Moved in

At long last, our shower door is being installed tomorrow. After that, it's time to FINALLY call the inspector. 141 days after we began, we will have a stamp of approval (hopefully). We have loved this project; we loved inspecting the construction every day and even had fun down to the little details thanks to such an amazing contractor. Pat Casey, Brock, Cliff the Carpenter, Todd & Steve the electricians, the Drywall Finishers Tweedledum and Tweedledee, those Crown plumbers, even Ernesto and about 9 unnamed installers—we salute you.

Here are some photos of our move-in weekend: At Last

By the way, NO thanks to our hall of shame vendors: Customline Shower Company, Lamps Plus (Should be minus) and the fine folks at A-Boy Supply. Ok, thanks to that one guy at A-Boy who has his stuff together.

Almost Home

It's been a wild ride, folks. We scored a great contractor and team, amazing sub-contractors (see Cliff's many examples of fine woodworking) and some bad, lazy vendors (ask someday about the tub saga or our disaffection for Lamps Plus).

This Friday, August 3, marks day 101 of our happy experience of growing our home. Now we can have a few visitors, say, from the East Coast (hint hint) and have them comfortably stay in our house without fighting for bathroom time. Now, our local friends will jump at the chance to watch our kitties (and bathtub) when we head out of town. Now, we can proudly boast 4 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms if we ever decide we can part with this awesome house. This is all good news, because, aside from a trip back East here or there, we're never going out again!

Humor aside, check out what a difference a week makes in our almost final photo set. We'll likely share another one once we're all moved in.

Thanks everyone for your support and listening to us drone on about how awesome Pat Casey is these last few months. Now, c'mon over!