Some Major Progress

So our builder's contractors got the shingles and stucco job done last week. Over the weekend, they also put up the insulation. B added some more acoustical insulation in the media room and the Little Man's room.

Today they started putting up the stone. The sheetrock have been delivered as well, so hopefully, by the end of the week, we'll see some work done, as far as the interior is concerned.

Stucco... Finally!

After a few broken promises from our builder and a couple of weeks of frustrations on our part, the stucco guys finally showed up and have started working on the stucco. We have documented everything. B & I are crossing our fingers that our builder will get this project going smoothly from here and out... and try to make our expected move-in date possible.

Here's how the house looks like now:

The House And The Fountain

Although our builder said they were supposed to start working on the stucco and have the shingles delivered, we didn't see much of an activity at all last week. On Friday, we walked the house with our builder to locate all lights, switches and outlets.

On some other notes... B & I knew that we needed to replace our 4-year old vacuum cleaner - it was just a matter of when and how much we'd spend for a new one. B already fixed it once, and I broke it again recently (not on purpose, I swear)! Since we got this 20% off coupon from BedBathAndBeyond and a gift card, we decided to buy a Dyson. We have two big doggies, and so far, it does an outstanding job on the carpet.

We also found this very lovely fountain at a local nursery. Online retailers sell it for $700-$900 but we paid much, much less than that! It's heavyweight (weighs 165 pounds), and made of cast stone.