Wa-Hoo I'm on a Roll!

So I didn't do multiple posts on Friday.  I wanted to, I really did! But the internet here went down, and I don't know about y'all but I can't post without internet :)

This week has been busy! Came in Monday morning and our office phone system was down for a few hours.  Plus side-no phones ringing, down side-customers think we died.  We have had orders coming out of our ears, and its great! We shipped out roughly 24,000 pre-programmed RFiD labels yesterday and have orders standing by for another 45,000 that will ship no later than next Tuesday! (if anyone is wondering what I do check this out Super Awesome RFID Company ). On the personal side of life, TJ is out of town for possibly another 3 weeks (been two already).  My birthday is next weekend, one I'm actually looking forward to for some reason.  My poor little Jeep has been in the shop all week.  Went in with all sorts of lights on and has been problem after problem.  So far we have replaced: ABS System, 2 Wheel Speed Sensors, 1 wiring harness for one wheel speed sensor, front passenger marker light housing, socket, and wiring.  Will be interesting to see if anything else is wrong with her, at least she's under warranty for another 4,000 miles.

And now to our main event, what all of you (both of you?) are here for.  House updates! I left off with the progress as of 7/22.  So I will start there.  You might want to grab a cup of coffee or tea, this one will be a long one!

7/23/2011- This was a Saturday, and I wasn't actually expecting to see any changes since it was the weekend.  We were driving in that area so we stopped in, and SURPRISE!!! My amigos are awesome :) Also they had the entire thing done, cleaned up, and they were gone by 3pm!

7/25/2011- What a day! The electrician was here, the HVAC guy was here, there's stuff all over! As I showed in the last post our deck was finished today.

The garage is filled with bits and pieces of HVAC materials, this was actually the first day that the site wasn't 100% clean.

But they made this cool little table for them to bend metal on, pretty nifty.

The heat pump and main ductwork is ran. As well as some of the main electrical.

They also put the tubs and showers in the bathrooms that they go in, how they did it? Don't ask me!

7/26/2011-  I like today, today has happy changes :) Dominion was out and marked the line where they will run the cable from the pole on our property line to the house.

There was a lot more electrical work done, the ductwork was framed in, someone wrote Tornados on out main support beam in the basement...and this:

I love this picture, it makes me smile.  The sun was slowly thinking about setting, the sky is so blue, there is a little patch of green grass.  Such a happy place.

7/27/2011- Hello Mr. Plumber! I have been waiting for the plumber, if you remember there is a window in the basement that has a pipe coming up in the middle of it.  That pipe goes up into the kitchen, that's where the kitchen sink is.  I was wondering which way they were planning on taking that pipe and how they were going to do it. So here it is:

The capped piece on the floor is the piece they cut off that was sticking up through the window. The pressure tank is in place and a lot of the plumbing is roughed in.

This cool dude is also installed.  This is one of my top 5 favorite things about the house.  Why you may ask?  A mantle! I have dreamed about having a mantle to hang my stockings from for years.  (And all the stockings were hung by the mantle with care...) I had our stockings custom made last year from re-purposed sweaters and they have our (me, TJ, and devil-kittens) initials.

7/28/2011- No real pictures for this one, but still stuff was done!  The tubs and showers are installed and were filled with water to help them set.  The plumbing is 98% roughed in, electric is completely roughed in.  They put in a little tuft of insulation above the fireplace.

7/29/2011-Happy Birthday to mi madre! My parents got back from their vacation this afternoon, I dropped my poor Jeepster off at the shop this morning, and I officially felt like I was 15 when my parents showed up at work to pick me up...
We went out to the house after dinner for my mom.  Again no huge changes but the door bell and outdoor lights are wired.

8/1/2011- Wowwee Wow Wow! So I'm excited about the little things.  It keeps life interesting.  I pulled up at the house with a headache, sore back, and tired.  This is what I see.

I grew up on a farm.  I love my moo's.  Having cows in the field behind our house makes me smile.  All the pictures I took inside the house are all slightly blurry.  I'm a picture snob, so I'm not posting slightly blurry pics :(  Most of the insulation is in, there are a few places in the ceiling that still need it.  Walking through the house now it is so quiet and sealed up.

8/2/2011- Delivery! I didn't notice any actual house changes but there was a nice pile of boxes outside when I pulled up with mom.

All of our siding and soffit has been delivered.  We have nice white soffit:

And our beautiful Flint siding:

They finally put doorknobs on all of the exterior doors and I LOVE the satin nickle that we chose:

Well they also locked the doors :( My heart sank a little bit, I'm locked out of my house. Well I thought I was.

I looked up and see this! YAY! I can get in :) Turns out there is a key outside each door...I'm short, I never see the top of the door ;)
I saw this little thing when I opened the front door, it made me smile :)

I'm beautiful underneath! This is great! I need to look and see if all of the doors have this or if its just this one.
And a view of the cows in the field beside our house :)

And the last update!!!
8/3/2011- Yesterday was another delivery!

SO MUCH DRYWALL! There is drywall in every.single.room. There's drywall in the basement.  There's drywall in the garage.  There's drywall in the hallway. Seriously its everywhere!

I'm super excited for what will be tonight!Ok super-post is now complete, you may proceed with your normally scheduled programming :)