muddy hill wins

We have been waiting for three weeks for the ground to dry out enough to get a concrete truck up the hill to pour the footings for the garage, the front porch, and footings for rock walls. After the freeze the ground has been very muddy, but we thought it was OK to order the concrete on Thursday. WRONG! The truck wound up cross ways in the road and had the contractor had to have a tow truck come and straighten it out so he could drive back down the hill--- with our concrete.

It rained again Thursday night, so we are back in the waiting mode for beginning the garage for a few more days.

In the meantime, the crown molding will be completed today. Tim and his son will be work on installing doors today. We are waiting on a back order for the attic space doors (either side of the loft) so we can heat the house and "warm up" the hardwood for installation. We will be buying door hardware this weekend, so we can secure the house.

Laminate floors downstairs/interior doors

HVAC units working

The HVAC units are up and running. Now we can move the hardwood into the house and get ready to install it -- after we finish the window csing, crown molding and baseboard.

Laminate flooring

the laminate on the lower floor has been installed. It is called "Georgia Pecan." We will install the interior doors on the lower floor this week. The guy who is installing the crown molding only works on Saturday, so he did not finish yesterday, but he will complete his work this Saturday. The outside HVAC units have arrived and are being installed this week.

Hopefully, we will be able to form up the garage slab and retainer wall and pour the footings this week. With the hard freeze this past week the ground has not dried up enough to remove the remaining dirt. At the same time we pour the footings for the garage, we hope to pour footings for a couple retaining walls and the front porch.

Writing on the door frames

While Allison was out at the house today, we wrote some scripture on the doorways of the house.

Allison's last visit to the house

Allison will be departing for the Middle East tomorrow, so she came out for a visit today. I was working on protecting the well pressure tank and exposed water lines from the hard freeze expected tonight and doing some clean up work. Cheryl came out to help, and then Allison came out to help us decide where to place furniture.

Tile completed

The tile man completed his work on Monday. We lacked a few pieces of bullnose trim around the tub (notice in the photo), but one of the contractor's workers will be able to complete that work once we order the missing tiles. The black and white tile in the down baths has been grouted, and it looks better than last week's photo. We are very pleased with the way all the tile turned out.
Most of the windows have been cased with the molding. We will have to bring in the scaffolds to install the trim on the vaulted windows in the great room.