Acceleration

Only halfway through November...and the progress is astounding.  Due, in part, to the arrival of the subs.

Do you hear grumbling?

No, that's just Peter the Plumber.  But check out the toilet!!

Here I'm putting the legs on the tub, so installation can begin tomorrow.

It fits!  And is that a light fixture on the ceiling? Yes, Jan has been busy.  Lights that really turn on and off, all over the house.  Notice the door, one of many already installed.

Giant sigh of relief.   Neal and I tackled the install of the first shower door and managed it.  Whew.  The warnings on the packaging are daunting.

  Back in the kitchen, Neal goes back to the demo stage, and opens up more room behind the frig, so it will sit flush with the cabinets. 

Small idea, big results.  What you can't see is the line running from the new reverse osmosis water filter to the frig.  Filtered water AND ice.  Amazing, really.

More subs!  The guys from the stone shop are back.  At 7am.  It was like Christmas.  Neal and I were practically shivering from excitement.

We still adore our granite.  Look at this inclusion!

All of the counters are in, with the sinks siliconed in place.  What a difference a morning makes...

And the next morning (yep.  at 7am), the Kinetico installer arrived with the reverse osmosis unit and the conditioning system.

Mike did brilliant work in our pumphouse.  It was a rubik's cube of a problem, and he solved it in style. 

Now we'll just find out how to fix the little leak under the counter...

Meanwhile Neal, Kenny, Salvador and David wrestle the 625 lb. woodstove onto the hearth.

And we receive our least-local item: vintage door pulls from where?  Estonia?  A prize if you can tell me where that is without going to the google!

But of course, we found them on Etsy.  Don't you love it?

Had to open the package for you...

And finally, we were about to loose it.  Oh, that's right, we DID loose it a few times.  Good thing Jan got those tickets for the ballet.  Kilian + Pite, an incredible show.  Here's an excerpt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88mnjR9ejxs

And Seattle in a glitter storm, courtesy of the hotel!

We needed that.