well, we snuck in

the front door doesn't quite close so here are some premature pictures of the inside of our new house.


looking through the family room windows

living room window

wallflower in the living room

looking from where Doug was standing through the dining room to the family room

Doug in the "master" bath


me in the mistress tub

kitchen

Hmmm, this must be pretty boring. It's going to be much nicer to actually live there than to just take pictures.

the homestead

Note the Vermont maples Doug's dad sent us 26 years ago turning in the background!

hello hello

I couldn't resist sharing this happy guy with you all, taken last Friday on a quick trip to the "Ham".

Woody sitting right about in the middle of the house, with me standing in the front corner of our bedroom.

He's going to miss all this warm dirt!

mud pour today

this is a big step closer - have you heard the house is scheduled to be delivered on Thursday between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm? yup


I'll post a picture of the whole slab at some point before the house is on it. It looks like a big skating rink or something.

needs goalposts

Guys came yesterday (Monday) about this time and put up these forms, but no cement truck yet. They might have to reclaim this spot from Woody who has decided it's his new ball field! He brings all his balls in here and just runs around with them. I think he likes it because they don't roll over the boards!

laundry with view

Here's the view of the house from the little shed. Of course, once the house is actually there the laundry room will be in it and the little shed will be rakes, shovels, pots, wintering over spot and whatever else will fit in it.



This nice flat spot has been ready since Thursday afternoon for the foundation to be poured. Foundation guy didn't come on Friday and I'm guessing nothing will happen until Monday at least. Doug is standing by the front corner stake.

a little washing.....a little paint

can you picture it? The plan is to paint it to match the color of the new house, which is either "Eucalypus" or "Distant Mountain" I don't remember which we chose for the house color and which we chose for the trim color. It still has spots that need covering, and some more roof and insulation.



I'm planning on having hollyhocks and sweat peas growing all around it.

This last picture is one that Danny took last week of the guy responsible for all the destruction, er . . . demolition.

Boppin' on the little shed

It's about time they knock off for dinner. Microwave again. It's T-38 hours until Sunday morning and I still need about 6 more people to do it. Today has been so patchwork. I'll keep trying tomorrow.

Friday afternoon

Tyler and Chris stopped by after work, just in time to say hi to Andy, Sarah & Theo.
Things are getting pretty open around here.
This tree is such a pretty shape from the bottom. We'll probably keep a few slices. These pictures would have been better, but the camera I grabbed was Doug's Pentax (it was the same color as mine) so.......... not so hot shots.