Home Sweet Home #5

Can you tell that the house has been eating up most of our time and attention lately? Gone are the days of the cute little girls on our blog... Our new obsession is getting this stupid house thing wrapped up. I want nothing more right now than to have that house finished, and all of our belongings inside. If I only had a slight bit of knowledge about home construction, I might very well sneak inside at night and continue the job with my own hands, just to get it done faster...

With last week's house drama resolved, (we agreed to leave the style of woodwork they installed; they agreed to change out the doors that I can't stand AND add on some custom work to the house at no additional cost), we are supposedly still "on time," whatever that means in the construction world...

As of today, the tile and granite are installed and ready for grout, the hardwoods are in, the woodwork is taped off for a final painting, the exterior is (almost) completely painted, and all of the appliances and plumbing fixtures are in the garage, waiting to be installed. The lighting arrives Monday, and after that comes carpet and landscaping.

As if we didn't have enough going on, this week Camryn caught the cold that has been lingering with Brian and I for awhile now, so the crabbiness in the Bailey household continues. Also, Brian had jury duty, and somehow managed to get his number called, get selected for the jury, and also become the lead juror. Thank goodness the case only lasted one day. Though on his way back to work yesterday, ready to work hard and make up for being gone, he was rear-ended at a stoplight. (Because we just have all kinds of time to deal with this sort of thing, right?) Thankfully he is OK, but the car will need some work done, and there is lots of paperwork to do and phone calls to be made. Awesome.

So hopefully all of this will be over soon, we'll be back to our regular old boring lives, and when you visit our blog, you'll be seeing photos again of the girls, instead of unfinished construction. Which is what you came here for in the first place, right?