we'd call if it started raining.

Then in minutes that line of rain hit. A minute later Bubba called back and said never mind that he'd just come up early Monday morning to make sure the forms were done right and measurements were okay. He ran into that line of rain 8 miles down the road.
As bad we needed this rain I didn't want it to interfere with the next phase of the building process. I was wondering what it would be like at the mini mansion in the rain. Now I know ...relaxing.


Of course now that we're making some progress the weather has decided to give us rain for every day for the 5-7 days.

But have no fear the guys came in between Monday and Tuesday to lay the re bar. 

Then plumber and the electrician came in and stubbed up before the guys got there to pour the concrete. Bubba sent us a picture of the rebar and stub ups on Thursday May 24th then at 3:41 AM Friday the 25th, yes I meant AM they started pouring the concrete.  The foundation, garage and car port are poured. Yahoo.

Wish we could have been there. Bubba tells us normally they send about 8 trucks at a  time but they had 22 cement trucks lined up and ready. No waiting for trucks. They were all there at once.  That would have been a sight to see.

They finished the pour by about 7:30 am I'm told. WOW

David went up Saturday the 26th while I went on a mission looking for a door to use for the pantry. Damn Pinterest and the ideas you get in your head. I was thinking I wanted a door with a half window that I could frost and then put the word "pantry" on it. Pamela was off that day so she was my co-pilot. The doors I was finding were only 32" or smaller but I needed  36" or the doors had too much rot. Grrrr. We've picked out our doors and windows thus far for the interior and exterior but we still have time to change or tweak our choices. I'm sure that will happen. 

So while I'm at work Friday I get this text from my Nephew Zachariah in Missouri saying "It's a boy!"  Umm what's a boy.. Yes his son Carson is a boy who is already 7 but then I scroll down and see this picture.  I'm thinking Wait! What?! So text back going did I miss something? I've only seen a couple pictures of his wife and didn't notice her being PG but guess what she is. Bad Zachariah forgot to mention to me and his cousin Pamela that they were even expecting. How Rude. I guess I still love him. LOL

It must be something in the air. His older brother Jeremiah and wife Melissa had a Baby Girl on May 27th

She's so sweet looking. In this picture looks like her Momma.  Her big brother Becket who looks his Dad seems to be pleased with his new sister   So Precious.

It's raining great Great Nieces and Nephews.  LOL. We found out a couple of months ago my Nephew Nathan here in Houston is having a baby too. They found out they're having a boy.

Everyone is growing up and having babies. 

So Back to my door search. Pamela and I hit a couple more antique shops in College Station that my friend told me about but still no worthy door. Our next stop is about 50 minutes away. Pamela knew of a shop called Leon's in Mart, TX. She's always wanted to go in but never had the chance. OK this place could get me in trouble.  Lots of neat things and the pricing doesn't seem too bad either. There seems to be a little wiggle room in their pricing.
I saw this cool piece. I had to take a picture of it to send to a co-worker Michelle. She really likes this stuff too. She just bought something like this to hang in her house. I need to bring David back here that's for sure when we get the house built.

Then as I walk down the aisles I see my kind of eye candy. Sewing items. Oh boy I could be in trouble. Actually Pamela saw the sewing machine first and pointed it out. And buttons, scissors and spools oh my!
I even saw a small dresser just down the aisle that would look really nice in a guest room at the farm house that isn't even built yet. LOL
Then something else caught my eye. It was a Singer sewing machine in a box with the machine inside.
The young man said he thought it still worked.

I'm bad. I can't tell you the year or anything like that but I liked the looks. I don't plan on using it except to display. I liked it well enough to just buy it right then.   It looks something like this.  I left it at Pamela's and didn't take a picture of any kind of it.  I'll have to do that this weekend when we drop Lilley off for stay. Maybe even look a little harder for a year it was made.

So it was getting late in the day and I still hadn't seen what the foundation looks like. I mean I know concrete is concrete but this concrete is the foundation to our house to be.
WOW.. Really is this gonna be big enough to have 3 rooms across the front of the house? LOL David got frustrated with me when I said that because we did measure a couple of times. I'm pretty sure Bubba knows what he's doing. That's why we chose him.
Did you know you have to water your concrete to make it grow?  LOL Just kidding. Actually you water to help it cure and keep from cracking as it drys. It seems crazy doesn't. You water something so it will dry/cure. 



I took this picture standing at the end of will be the car port. It's starting to feel real. I might have stepped off the car port pad and sink in mud up over my ankle. I was aiming for the spot where I had stepped up originally but that didn't happen.  David had to hose me off. I thought Pamela was gonna fall over laughing at me. Brat. LOL


Friday night we started June off with dinner with our friends Larry and Sylvia at Crossroads Tavern for all you can eat catfish and all the fixin's.  Yum Yum

Time flies when you're having fun. We got there at about 6:15 and before we knew it, it was after 8. We didn't get home until 9:30. We're rebels out so late. Just kidding.





David got up early on Saturday to go to the farm. He had trees to water and things he wanted to get done. He's a busy man.
I stayed home and went to visit my Mom and Joe. 
She and I went to lunch and shopping. Needed to get her out of the house for a while.  

We went to the 105 Cafe in Conroe on none other than Hwy 105. This is small little cafe where we've been to before for lunch and so far we've never been disappointed. This trip I decided to try their Mexican salad. This salad was huge. And very tasty.


Our next stop was Quilters Quarters just down the road from the cafe. I needed some fabric for a backing for a little quilt I'm working on. Thanks to the help of the sales clerk I think I picked out a colorful Kaffe Fassett fabric for the backing. I also bought a pattern for a frog that Mom thought was so cute. She wants it out of my western fabric.  We'll see what I can do to accommodate her. 
Then on down the road to Kerr's Western Interiors where I found the perfect sign to put over a door to the pantry. I can stop looking for a vintage door to use and just pick something from the builder. Pamela used to use our pantry as a Grocery Store when she first graduated. Not so much any more. LOL I love this sign. It came home with me. David like it too. He approved of my purchase. Mom went home with a new necklace.
One more stop. Don't want to wear her out. I did ask how she was feeling and she said great. A lot of times she'll get tired really quick..... We stopped at the Rancher's Daughter. It's has home decor, clothing, jewelry and wine.  Yep wine. I grabbed a bottle of Sweet Red and Mom walked out with 2 new tops.
It was getting late and I needed to head home to let the pups out for a potty break and feed them. Trust me these little gals let me know when they are hungry.

Mom and I had a wonderful day out shopping and talking. Today was one of the best days since this pre-dementia stuff started. I kinda think we're in the middle if I'm honest with myself. Not impressed with this disease and dread what will come down the road. I hope it's far down the road but....
Sunday was a day for vacuuming, quilting and relaxing.

Wow I'm all caught with my adventures finally. Feels good. Now if I can just stay on top of it but Life and adventures get in the way.

So until my next blog post....