And, we're rounding third...

Over the past few weeks, finishing touches have made their way into our new homestead. Whoop! Whoop! The flooring boys have completed the tile in utility room, upstairs bathroom, and the floor of the master bathroom. Working on the tile in the master bath shower will take a bit longer. The tile in these rooms has not been grouted because the flooring ringleader (Adam) said that the grout will just get dirty if they do it now. He said grouting is typically completed toward the end of the process. Adam and his cohorts have also completed our hardwood flooring, and the bamboo is gorgeous. This bamboo, though, caused it's share of bumps in the road. We purchased strand-woven bamboo (tremendously stronger than oak) from SimpleFloors in Georgia. When Adam attempted to nail down the bamboo with a nail gun, the nails would fold because the wood was entirely too strong to penetrate. After much help from our sales rep at SimpleFloors, Indy and Adam decided that gluing the floor was a much better option. We want to commend Indy, Adam, and our wonderful sales rep Lyza for their patience and diligence in remedying this problem. You guys rock!

Meet the floor dudes.

Floor dude vs. bamboo and glue

Trees are thanking us right about now. You are welcome!

We ordered carpet yesterday, and the style for the bonus room is on backorder until June 24th. Nevertheless, the bedroom carpets should not be a problem and should be delivered next week.


And, finally, we have granite! The granite was installed last week once the flooring got installed under the kitchen island. Luckily, the granite looks great. (Considering we couldn't remember what in the world we had picked out. Ha!) 

Can't you just see Noel cooking away?!

And, I can totally see him cleaning up all the dishes after the delicious dinner he fixed me.

A few weeks ago Keith and his crew rejoined the workforce at our homestead to give us a deck on the back of the house and a lean-to on the back of the garage. They threw both up in a day's time. Pretty efficient really. We told them to hold off on the railings for the deck, because we wanted to install the taught wire (you know, for a modern look). So we started doing research on taught wire railing systems. We got a quote, and the quote is so laughable I just can't bear to put it in this blog. Needless to say, the taught wire wasn't just over our budget, it was waaaaaay out of our price range. We still needed railing, though, and my dad decided he would be the one to supply us with some nice wooden railings, which now looks great by the way. (Thanks, Daddy! And I'm sorry I don't have a pic to display your fine craftsmanship, but Indy was impressed.) He will be the first to tell you that he is the most efficient subcontractor we've had in this process, and for argument's sake, we'll agree.


The ceilings of our porches have been stained and installed.

The stained ceiling of our front porch.

John (our electrician) had been busy at work all last week finishing up the electrical in the house. I believe we are still at the electric company's mercy to come pull the electric line to the house from the transformer, but they move as slow as molasses down there. We are also still attempting to get credit from the electric company for going 'green' with our geothermal system, insulation, and windows. The guy who evaluates this for us said he would come once the appliances have been installed. 


The soffit/gutter guys have started doing their job, but soon after starting they disappeared and have been MIA for well over a week now. Hello, boys! We need gutters if you want money. I see only one way to remedy this situation.


Stroops (our geothermal company) installed our thermostats and turned on the units, and we are not certain that either unit is functioning appropriately. Wonderful! Indy has made them aware of the problem as have I, so, hopefully, we'll get some arctic air blasting through that house soon.


We are moving from this townhouse to the homestead on June 29th come hell or high water. And, please consider this a solicitation for volunteers. If you don't volunteer, we will hunt you down and make you miserable. :) Some boxes and pieces of furniture have already made their way down to Lynchvegas and are sitting in the upstairs of our garage. We are nearing the end of the long adventure, and we are very ready to jump to the next. (Yeah, we get bored quickly if you didn't know.) However, we seem to think that this next endeavor will keep us on our toes a bit more than a house. 

Parting shot: A HUGE congrats to my bro and his new wifey! (Nayer, you can't bring him back. May the force be with you.)