Well, it's been a while since I've posted. Blame it on being extremely busy. So let's get caught up...the last thing I blogged was the windows going in. We now have a gorgeous front door with a transom window above, two nice, bright white garage doors! YEAH!! The electricians, plumbers, and sheet metal guys have been in and done their thing. So we have heating and air ducts, vents, wires galore (I can't believe all the wires everywhere), and copper pipes and vents coming out of the floor. It's great. That means things are progressing. The guys started putting the siding trim around the windows, and doors yesterday. The siding should start next week. As soon as the electrical, etc., stuff passes inspection, they will insulate and start the sheetrock.

A major accomplishment happened today - the bathroom layout got figured out. You would have thought this would have been an easy feat. No way. Aaron and Brent worked on the layout for hours on Monday, trying to meet all the VA specs and ensure RJ had all the turning around space he'd need. They used tons of chalk, snapping lines on the floor to see the layout of fixtures, they brought in a computer to lay it out on the screen, they drew on the studs, floor, and scrap wood. After much frustration, stress, and almost tears (me, not them - I thought I might lose my whirlpool tub!), and a phone call to the VA, it was figured out. The original plan plus flipping the room around and it's good to go. Plus, it even looks more spaced out. And to top it all off, they didn't have to move the window. Which made Brent and John extremely happy.

You wouldn't recognize the house today. It was buried behind three large mounds of dirt, plus another mound on the west side. The contractor was putting in the water lines. The hole was huge and you could barely see the house behind all that dirt. But that's another step toward completion.

A lot has happened on the inside also. The elevator is being framed up and revamped. How we came to get this was truly a miracle from God. He's been an ever present help from the start. The guys said getting this in was a bear. They had to take one of the walls out between the entryway and the garage to get it in the house as it was one long piece.

This is just the top half of the elevator on the main level.

It's been a while since I've posted. I've been running around town picking out flooring, garage doors, a front door, and who knows what else! It has been busy around the house. A lot has changed since the first week of August. We've got shingles, nice black ones. The house is wrapped and my gorgeous windows are in! They are so pretty...I was anxious to see these in the house. Both sets of patio doors are in and we're waiting on the front and garage doors. The guys were extremely busy this past week. They got all this done in a week. They gave me their all and got it done. I'm one happy lady.