I have stopped posting construction updates. I have the best intentions to go out everyday and take some new photos but yet I don't. I would love to post the updates so that you can see that our living room is done, the garage is done, we are done with ALL of the floor trusses. We are so close to putting the roof on. But yet I have no desire to take those pictures.
We started this project 4 months ago. In those 4 long months we have gotten so much accomplished but it just never seems to be enough. There is always more to do tomorrow or you don't get done what you thought you were going to get done that day because it decided to blizzard or the truss supplier made your floor trusses a foot too long. There is always something. You can try to prepare yourself for this adventure and tell yourself that there are going to be delays, that there are going to be frustrating days, that it is going to take longer than you think it will, but it is just not possible. It is not possible to truly understand what this is like. Even if you are carpenter by trade, until you throw your heart and soul into building a house that will become your home you will never truly know what lies ahead.
We are about two weeks away from having the framing complete. The house will be closed up. This will be a celebratory day for us. The bulk of our work is over. However, a new chapter in the construction process is just beginning. In a way I feel like we are going to be starting all over again. We are done with the outside, the shell, of our home but we are just beginning on the inside. The outside brought challenges that we never thought we'd face just as I am sure the inside will. The work will no longer be up to us. We will need to depend on trades and their schedules. That in and of itself will be a new challenge for us. In some ways it will be a relief because our daily lives will return and will have some resemblance to what they were before we started this. In others it will be frustrating to lose what little control we have right now. Even though we seem to be so far away from the end I try to remind myself that everyday we are one step closer to the end of this journey.
When you put your own blood, sweat, and tears into something you gain this amazing appreciation for it. A certain respect for it. This is how we want to feel about our home. That is why we are putting ourselves through this process. In the end I have no doubt that it will be all worth it. It will be an amazing life adventure that we will be glad that we went through. Until then, I am so unbelievably overwhelmed.
Maybe tomorrow I will take those photos.
