One Week To Go!

Only one week to go.

Wow.

8 Days

8 is great.

9 Days

9 days and counting. Who's getting excited now?

10 Days

Only 10 days to go. I'm getting excited. What about you?

11 Days

11 days to go. Had a little snafu yesterday but we think it's cleared up. If all goes well, we should have street signs by the end of the week and be that much closer to move in.

12 Days

We have tentatively scheduled our move-in for Saturday, November 21st! I say tentatively because we still have to get part of the railing inside installed and get the inspector out for his final approval. The railing should be finished either this Friday or Saturday. The inspector should be out either Saturday or Monday.

So, because I choose to think optimistically, I am starting the official Pool move-in countdown.

12 days and counting!

We'd appreciate all the help you can give on move-in day. I know some of you are storing items for us and I'd like to point out that this would be a great day to rid your house of our stuff. Feel free to bring it by and move a few boxes! We'll be providing lunch, dinner, and beer. What more can you ask for?

Weekend Update

Only 13 days to go!!!! Yep, the countdown has begun. We have one project left to finish. After it's done, the inspector will come out and hopefully give us the a-ok!

While trying to contain our excitement about being within two weeks of move-in, we did wrap up a few projects this weekend.

Dave and my dad built a proper set of stairs from the garage to the house.

My mom enjoyed the nice weather and finished painting our front deck.

Doesn't it look great?

I also got to spend some quality time outdoors. Our neighbor stopped by on Friday and used a disc he had borrowed to tidy up our lawn. There were a few areas he couldn't get to so I tried to clean up the remaining weeds. It was a battle.

Dave also snuck outside and installed our...

mailbox!!!! Hopefully we'll be on the post office's radar shortly. We also got our 911 sign last week.

My dad was busy working away on our railings. Doesn't it look much safer?

And finally, our cabinet builder came down and installed some of the kitchen cabinet doors.

It's really all starting to feel official now. Please send some good thoughts our way as we are really hoping that everything is perfect for the inspector and we can get our occupancy permit with no problems.