The Greenup Family

I need to sound off about my blessings; specifically those related to my home

• Spacious
• 3700 square feet
• 2700 “finished”
• open floor plan emphasizes space, particularly in kitchen and dining
• lots of closet/storage space
• all areas large enough for our needs (sometimes called “excessive”)
• dedicated guest bedroom and office areas
• fun to play in
• Wrestling mat in playroom
• fireman’s pole (unfinished) from girl’s closet to playroom
• pool table/ping pong area
• Theatre area,
• darkish, with dimmable fluorescent lights
• visible from kitchen
• Lots of lumens (light) available everywhere
• dining area repurposed to crafts
• Michele’s jetted tub
• easy to live in
• Cleaning
• lots of vinyl flooring, which cleans easily
• mudroom helps other areas stay cleaner, longer (cubbies rock, too)
• two dishwashers
• all bathroom sinks are seamless
• Main kitchen sink is seamless corian
• Main kitchen sink has a huge basin for cleaning large pans
• Laundry room on the same level as bedrooms
• Cooking
• LOTS of countertop surface area, without wasted corner areas
• gas stovetop is the best
• large oven
• two sinks with disposals
• spacious pantry
• space for an additional refrigerator, or freezer
• solid construction
• downright excessive foundations
• ICF is strong
• I watched and worked with the contractors; they didn’t skimp on nails or wood.
• sound-resistant office
• alternating studs
• rock wool
• green glue/extra sheetrock
• slab division
• ICF walls
• double door
• special threshold
• Energy efficient
• 95% furnace
• 81% hot water heater
• “energy heels” in trusses
• R38 in the attic
• ICF in the basement walls
• zoned heating and cooling
• fluorescent lights in most places
• high U windows
• Expandable
• bonus room above garage
• wired for sound
• Misc:
• quiet stove hood
• quiet food disposal
• soft water, Chlorine filter, endless hot water for michele’s tub

It’s been a long hard year building this house, and God has been with us all the way, and I want to praise HIM for His wonderful gifts!!!

I’ll come back to the topic of non-house blessings later

I had stopped posting for a while because I was too busy “Doing” to “talk”, but I’d like to slow down a little bit again.

I hope to “go back in time” and record some thoughts from the missing section someday; we’ll see if I can do it before I forget. Meanwhile, here’s the latest from the kitchen view:

Our house is Dedicated to the Lord.

God brought us through the river, safely into the promised land.

Theoretically, the machine did all the work, but I’m beat.

We had a small window of opportunity between when the homeowners association approved our color, and the rain came, to put a little paint on the outside of the house.

Still a lot to do, though.
(other sides, trim, and, of course, inside stuff)