We finally had some action this week after waiting for our fireplace and some other plumbing fixtures to arrive over the past couple of weeks.  The fireplace (which was 2 weeks late) was installed yesterday and we have to do a little rework in order to get Robin's manly (= massive:) TV to fit.  Unfortunately, we have to put the TV above the fireplace which isn't my favorite, but we couldn't find a way to make it all work in the area we had & look good side by side.

We also have a great husband & wife crew of 2 doing all of the exterior trim and siding work which also started this week.  They have the back & part of the side of the addition done - wish they could have come today on this beautiful day, but they had other obligations with family.  It looks like we will likely NOT get the outside of the house painted before the spring, which is going to look very odd all winter long.  With the weather changing, chances just are not very high that we will get a week of weather warm enough for the paint to adhere to the siding properly...we'll see how it goes!

                                          
                                               Waiting for the tub!

 

New 75 gallon Hot Water Heater! Bye bye 40 gallon tank that didn't give us enough hot water to begin with!

A truck delivered a ton of drywall this morning & it was fun for the kids to see it lifted from truck to the addition. Carpet tile also arrived for the family room area rug and getting ready to order bathroom tile early next week!