9.15.09 update

After we started the brick (well maybe not "WE") the rains poured down on Monday and Tuesday. It did finally stop this afternoon for awhile so they started to brick some more. We are up to main level on the garage and back sides, which is about 10 feet tall. We are probably up to 8 feet on the front and the right side of the house where the fireplace is. We did get most of the insulation installed. The spray in foam is pretty amazing and has closed in the house quite a bit. They have just sprayed the outside walls, not the attic yet. But, with just the sides sprayed the amount of noise you hear from outside when you are inside is dramatically reduced. I can't wait to see how it keeps out the cold :) We hope the weather will cooperate tomorrow and they can finish bricking the front of the house first. If they do the drywall can be brought through Rie's front window up there and then they can finally install her window. (They left it open so they could load the drywall through her window, an easier lift than up the stairs or through the front door that has no front porch or walkway yet!) The insulation price came under budget (yeah!) so hopefully that will even out from the dirt we had to haul in at the beginning of this process... and maybe my appliances too! We just received our first drawings for the cabinets and emailed back our changes. So... we have to finish insulation (or installation as Rie and Christian call it) and finish bricks. We still need them to move a vent and the shower head. We also need to install another special hook up for the "high speed oven" we are getting. It's a microwave that also acts as a oven, now I just have to learn how to work it. Ha! Then the drywall and trim... As of right now our timeline is Thanksgiving.... we'll see.

**I promise to take a DIFFERENT camera the next time I go to the house. I'm starting to think it's the cable that connects to the computer because it's not working for 2 of our little digital cameras. So out comes the big Canon next time!