Excess

Today was delivery day at the apartment. This is crazy because nothing fits in here, I have to head off the UPS guy at the door and re-route him to the van. I think he actually prefers this option to carrying boxes up 26 steps to our door! So is it a good sign when the UPS man approaches you in different settings (ie the doctor's office) to report how many deliveries on that particular day? Brown came first with 14 boxes, including fans, light bulbs, curtains and blinds. Next came the semi-truck, which parked across the street. I drove the van over to accept the chandelier. Finally, just after lunch, Fed-Ex knocked with a small box (cabinet knobs) and asked "Where do you want the BIG one?" The BIG one was heavy (basket ball hoop), and didn't fit in the van, so we had to make 2 trips up to the house.

Our builder seemed pleased that things arrived today. They have kept the scaffolding in the great room, waiting to hang the chandelier and fans. Once it is out of the way they should be able to work on the flooring.

Meanwhile all of the pocket doors are in, and most of the other interior doors. A couple of guys were working on touching up paint on the trim and doors, and installing door handles.

We are thinking that perhaps we should paint these white doors (yep...they were less expensive than wood) a darker shade of the wall color so they blend in a bit more.

The tiles are down in the girls' bathroom.

The cupboard under the stairs opposite their bathroom is meant to be a small linen closet.

This area will be for games...and for the girls to play in.

Here is the cabinetry in the Master Bathroom.

I also started cutting out fabric for drapes in the girls' rooms today, and worked on address changes on all of our periodicals.

The Sky Came Down

It was a humid evening, with light showers all afternoon. We were anxious to see the kitchen cabinets, so planned a picnic dinner out at the house. We have been doing that at least once a week for the past month or two. The mist was heavy in the valley. This picture was taken just down the road from our place.

The kitchen cabinets were all still in boxes, so unfortunately they remain a mystery.

Most of the light fixtures and smoke alarms have been installed. I spent an hour on line last night and approximately $500, ordering compact fluorescent lamps for all of the light fixtures! This is the fan in the library.

Several of the window sills and trim have been installed too. They look really sharp.

This wood on the back porch is for the window trim in the Great Room.

All of the interior doors were delivered today as well. A bunch of them are in storage in the Master Bed Room.

These ones have been painted and are out on the porch.

The wood ceiling in the Kitchen/Dining Room is nearly completed. The builder was there late finishing the solatube. Even at 7:45 PM on a cloudy evening, it was generating a lot of light.

We put the girls to work filling their little red wagon with scraps of wood and taking it to the burn pile. They had fun, but got very muddy (as did the wagon) in the process.