Since you Must be Bored...

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Yes another week and more pictures!
Concrete steps in front yard... minus the concrete

The actual example of a really bad bathroom light. Now these are NOT the lights we were shown but this is what appeared in the bathrooms. I had to blink and think real hard, when is the last time I saw something like this, hmmm. 1959, oh wait I was not born then. The good thing is Nelson agreed he wouldn't put these in a trailer, and they were not great. He is working on this and our outside lights which are not Dark Sky Friendly! We only want Dark Sky Friendly Lights in the neighborhood. He is a great builder!

Room with a view.. and a light.

Now... will our house be ready by October 17th?

Enter our Estate

Retaining wall is in and a few other touches. Here as usual are a few more pictures, like there are not enough pictures of this house.

Hm, I wonder whose address that is. I am not sure I like our lights, they are not as cool as the neighbors because the light vendor has been changed. Thus we suffer from the lack of "light" coolness our neighbors have. I will not even show the lights in the bathroom, Nelson is getting a nastygram from me!

Here is the deck being built in the back, a person can stand under that, even though it does not look like it. This could be a rainwater collection area... ha. Maybe we can create a playroom for the cats under that, not sure.

Cool picture of the colors of the house, I just like this view.

Wallah!!! Stairs leading down to the yard in the front. This I must say was interesting, like please enter our estate. It will be interesting to see the landscaping.

A Little Happening...

Here are a few pictures, a few things are happening again. The retaining wall is starting to go in the front yard but there are no pictures of that. They say now it may be finished by middle of October but I have a feeling it may be longer. There is still a great deal to do. That's okay with me in the end it all works out and we are so busy with work right now we barely have time to check on house happenings anyway.

Jetta tub in downstairs bathroom with tile to the ceiling and a cool shelf!

Fan (in case you didn't know what that was). You can see the plywood which is covering the windows in the living room. They were stolen some time ago and have delayed the house. They have been re-ordered but we are still waiting.

Kitchen sink. Luckily there will be a dishwasher so that this item will only be used to wash hands! Ha!

Nice view above the kitchen sink... all windows :)

Bathroom door, now that is some wood.

It's hard to take pictures here but the master bedroom with bamboo floors looks better than the plywood that was there before.

Master bedroom leading into master bathroom, the trim will be painted.

Nothing Happening Here... no Siree!!

I hate to move the blog below this down but I had to say a few words. Nothing happening. Can you install living room windows, replace downstairs bedroom windows with "Cranky Windows", do a retaining wall, landscape, install wood floors, install rest of the lighting, additional cabinets, countertops, steps on stairs, deck, fence, air conditioning, water heater, electric meter, appliances, sinks, door hardware, sidewalk, touch up paint on exterior, interior, paint exterior doors correct color and then clean it all up and make it pretty to move in... in a period of 4 weeks. Oh yeah we gotta do the punch list and say a-okay after all that is done.

Since our lease is up in 4 weeks we may be living on a street waiting to move into Agave. Two weeks of nothing happening is well.. not fun. But.. Nelson has worked miracles.

The Coolest Neighborhood in the USA

Apparently the wacky neighbors are at it again. They got the ‘hood on local TV with a special guest star (Choo choo!) and great political commentary.

Here is the Article:

"AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- An East Austin neighborhood is the grand prize winner in a Dreyer's Ice Cream contest to choose the "Coolest neighborhood in America."

An essay from a neighborhood resident did the trick.

Saturday night, the Nine Sixty Nine neighborhood will receive an ice cream party for all 1000 residents. The neighborhood consists of several different sections, each with different and diverse homes and populations."

Click here for the video.