August 28, 2008

The Candy

This was our house at the beginning of this week:

This was Tuesday night:

We arrived last night at our house to find that many things had been delivered. I felt like a kid at Christmas. My jacuzzi tub was sitting in my garage along with my staircases.

My windows and doors are just waiting to be installed, skylights too. My front door, with the satin nickel sidelights (picture above), looks so cool. The box containing the soffit pieces and the boxes with my window heads are all there. Even some of the door levers have been delivered.

Inside, we found we were under a roof. While Mr. BBM and I checked that everything was straight and as it should be, the girls stood in the dining room window area and serenaded the neighborhood. I think Lil C is starting to get it, that this will really become our home soon.

The framing crew worked hard today to finish building the roof. Tar paper is installed on a third of the house and it won’t be long before our shingles are being delivered. It’s exciting. It’s like the jewelry of the house, the candy for the new homeowners; and I am getting more and more excited every day.

On an unrelated note, I have remained in the top 12 for the Hot Blogger Calendar contest and I want to thank all of you so much for all of your votes. Voting continues until August 31st, so if you haven’t yet voted, please go throw another one in my direction, because every calendar needs a picture of a girl in a gi.