One Week to Go?!

For as long as we've been going through this process, there's never been a time where it didn't feel like there wasn't a ton of stuff still left to do. Sometimes they were big things (hire an architect or design the house!) and sometimes it was a collection of smaller stuff (pick appliance or door handles). Over the past couple weeks, the time to completion has been shrinking and it seems to be shrinking fast. With one week to go, you'd think that we'd feel a little better about what's left and that maybe the list of things to do would be shrinking as well. Maybe it is, but wow, it sure doesn't feel that way.

It's Saturday morning right now and we have exactly seven days until our walk through next Friday. The walk through is where we go room by room and develop a punch list, which is essentially a last to-do list for MOC. But before we walk in the house on Friday to create that list, every key item in order to receive an occupancy permit should be done. In other words, even in lieu of the punch list, we could technically start moving in the next day.

Again, it's Saturday morning and theoretically, we could start moving stuff in next Saturday. Whoa.

Ann and I sat down last night and had to create a written out plan of things to do this weekend. It doesn't help that Cailin has three birthday parties and ski lessons over the weekend. Or that Ann has a dinner party tonight. But, I need to go buy a duct cover for the kitchen hood. We need to go pick out and hopefully buy a doorbell and curtain rods. We need to figure out why the ceiling paint that we put up looks like crap and if we can figure that out, I can go repaint. And oh, we need to measure and then order towel bars and toilet paper holders for all the bathrooms. I think we also have to pick out heads for a tract light we forgot to buy with all our lighting. I'm sure there's something else I'm forgetting.

Hmmm, a week left. Don't take all this the wrong way. I'm really not complaining. It's a lot to do, but it's just making sure we get to it all and actually make decisions... nothing life or death, just a lot in terms of quantity. So, do a little relaxing here before everyone gets up, eat some breakfast, grab a soda and then go go go.

Well, I was going to blog about our painting last weekend, but I suppose I should have done that last weekend. Or I was going to blog about having Nicole (Ryan's wife) help us pick paint colors and other fun stuff like furniture. But, I suppose it's better to write about what's top of mind...it's more interesting that way. And besides, I've got the whole weekend to do the rest.