Update - drywall complete and painters arrived early Monday morning 7/28 to start on the texture. They finished it Monday and primed it to paint on Tuesday. Then Wednesday was the big day the first coat of paint. It is so pretty inside and looks fantastic. But they will be back again on Friday to do the second coat and finish up.

We should be able to pick up our ceramic tile this next week and begin tiling the house. It just depends on how long it takes for us to finish the house after that gets done. Once we install the cabinets we will be able to finish the plumbing and get our furnace and a/c unit installed then I'm guessing we are pretty close to move in but that is still a ways away. We are estimating 6-8 weeks if we are lucky so wish us all the luck in the world. Although this process has been eventful I am still ready for it to be complete.

Update on house - brick officially finished on 7/23/08 and boy did it ever turn out good. I know everyone knows I dreamed of my daddy bricking the house for me but even if he did live close again I don't think he would have been able to do so anymore. But the bricker, Dave Trankle really pulled through for us and did a extraordinary job. The brick work is fabulous and the fireplace is absolutely superb. I am more than impressed with how it all turned out.

The drywall should be complete soon and we will begin painting hopefully next week. Then we can start laying tile. We are putting ceramic tile throughout the entire house. It will make it easier with the dacshunds. Hopefully my parents will be here by mid August and they will be able to help with the tile. Well stay tuned for more updates and hopefully I can get some updated pictures on the site soon.

Hello - the house is coming along and now we have a completed fireplace. Dave Trankle is doing our brick work. He is so pleasant to work with and has done an awesome job on the fireplace. It really makes the room. The weather wasn't the greatest this past week so they couldn't work much outside; but it is supposed to be clear this next week. They are hoping they will finish the rest of the brick work then.

The sheet rock was started on Tuesday, July 8 midday and finished late on Thursday, July 10. Boy what a mess there was when they got done with that. It was awful but I was going to be off on Friday so I worked along with Roger and Dave's boy getting it cleaned up. That boy reminds me a lot of Derek. He is a real hard working boy and will do just about anything to help you. When we got it all done we wrote him a check for $25 to thank him for all his help. He didn't want to accept it but we eventually forced him to take it teling him he didn't have to help us clean up the sheet rock that he had done that on his own.

Derek, my step son and wife Meredith's house is also coming along. Their siding has been put on and sheet rock was finished this past Tuesday. Roger and Derek went over there yesterday and cleaned the mess up at their house.

Well nothing more for now but will update as more news develops.

Well lots of activity since the last time I wrote. The bricklayers nearly have the fireplace done and the rest of the brick and steel have arrived so they will start back on Monday. I was so excited when we decided to brick the rest of the house. It is sure going to look good. Also our sheet rock was delivered this past Wednesday so the workers will be starting on that as well this next Monday. So there will be plenty of activity this next week. We hope to start laying tile by the first of August. If I hadn't already advised we are putting ceramic tile throughout the entire house. I know that sounds odd but our house requires it because of our dogs. We love them but it will be so much easier having the tile so we can clean up any messes that come along.