Been gone too long.

How can time go so fast and so slow at the same time. The house has to be completed by the middle of September to be included in the local Tour of Homes. Did I tell you that? That's only TWO months away! It just doesn't seem like it will be possible. It seems like there's so much yet to do. The electricians have been in.

Three guys wired the whole house in about 5 days. With Brett being an electrician, he had some serious ideas about where some of the outlets and lights are going to be. We pretty much went room by room to figure out where we wanted things. First we just marked everything on one of the floorplan prints. Then since we were out there the first day the electricians were there, they had a few questions. They actually worked over the entire 4th of July weekend! The roofers did too. It is about the only thing that is totally complete.

 

We chose a lighter color than originally planned. Brett wanted black but our roofer friend told us that unless we installed the high dollar 50-year shingles, that the 30-year black shingles don't fare (fair?) well in our hot summers. So we decided to go with a color called Weathered Wood. It looks pretty darn good! And it will look really good with the house colors I finally decided on. More on those later.

Two of our bathtubs have been installed. They're just run-of-the-mill tub/showers. One for the guest bathroom and one for Jake's bathroom.

The insulation is the next step. When we were out there yesterday, it was just in its beginning stages. I think a lot of it will be the type that gets blown in, instead of the batting. I guess we'll find out soon.