Lickety Split Post

It's been a very busy day,

it's late

and I'm still feeling crummy.

I'm giving this post exactly

10 minutes

starting 

now...

Turns out, 

wiring is a lot like framing...

seems like it NEVER ends.

But it's done now

and we figure we've got

over a mile of various electrical wire

running through this little bungalow.

This awesome guy is Jef - Electrician Extraordinaire.

He and Dean work together at GE and Jef actually took 

half a day off to come help out!

We probably owe him like 50 or so 

Apollo Burger cheeseburger combos.

We are so grateful for his help.

Gary, another coworker and longtime friend, also 

came and helped out for several hours after work one evening.

I made the mistake of asking him if I could take his picture.

I shoulda just taken it because

he shut me down (in the nicest way possible) saying something about 

not wanting to take any

razzing from Peter at work about showing up on our blog.

Tell ya what...

we've got some really wonderful friends

and we're very grateful.

As of tonight,

electrical is DONE!

WAH-HOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Gas lines are also 

DONE.

There was some rearranging needed on those.

We had part of the drive way poured...

It turned out GREAT.

Craig Robinson and his crew are about the best flat-work guys around.

We framed out the fireplaces...

The window for our master shower FINALLY came in

and we installed it right away.

AND...

we had our first 4-way inspection.

Inspector Mike said it's rare to do an initial 4-way 

and have to put so few items on the call-out list.

That made us feel pretty good, but there was 

still quite a list of things that needed correcting.

As you can see, all but one have been checked off.

It's been crazy-busy around here.

And things are stressful because we've got three contractors lined up 

in the next two week that have to follow in quick succession 

and we are SCRAMBLING to get 

everything done that needs to be done 

before those crews start.

One last thing -

lest you drive by and notice this...

our meter base on the FRONT of our beautiful bungalow...

do not think for a second that we wanted it there.

It has seriously disappointed me that the power company insisted 

that this was the only acceptable location.

GRRRRRRRRRR 

That's all.

And, yes, that was more like almost 20 minutes.

Thanks for stoppin' by.

Good night and God Bless.