Why didn't we have the internet when my girls were little?

Okay, so I am a total DORK when it comes to doing my girl's hair. Always have been. Even if I can figure out how to make it cute, it never stays and I end up with children of the dumpter look within an hour. I stumbled across this cool blog where they show videos of how to make cute hairstyles for girls. I am AMAZED! (click on the title to go there).

I'm so NOT ready for teenagers! The nice thing is they can pretty much run their own party as long as we supply an endless supply of sugar and pizza. The down side is the decibel level is SIGNIFICANTLY higher. I forgot the main rule of teenage girls: they start talking at13 and they don't stop until about age 18. I guess that means the party was good?

so now there is so little left to do, it's hard to remember to take pictures and send them.

Wow what a busy weekend. My sister, Joyce, came down for Friday and Saturday. We got a good chunk of the kitchen done. I just realized I don't have any detailed pictures of the kitchen, so here they are.

I never thought I would be grateful for toilets, but the HORRID smelling port-a-potty from our front yard is GONE! The neighbors were even more thankful than we were.

Ethan christened the guest toilet and is VERY worried the toilets are too small for moms and dads rather large rumps.

One thing that is not too small is my laundry room sink. WOW!

The list of stuff to be finished in the house is getting shorter and shorter. We got our appliances today. Holy cow, they're beautiful!

COUNTERTOPS!
Today, after two days of virtually nothing being done, we were surprised to find the mantle and the countertops installed. Plus we spent a whole hour playing with the light switches because all the lights are hot and on.

Lights, camera,

Oh, it is so exciting to see the stuff we picked out get put into the house! I had forgotten what the main chandelier looked like until it showed up in the house yesterday. Wow.

Even better, we have cabinets!

Look closely, the exterior now has lights!

Now that's paint!

The painters have been busy today. They got primer (tinted the same color as our walls) throughout the house. Plus all the doors and moldings got their coat of bright white paint.

Ooooooooooo concrete. The back patio is poured along with our back steps and garage back landing.

So the big pile of gravel in the front yard has been moved to the basement stairs and back porch. Plus, new dirt has filled in our holes in the front and back yards. We're getting graded and tomorrow the cement truck is coming to pour the back patio, back porch and outside stairway.

You know you're getting close to being finished when you get doorknobs with locks installed. Although these aren't the style we priced out, the color is right and I think the real ones will look great.

Today they stained our banister and prepped for paint. Tomorrow they'll do all the doors and trim, then thursday they'll do the walls. YIPPEEE!

Prom Stairs

I am amazed at what a difference molding and doors can make. Almost overnight, the house looks like a real house. The thing that makes the huge difference is the stair railing is in. Cabinets come on wednesday, that means paint should be soon too.

Neato!

so now we have a garage door opener with really cool switches.

finish carpentry is COOL!

There goes our annonimity: we're famous now!

As I was driving by the house today, I spied THE GOOGLE CAR parked next to the high school's baseball field. I bet that means you'll be able to actually google my address and see an actual street map. Hooray!