First week in August

Yesterday, I took Charlie to All State Orchestra Camp at St. Benedict's College in St. Joseph, MN. Here he is, happy to pose by the sign. He will be there until Saturday, when we go back to get him and here the concert that they all work on during this week. I think 6 students were chosen to try out for All State from the Prior Lake School District. Charlie made All State Orchestra, and 2 others made All State Band, which is held at UMD.

When I got home my new front door was in!

I like my new door!

Today, Tuesday, the heating/air conditioning guys finally came!

You can see the natural gas line they ran that will eventually hook up to the grill, and the hoods they put on the air exchanger intake and output.

But this was the most exciting thing of all - my new DRYER VENT! No more going outside and wedging the board in to hold the flap up so SOME of the yucky dryer air went outside. Yipee!

After they were done Dan built the wall around the bottom of the bow window.

He also started working on the area around the bow window inside the house, with sheet rock, tape, and mud.

He went up to the spot where we've had some sort of leak on our living room ceiling, and he scraped some of the bad stuff off.

Here is some of the remnants left behind.

Over the weekend the electrician came and got all of our light spots re-done. Here is one of the lights that we picked for the front of the house, hanging so we could see how it looks. It will come down again now, until the siding is up, maybe later this week?

And then, the post issue is finally resolved! Thanks to all who put in their 2 cents on Facebook where I posed the question, "Square or round?" Also a big thanks to Julie, who is the end all, be all, of designing decisions that we make. Mike trusts her judgement, and she said square, so square it is.

2 views, because I like this sooooo much!

The plan is that tomorrow the little roof thing will be finished, and some more sheet rock/mud work will happen inside. And then on Thursday, there may be extra helpers here to actually hang some siding! We shall hold our breath, and see what happens!