Well December was busy - not so much in accomplishments in the house, but rather in the hustle, bustle of Christmas. Still we are able to report that the stair rails, loft/balcony rails are complete. Master bath tile finished, M. bath granite laid and floors are totally ready in other baths for vinyl. Finish carpenters have started installing doors and JCLA is now working on the granite. No "real" date when we expect to be in.... since we missed Christmas & won't be ready for Ben's wedding, I'm resigned to the fact that we will be in, when we are in... going to stop getting so anxious. Finish carpenters are saying 2 weeks, then staining/finish of all cabinets and woodwork (3 days minimum); plumbers and electricians will then come in to install all the fixtures, touch up sheetrock and paint etc. --- so after Valentine's day at least.

Happenings in December

Tile in master bath is complete with the exception of grouting. We are very happy with it. The more "rustic" tile seems to fit our style better that "fussy" marble. Changed to the squares on the diagonal right at the last minute - glad we did and very happy Jeremy and Matt could work it out . We weren't going to have granite in the bathroom, but since we had to puchase more than 2 slabs for the kitchen, we planned to use the extra in the master bath. Then the fabricator proceed to break it -- so still have granite in bath, but a differant one, which they substituted. Randy even likes the substitute better than the original !!!

more floor

More wood floors

Happenings after Thanksgiving

Well we went and visited the granite yard again!!! When we left home we were going with a mild light granite around the perimeter of the kitchen and a dark more wow granite on the island. Well.... after much agonizing we ended up with a granite called Vyara Gold. A bit more "movement" than I thought we would end up with - but I do really like it. Jeremy and Matt are busy working on the Master bath tile. And the biggest treat this week was that we have our wood floor!

Thanksgiving morning - I was missing the girls alot, but I was able to give Jen some tips for stuffing the turkey, while Randy was snapping pictures of the finished work for the week.

More pictures of the busy week.

PGE & Cabinets arrive

We have been waiting and waiting for our electricity to be hooked up with PGE. Since we had quite a winter storm on Monday 11/12, we were told that we should expect any service to arrive until the Monday after Thanksgiving. We could get our new cabinets, but would need to try and keep the temp around 45-50 degrees. They started delivering the cabinets on Wednesday, Nov.14 and worked on the installation on Thursday 11/15 & Friday 11/16. Low and behold a BEAUTIFUL!!! PGE truck drove in on Friday 11/16 and they hooked up all our electricity in about 2 1/2 hours. Plus D&R came by and got the gas furnace started. Randy flew in on Friday evening and we had gas and electricity, plus cabinets. What a deal!!!! Garage doors were scheduled for Monday, 11/19. Jeremy and Matt are finishing up the stone fireplace as well as setting the wire for the "heated" tile in the master bath. Finally before Thanksgiving we hope to pick out our granite. A big feat since I'm still not completely sure I like granite - Randy loves it, especially the wilder ones. Wish us luck.