A Long Hot Shower

Six months and 3 days since my last long, hot, full-pressure indoor shower.  Finally on Saturday, I was able to shower in the upstairs shower.  It was heaven.  It was all I could do to turn the water off and be done.  Preston is still showering outside, but we are having an Indian Summer kind of a week.  And he has had the luxury of traveling several times during construction, so he's had hotel showers. 

I'm not sure if he's going to move into the house with me.  He's really grown accustomed to living a couple dozen steps from his shop.  He's hooked on getting up in the morning with his coffee and hanging out in the shop for a bit before going to work.  We'll see!

Our trim carpenter left our job to go work on another one for another builder.  He's in high demand right now, so he goes to whichever builder is screaming the loudest, does enough work to calm him down and then to the next builder who is screaming, and so it goes.  He may be back tomorrow.  About 90% of the remaining work belongs to him.

The carpet was put in last Friday night.  They were here until almost 10pm.  It looks great!  The plumber has installed most of the finish plumbing fixtures.  Good news ... the toilet is no longer in the hallway.  He has to finish this week because he's going on vacation next week.

The painter was back this week painting the garage, but there is still a lot of touch up painting to do inside.  I imagine that will continue this week.

They did the final grade on Monday.  Our neighbor, Paul, does commercial grass seed / sod.  He came over tonight and discussed the options with Preston on how to control erosion and what to plant given it's almost the end of October.  He's going to put down some sod and "erosion blankets"... which we hadn't budgeted for.  I was doing so well!!  Still under budget up to now!  But if we don't do it, the winter will wash away all the top soil and it will cost more in the spring if we have to buy dirt, too.  So he's going to start on that this week. 

I put some more shelving up in closets this weekend.  Continued to assemble this stupid vanity cabinet from China...yes, there is one that Preston didn't make, ugh.  I couldn't help myself, I had to clean the house a little bit.  I swept the stairs and taped the cardboard down.  We planed the boards for the island and pantry counter tops tonight.  A little jointing and then they can be glued up.

Preston putting cover plates on the TV / network cable outlets he installed.

The new carpet in Colton's room.

Master bath vanity, toilet and lights from the old house

Master Shower; I would have done a brushed nickel color shower head, but the sink already had oil rubbed bronze fixtures and the shower door frame from the old house is ORB.  Hopefully it will look ok.

Master shower ... you can see the bench and shelf.

More carpet ... master bedroom

1/2 bath

Planing boards