It is happening...

After much debate and anticipation we will close on the house tomorrow, Tuesday, December 30th! We have been busy packing and getting everything set-up in an effort to have a fairly seamless move-in. Stay tuned for exciting pictures of cardboard boxes and burly moving men!

Window blinds!

Front view of the casa....

They are still painting and adding brick. This is just SO much fun!

Carpet!

Landscaping....

Can you believe these pics? The port'o'potty is outta there and we have grass, mulch and plants!

Driveway ...round 2

Here is a better picture of the driveway and the completion of the outside of the house.

Appliances....

So with the driveway means we got APPLIANCES! Note: there is a protective film covering the appliances so they do not get scratched. All if them are stainless in color.

Driveway ....

These pics were taken in the dark ...sorry! I will try to take some more this weekend in the day light.

House number ....

It's offical ... we have an address!

Front door...

Our front door deserves a blog all in of itself. It has been one thing after another getting this door in. The plans called for a round door, but the showroom had never heard of a round door and insisted that we go with a square door. John, being in the door business, held firm on the fact that we should get what is called for in the plans. A couple of weeks later, the showroom now carries round doors and is ready for us to select one. Coincidence? Then we get into the actual building of the house and the builders frame out a square front door. Weeks go by and we tell them that a round door is coming and they ignore us. So this week, the actual door arrived and they were a bit stumped. Out came the door frame for a square door as did the brick that was installed around it and we now have our front door installed correctly. This pictures show the inside view with the first coat of stain and the patching from the square framing. The outside view of the door is much prettier ... we promise!

Sprinkler System

Our sprinkler system is going in. Here is a picture of our first sprinkler head.

Locks on the door!

Fireplace ...

Rod's for stuff...

Masterbathroom ....

Thermostat's are in ...

Here is proof that it gets cold in Texas!

Garage Doors...

The automatic garage door openers are in!

A driveway!

The framing for the driveway and part of our side walk has been installed. We learned this week appliances can not be delivered or installed until a house has a driveway. Who would have thought those two things would be related!?

Electricity....

An apology to our loyal blog readers on the lack of posts these days. We, too, have been frustrated because it appeared for about two weeks that work stopped on the house. When our superintendent returned from vacation he, in fact, validated that suspicion. After a long talk about when, honestly, this house will be done we are starting to see a few things get done. Here is a picture of our lights on. Yes - we have power!