You've got mail... box

Still waiting on the front shutters but that's about it... soon be time for the walk through and now less than 20 days until closing. :)

Ups and Downs

Carpet and Cookin'

Hooray... the house no longer echoes like a cave because the concrete foundation is uncovered.  Fresh carpet:

And Erin's is just dying to break in these babies:

Since we got married over five years ago our microwave has been a Wal-mart special basic microwave we received as a wedding gift - it does the job, but this new one has all sorts of bells and whistles and options.

Erin is uber excited to fire up the new stove, especially the top with its variable size burner 

Climate Controlled Comfort

On a nice, sunny Florida afternoon when you come home...

and grab a cool drink from the kitchen (you know, once there is  a fridge)...

it is good to have one of these (though we won't keep it nearly so cool when we move in - but hey, we're not payin' for it yet):

Nobody's Home... but the lights are on

Working electricity and lights - thank you, Mr. Franklin and Mr. Edison.

(And yes, the front door is now painted the final shade of mossy green - we'll get a better shot on Saturday when the light is better.)

Medicine cabinet in the wall in the Master bath installed:

Shelving in the closets and pantry:

Our Land Escaped

No, wait...  Erin informs me the land did not escape... it IS scaped... mea culpa...

The tag on the front tree says Muskogee, which I suppose makes it a Muskogee Crape Myrtle, which produces lavender/purple blooms and grows up to 5 feet per year with a final size of 15-20 ft tall and up to 20 ft in diameter.  The things you can learn on the Inter-google...

As long as none of them are ligustrums!

Here's Lookin' at... whoever comes to the door

Because we have a peep hole now:

And the garage door has been painted - it seems it does not photograph well but looks better in person and does go with the other house colors.  Looks like we'll finally get our shutters for the front window this week as well.

And last but not least (in terms of future expenses) is the dreaded meter from the electric company.  Now if only we could figure out a way to keep it on all zeros forever!

And while there is no photo of it the insulation installers were blowing in the attic insulation yesterday when we stopped by - couldn't go inside since they were working, though, and didn't want to weird them out by taking a picture of them dragging the hose from their truck into the garage to the attic access... :)