The building of our house and the Pets….

 DEBORAH WRITES:

Blake is working really hard every day 8-10 hours; in the heat and all weather conditions. I don’t know how he stands it! The heat that is! He is very dedicated and has tremendous stamina.  He works right alongside of the framer.  They are making wonderful progress. 

He also spends much time coordinating the build, researching and ordering supplies and managing our personal finances. He has not really got much time for anything else. He is REALLY POOPED at night and we both fall asleep by 9:00 on average.  We are now getting to the fun part, picking paint colors, fixtures etc. The house is starting to look and feel like a house. You can walk from room to room. We hope to be done by late February; only time will tell. 

Needless to say the only paintbrush Blake holds these days is the kind you get at Home Depot. he is looking forward to his new studio. I am looking forward to real kitchen again and a new home that is easier to clean. Actually I am looking forward to all of it; the house is turning out so cute! We are both pretty thrilled about it.

 In the meantime our rental has sold and our new landlord Juliette has become a friend already. Blake and I are going to move out on December 1^st to our neighbor Alex’s home. He will be gone for at least 4-6 weeks to Portland. So we will live in his house, care for his pets and home (that are also our pets now) LOL

The stray kitty that was here are our rental when we moved is was very feral. Blake named her Feo ( means ugly in Spanish)  She is one of the sweetest and the most polite kitty I have ever met. I think she is so happy to have a real family. We both like her very much. In the 10 months we have been here she has become a changed kitty. She went from extreme fear, hissing at us, not coming near us and forget even considering touching her. Now she comes when I call her, lets us pet her, hangs out in her favorite chair or her cardboard box bed in the house. She loves us and wants to be near.  Alex’s cat “momma kitty” pretty much lives at our house too. We like her, she is sweet. All the pets are at least 10 years old. Lucy the dog is much attached to me and loves me; it mutual so I don’t mind at all. She can’t  stand to be away from me for more than a few hours. She is well behaved and minds me; she and I can even take walks without a leash and she listens to my commands. Needless to say I pick up a lot of poop these days; dog poop that is. The cats go somewhere outside so no kitty box, that’s nice.

House pictures

  The front on the house

 another view

 Kitchen straight ahead ( front porch to the right. Back lanai to the left)

 My Kitchen Pantry

 Porch off the kitchen

 Looking into the Lania ( it will be screened in)

 Lania

 Blake's Studio

 Guest bedroom

 Guest bathroom

  The ceiling

 The living room

 master bedroom closet ( above) Below is the master bedroom Bed will go between the windows

 Soon to be Master bedroom sinks area

 The toilet room

 This will be the Shower and bathtub area for the master. It will be an indoor/outdoor space

 Guest bedroom window

 The back of the house : to the left is lanai and the right with doors is Blakes Studio

THE PETS 

Lucy and I at Home Depot. I promptly went on a diet after I saw this picture! Truth!

Who is  that napping with Blake?

 The house was tented for termites. I had to drug Feo so I could pick her up and put her in a safe place at the neighbors for 2 days. After her prison term; which she enjoyed surprisingly, she has been a different kitty. I would pet her all day during her drug induced state. Now she is truly a kitty that is a pet. 

 Look Blake I got you a birdie!

Lucy hanging out at the salon with me.