If 2005 was the strangest year on record, then 2006 has been the most miserable. At least now I can look forward to things definitely becoming better.
During the spring tour my husband was captured by aliens. That is a metaphor for the social climate that existed for us on tour this year. We did get a good set of house plans designed, but it was definitely a struggle to accomplish this while on the road.
We had a wonderful trip to England and Scotland and Wales. It was really nice to go on a trip where we were unencumbered by others.
When we came home for good we shovelled all of the remaining ashes out of our house (4 dumpsters worth) and watched it go away forever. That was depressing. What is left, which will eventually become our new house, still looks pretty pathetic.
In spite of all of the weirdness I was really sad that I could no longer do the tour. I miss the road life a lot. And I turned down three different ship gigs with excellent itineraries so that I could stay home and work on my house. The stuff we are doing right now is exhausting. It's been a rough year, that's for sure.
Showing posts with label house plans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label house plans. Show all posts
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Saturday, July 1, 2006
summer worries
We finally wrapped up the house plans with the architect after we got back from the tour and what I was afraid would happen did happen. Doug was too busy dealing with a bunch of idiotic crap on tour to notice that things were not going all that well with the plans.
I was worried during the entire tour that we basically couldn't afford all of the fancy and and unnecessary and weird things that Doug wanted - like 3 phase and radiant floor heat, to name just two. It is expensive to add a whole bunch of energy saving details all at once, even though it will be much better in the long run.
We might not even be able to afford the things I wanted, which were a screened in back porch, a separate bathtub, an efficient floor plan, and to have professionals (not us!) build it so that we could move back in as soon as possible. I really just want to get all of this behind me.
Anyway, the plans look fantastic but as I was dreading, both of us are now realizing that we won't be able to afford to have the design/build company finish the job. So now we have to buy the plans from them for extra money and figure out some other way to get it built. This disturbs me because we are just about back to square one - not knowing what we will do next. And anything that involves us doing even more of the work means that it will take forever.
I was worried during the entire tour that we basically couldn't afford all of the fancy and and unnecessary and weird things that Doug wanted - like 3 phase and radiant floor heat, to name just two. It is expensive to add a whole bunch of energy saving details all at once, even though it will be much better in the long run.
We might not even be able to afford the things I wanted, which were a screened in back porch, a separate bathtub, an efficient floor plan, and to have professionals (not us!) build it so that we could move back in as soon as possible. I really just want to get all of this behind me.
Anyway, the plans look fantastic but as I was dreading, both of us are now realizing that we won't be able to afford to have the design/build company finish the job. So now we have to buy the plans from them for extra money and figure out some other way to get it built. This disturbs me because we are just about back to square one - not knowing what we will do next. And anything that involves us doing even more of the work means that it will take forever.
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
gigs, house plans
We got back from the tour and picked up Ted. He really seemed to enjoy staying at Nancy’s townhouse. She has lots of nice windows to look out of – not like this dark, dismal place we are renting until we get our house built.
I had a very busy and fun December. The gigs ranged from holiday pops concerts with several different orchestras, to jazz combo gigs at holiday parties, to Amahl and the Night Visitors, to West Side Story at the Lyric Theater. We finally had a chance to work on our house plans. At the end of the month we met with the owner of a design-build firm and he felt that they would be able to build our house within our budget. This company is known for their quality work and they seem to build in a style that we like. I’m very excited. Finally something is happening!
I had a very busy and fun December. The gigs ranged from holiday pops concerts with several different orchestras, to jazz combo gigs at holiday parties, to Amahl and the Night Visitors, to West Side Story at the Lyric Theater. We finally had a chance to work on our house plans. At the end of the month we met with the owner of a design-build firm and he felt that they would be able to build our house within our budget. This company is known for their quality work and they seem to build in a style that we like. I’m very excited. Finally something is happening!
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