March 30, 2012 - Haven't posted for a couple of days.  Not a lot of activity to show but we have met or talked with the Electrician, Plumber and the Mason.  We will be out of town for a week so we had to get ahead of the game so the guys can still work.  Donna has been REAL busy looking at vanities, fixtures and giving the workers directions on what she has planned.  When we get back I'm sure there will be a LOT to share.

The Plumber has been here!
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This is the bathroom on the first floor.
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March 24-27, 2012 - Another weekend of nice weather and progress on the home building.  No obvious work done today (Monday) but Donna met with the mason and they talked about what she wanted done.  I called the plumber and we talked about tank-less water heaters vs regular water heaters.  Donna will meet with the electrician this week and layout the sockets and other special electrical stuff.

Shingles are all on and the roof vents are installed.
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The mason has already placed some of his scaffolding and is ready for the brick to arrive.
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March 22, 2012 - Another March day with the weather in the low 80's.  There was a forecast of scattered T-Storms but nothing showed up as of this posting at 7:15PM.  A lot accomplished today as you can see from the pictures I posted.

Windows and doors in and the second floor is roofed.
Front view of the house.
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Windows in and the guys were just finishing the roofing of the second floor
roof when I stopped by after work.  Rear of the house.
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March 21, 2012 - High of 82 today and clear skies.  May have some rain on Friday but as of now the weather is perfect for building.  The vast majority of the windows are in and I talked to the on-site builder today about some minor stuff that needs to be done inside.

Front view with the windows installed.
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View of the rear of the house with most of the windows installed.
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View from the inside of the sun room.
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March 20, 2012 - Today the weather was in the 80's and SUPER nice.  I had to work late and didn't leave Lexington until after 6:30PM.  When I was about 5 miles from the house I called Donna to see if she wanted me to pick her up and go see the house.  She had just finished a lesson in Berea and was already at the house.  She waited until I got there and we checked out the progress for the day.

This was taken around 7:15PM or so.  The cement didn't arrive until sometime after
2:00PM so the finisher got a late start.  He told me he would be there late tonight.
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The front porch looks real good.
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The Chief Inspector (not from "The Pink Panther") checks out the work.
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March 19, 2012 - We are two thirds of the way through March and I can't believe the weather was in the low 80's with partly cloudy skies.  Couldn't ask for better weather! Today I finished work early and went out to the house at 4:00PM.
 

Shingles are here!
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The front porch is ready to have the cement poured.  Scheduled for tomorrow.
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The garage floor is also ready for the cement.
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March 17, 2012 - Donna and I were out and about and of course had to stop by the house.  Nice day for working and they guys have been busy. In the low 70's today with cloudy, but sunny skies. I talked to one of them today and asked if they always work Saturdays?  He said if they lost a day during the week because of weather or lack of materials they will work on Saturday.  I also asked him if they were real busy and he said right now they weren't but are hoping the spring/summer season will bring work.

House is wrapped and the front porch is up!  We were told the porch and garage
will be poured early next week and the shingles will arrive as well.
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The BIG BOSS of this project inspects the construction!  It appears that all has passed with no problems.
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All the braces that used to be up are now gone.  To the left is the sun room and
Donna is facing the kitchen area.
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