Carpet's in, we're movin' on up!

....took a whole lot of tryin', just to get up that hill!


Wow! I didn't realize how many of you were checking in on us. You will note a new feature I've added to the site to track where people are watching us from. Portugal? India? Athens? Peru? Wow! Crazy stuff! I;m really hoping for a hit from Africa (Madagascar?) and Australia, so if you know anyone there....please pass long the link!




We got the carpet installed on Friday. It looks fantastic! We spent the weekend moving our stuff out of the living room and into our new space. Didn't take too long to fill up the new closet. Can Americans ever really have enough closet space?








The lighting is just perfect for us. We have the accent lights that shine on the fireplace. The ceiling fan lights that add a comfortable level for the space. And the reading lights above the bed which I took much advantage of this weekend, diving into a Clive Cussler novel. I just love the way the steel, and electrical conduit, and light fixtures, and beams interact with each other and are exposed on the ceiling. The pictures really don't do this composition justice: it's a must see!


Those of you who (embarrassingly) visited our house and witnessed the massive pile of STUFF in the living room: it's all gone! Hard to believe, but Kathy spent the weekend clearing it out and restoring the room (and house) to order. It looks great! No clutter -- and I had forgotten that we had a couch in there!


Everyone keeps asking, "Is it done?" Well, not quite yet. We have a bunch and bunch of details left to do: paint touch-up, plumbing touches, electrical punch items, the siding, the rail cap, staining and sealing the wood members.....it'll keep us busy! Plus the downstairs spaces (Jade's room and living room) need to be finished and painted and trimmed out. But our big accomplishment of moving our bed into the space and Jade's bed into her new space is complete.

The network will be out in a week and a half to wrap up the final shots for the show. I'm hoping the show will air sometime by the end of September, first of October. Will keep you posted with that progress.












Another shot of our tub in place: it's such a great tub!









Here's a shot of our vanities on the opposite wall from the tub. They match beautifully! They were our bargain buy from Lowes.









Today was Kaleb's first day of Kindergarden, and Jade's second week of 3rd grade. They look so cute in their uniforms! They walked to school with Jordan, a neighborhood eight-grader.