Happy Holidays! And some house blah blah.

Christmas may have come and gone, but it's not too late to wish you a belated Happy Holidays. Here's a little gem that made our Christmas a little merrier, courtesy of the Sani-can company:

Just picture a homeless man living inside and you're all set.

I think I will be keeping that card forever.

Things are happening in rapid succession at the new homestead. I'm pretty sure that nobody believes me anymore when I promise to take pictures and post them, but I do promise and I will I WILL! Rough electrical and plumbing is done and has been inspected, and the siders started working on Monday, beginning with installing windows, which is so very exciting seeing as how Monday was also the day it started raining for what looks to be a very long time. I have no other explanation for why this December was one of the driest on record other than someone up there wanted me to have a dry house. Sorry to all you agricultural types.

Jeff and Steve worked all day Monday laying out felt which will serve as the underlayment for the concrete on the main floor. Jeff tells me that the tubing for the main floor is all in place now, waiting for the final pour, which must be happening soon. I'm a little nervous for that, the concrete guy doesn't have the best track record at this point. 

All the siding should be up by tomorrow at the latest and then from there all the focus will be on the inside. I (finally) got our finish plumbing fixtures that I ordered a while back. Hans Grohe, I think you might be dead but that's not going to stop me from loving you (but not like that- ew). I still can't commit to any light fixtures, this might have to be decided with a dart and a blindfold. There was also a rather tense day (for me anyway) last week where I decided suddenly that the bathrooms should have marmoleum rather than tile flooring. And so it goes.

I'm including a photo I took on the 24th of our boarded-up house (to deter the thievin'). I wasn't going to take any pictures that day but Jeff wanted to have a memento of when our house looked, as he called it, like a crack house. So here you go:

No actual crack for sale here. Move it along now.

Surprising why anyone would want actual windows when you could just nail up some plywood, don't you think?

So, as always, more pictures to come. It really is starting to look amazing, though, and I'm beginning to believe it might actually be done someday.

Happy Holidays!