Visitors

Ryan, Sarah and Addisyn stopped by last weekend to check on our progress. I am pretty sure Addisyn gave us a thumbs up.

Underground Passed!!!

Underground passed and is being filled back in at this very minute. Wires still need to be pulled through pipe, then Austin Energy will connect us, hoping to alarm on asap. Official move in dates are Jan 10 & 11- got a solid contract on the old house on Saturday- so we are crossing our fingers its a go this time.

Electricity is on its way.

Oscar and helper continue to work on the electrical service. A whole lotta digging was going on, I am promised it will be ready for inspection tomorrow and I think they will make it since it is a nice sunny day. Note: Oscar (light gray shirt) is from Costa Rica and has a lovely accent.

Locks!!!

Back door lever and deadbolt installed. Baby steps to the finish line.

Brick Me Happy!

Brick entry was installed and looks fantastic. Special thanks to Dad Robins for schelpping said bricks up from San Antonio and to Mom as well for unloading assistance.

Light Fantastical

Sea urchin light sconce installed in Master Bedroom. I love it.

Duct, Duct, Duct, Duct....Goose!!

The exposed air duct in the living room was finally completed and I am pleasantly surprised by how nice it looked. By the way the A/C people were dragging their feet to do it, I was convinced they had no idea what they were doing, but for once something had turned out better that I expected. Now if they could find it in their hearts to deliver the last 2 return air grilles I might cry.

The Wall.

Trim carpenter Steve made a wall for our penninsula of cabinets, it is a beautiful wall. We also got the refrigerator delivered and cozy, cubby made for it as well. Almost all drawers/doors installed as well. Note: The cabinets are white, the blue is a protective coating for the super glossy finish.

It's a Cabinet Party!!!!

Big thanks to Mom, Dad, Michelle, Ric and James who braved the worst weather Thanksgiving weekend and helped us assemble the daunting number of Ikea cabinets throughout the house. The professional installers wanted 4-5 business days and our fearless team assembled everything in one afternoon- Suck it installers.

Tile Finished

After much prodding the tile is finally finished. It looks good and is ready for use.

Floors Finished

With much help from our good friend Andy Rihn we successfully finished the floors. We will put one final top coat on before we move in, but all in all it was a lot of scrubbing and scraping but went off without any major glitches, imagine that, hallelujah!!

Yikes!!!

yikes I fell in a hole- but have managed to climb my way out. Many updates to come.