We Have Grass

Side yard (to back)

Side yard (to front)

Front yard (to west)

Front yard (to east)

Sprinklers not working completely yet. Hoping grass lasts.

Thankful for the rain - makes watering the lawn by hand 3 times/day much easier.

Inspection Day

So, the inspector came and looked at all 6 houses on Thursday.

Our house. Getting inspected.

So, while we were getting ready for inspections, I had the fun task of removing all the winter snow mats (about 12 or so) from the 5 houses that had them and haul them down the street to the trailer, unroll them and fold them correctly, drag them onto the trailer and into a pile.

Nice and neat.

I felt pretty good!

... And I was there to take care of the little things that the inspector found that could be fixed right away.

(Okay, and when I had 5 mats left, 'the supervisor' moved the trailer closer to the houses that had them. - Expecting some insult soon.)

Recently...

A few more stones are done-up!

Look at all those arches!

YEAH!!! Countertops...

View down the hall from the dining room.

Doors are going back in!

Closer to Home

Monday : Surprise

"We're getting carpet!"

We were expecting to be the last, so while they were putting down boards I had to vacuum all the little rocks that would've been permanently under our carpet.

Our floor got padded down.

and then the carpet was added!

Carpet in the entry turned out real nice!

Look! Extra...

More news:

cabinets in, bathroom countertops in...

Kitchen cabinets in.

(and countertops, I heard, are in - but I haven't seen it yet.)

Dane says they look good!

Sprinklers are prepped, just need to trench.

And steps to the backyard are ready to go in, just need the cement slab poured.

Lights/electricity is in (a few lights not done yet), and numbers are up!

(I did the numbers.)

More rocks were received and now we can finish our stone!

Caught Red-Handed!

What's all that 'ooohing' and 'aaaahing' down in the basement?!

Staining.

Time to stain the handrails...

"oooh! aaaahh!"

Isn't that perrtiful?!

Top: Wild Cherry

Bottom: Mohagany

"ooooooh!!!!"

All things needed for staining: stain, sandpaper, rags, drill...

Just love this color!

Lesson: Stain stains.

How do I keep my hands from getting like this?

One more item needed for staining: GLOVES!

And then it was time to INSTALL!

p.s. that's our handrail!!!

(pecan stain)

Just 6 Lots

Lot 1

Lot 2

Lot 3

Lot 4

Lot 5

Lot 6

You 'ROCK' My World!

Stone, Rock, Cement, Magnificent Masonry...

Can't you just see it?!

Imagine that BEAUTIFUL rock on our front patio & garage...

... *sniff* (sorry)

More Magnificent Machines!!

Mini Track Hoe

(Remote-Control) Compactor

Back Hoe/Front Loader

"Roller" (?- Sorry, that's my name for it right now...)