Victory

As we write this , we are vacationing in Kirkland, WA. (Wait! Can a retired couple actually 'vacation'? Isn't retirement vacation? Just wondering'...)  We also just returned from a great 3 days of wine tasting with friends in Walla Walla, visiting with some old (not chronologically old!) Walla Walla friends as time permitted. Terrific time, terrific friends, terrific wine! But I digress, back to the house...  Progress on the house has picked up as pieces and parts are starting to come together, and the puzzle is starting to look homier. I sort of jumped over Week 34 since nothing new was happening with the build, but here we are again! Front Walkway The front walkway has actually turned out better than we had originally thought, based on the landscape design. We weren't exactly sure how the paver design was going to play out, but it turned out just fine. Front Door The white PVC are water lines for the drips that will go into decorative pots on either side of the do...

Slowly, but surely, things continue to move along.   This last week has been one of finishing the ceramic tile floors, covering all of the floors, and starting on the bathroom tile work. Since 80% of the house is some sort of ceramic tile flooring, you gotta feel sorry for the knees of the guys that were laying this stuff. I don't know how anyone can do this type of work day after day and still walk upright. In addition to the floor work, all of the outside carriage lighting and cameras have been installed. We've installed cameras on every angle outside, motion lighting, and a fairly sophisticated security system for doors and windows that is pretty unique. The inside is taking shape as the tile work in the bathrooms gets completed. Jan chose some fairly basic designs to minimize maintenance and upkeep. The missing component is the glass enclosure, still to come. The Guest Room bathrooms are finally completed, absent the glass enclosures as well. Glass seems to be t...