Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve posted. Not much and a lot has happened. We’re still in our apartment and the new house is being built. We go out every Sunday to check on the progress and everything is moving along quite well.

We were supposed to close on Friday this week - WOW! Yes, they really built it fast, didn’t they? Only thing is Hurricane Rita threw things off track last week and the granite countertop company doesn’t have computer access, consequently they can’t tell the construction supervisor when the countertop will be installed. Sooooo…we won’t close this week. Maybe next week, we just don’t know right now.

Last time I was out there, about 8 days ago, it was looking really nice. The cabinets were in (no countertop) and the tile had been laid. The tile installer did an especially nice job. I wasn’t real happy with the cabinets, right now, without the countertops, they look cheap. I think after the countertop is on and we add some nice hardware, everything will look okay. I will say though, they are not the best cabinets, they are cheap, builder grade cabinets. Oh, well, what can I do? We got a great price on the house and I guess they save money in the cabinets. We’ll do what we can to make them look good and I’m sure they will be fine.

They also poured the patio, it’s a really nice size. With all we have planned for the backyard, it’s going to be super nice. We also decided on the colors we want to use in the living room/kitchen area. It’s an “open” floor plan so all the colors will need to flow. We’re going to use a ragging technique in the living area, a golden color over the cream base color that is already there. In the dining area of the kitchen, we’re going to use a reddish terra cotta color on the wall that faces the living area. It looked great on the swatches in the natural lighting of the house, we’ll have to see what it really looks like once it’s up.

Anyway, I’ll update again soon.