A Very Pleasant Surprise Indeed

Yesterday afternoon I received a call from Juanita. She had been in North Carolina and, on the spur of the moment, decided to drive on up to Fin's in N.J. She decided that she had to stop to see my new house in person. So I told her to come on up and stay over at my place. She rolled into town at 8:30pm. Eleanor, my cousin, welcomed her in and we had a nice catch up on the news and made plans to see the house this morning.

This morning we had breakfast at the Milford Diner and proceeded to the house. We got there as the contractors were beginning to clean up the site and the interior of the house. The carpet contractor arrived and installed the carpeting in the three bedrooms.(photo tomorrow)

Now, I'm not supposed to say this, but, although Juanita might not have been the first friend or family member to visit my house, she WAS the first to try out the new toilet. 

And the Winner Is

The winner in the "What color is the front door?" is Cathy!!! She guessed purple, though I'm certain she never really thought I would put that on an exterior door. LOL. The actual color is concord grape from Sherwin Williams. Juanita came in a very, very close second with eggplant. The winner gets a luncheon at chez Fifi with some bubbly.

The appliances were delivered today, and, the front steps are finished. The carpeting goes in tomorrow. 

Don't Blink

Golly, if you blink, you miss out on all kinds of photo opportunities these days. I got over to the house after 2pm. The well digging rig had been rescued from the yard; the plumber was finishing up attaching pipe under the house in the crawl space; the electricians had been there and finished installing the last of the pendants in the kitchen.

I have TOILETS! Life is good. I have running water, cold and hot. Tomorrow, the painting. The following are random shots of today's completed work.