Holiday Spirit

Well, last year David and I went to my dad's house in Asheville to pick and cut out own Christmas tree. We found this beautiful tree and it lasted for months. This year I was a little bummed that we would not be able to cut down our tree and that we probably would not have one at all. We knew putting a six foot heavy tree in the sunroom would be a bad idea because we would likely have to shove this thing around as we finished up the walls in there. So we found a tree top tree that was the perfect solution. it is about 3 feet tall and will be able to move around as we need access to the walls. I love having the real tree in the house and it is just enough Christmas tree spirit to our demo house.

My mom made the observation that there is plenty of room under this mini tree for gifts in small boxes...hint hint!
We also got a live wreath for the front of the house to add a little somethin to the house. love it!

look at those doggies in the window!

Funny dog pictures. Banks all stretched out sleeping and David with the dogs who are NOT allowed on the couch. Brooks is such a snuggler.

Scary Closet

David and his dad knocked out this project in about a day and they did a really great job! Behind the fireplace David wanted to add a doorway to create an electronics closet so we can hang a TV over the fireplace and have all the components hidden inside. He had the great idea to keep a skinny door and its frame intact from the master bathroom linen closet we gutted. So we reused it in the hallway and created his closet.

  

see all the scary stuff in there? wires and ducts for the fire place. it is not a pretty closet but it really is big and will be a perfect place to hide all the cable boxes and wireless stuff. Now my house as a tv closet, I really cannot complain about adding closets...keep em coming!

 He even added flooring to the gap on the floor where that wall was! What a great guy I have.

 David had the challenge of having to cut drywall to fit the gap on the ceiling and cap off the corner of the wall. it really looks nice and it is another project to check off the list. we are close to having all the dry wall hung so we can get someone in to mud and tape the walls, refinish the ceilings and then we can PAINT!

Got a new Tahoe & then we got a rental car...

This is the fancy new Tahoe that we had for about 10 days and then one morning David was stopped at a red light and a woman plowed into him. The witnesses and cops estimate she was going about 45 miles per hour when she hit David. It did not appear that she even touched her breaks. They hit so hard it knocked the spare tire from under the Tahoe off and David said it was laying in front of the car. Luckily no one was coming through the intersection and David was first at the light so he did not hit anyone although is car was pushed about 30 yards forward. She broke her leg, toes and had to have surgery but is recovering and very fortunate that no other medical issues were caused. The Tahoe has about 4,500.00 worth of damages to the lift gate, bumper and exhaust.

She does not have insurance. Wonderful.

After the wreck we picked up the rental car and headed up to watch the Panthers lose to the Ravens. we had great seats and a lot of fun! I got to meet up with my maid of honor Erin to do some tailgating and catching up! it was great to see her and our Charlotte friends too!

I will admit that forward progress has slowed on the house but we have gotten to have a little fun, a wonderful Thanksgiving with the Bullocks a boat ride on the Reel Jim to watch Flotilla in Wrightsville Beach and I have gotten my first DIY wedding project done and out to all my girls!