Substantial Completion

The house is now substantially complete, which means that apart from the odd items, the house is complete and move in ready. Carpet was installed Monday and Tuesday (12/4 and 12/5), so though move in started before carpet was installed in the tiled areas such as the kitchen and bathrooms, the beds were moved in Wednesday 12/6, and I took a day off work on Friday to empty out the pods. Needless to say it was a busy weekend.

Friday morning I loaded my truck with all the boxes stored in the spare bedroom of my house, picked up their wall heater for the master bathroom, and set out for Sherman. It took me about 10 hours to completely unload both pods, and my brother was able to come up after work to help get the large pieces of furniture. Saturday morning, I loaded more items I've been storing in my house and headed up again, this time with LoW, and with the help of my brother, laid about 2/3rds of the sod until we all gave out...I think we might have broke LoW. Sunday after church, I set out once again with another load of stored items (yes there was a lot of their stuff at my house, and there's still a few large items left, as well as a few more boxes) and this time my beautiful AQ rode shotgun and helped lay the last three and a half pallets of sod. I think she loves me! We laid the last 2/3 pallet in the dark by the headlights of the truck, but we got it all done! I couldn't have done it without the help of My brother, LoW and AQ.

I didn't take any pictures except for one of the front yard after we finished the sod, and the flower beds will be planted in the spring, so they aren't done yet. The problem is, my computer at home has a virus, and I can't really use it until I can get it fixed, and with Christmas shopping and upcoming expenses, I don't know when that will be. I'll probably get around to it some time in January.

This Tuesday after Christmas, AQ and I are flying to south Texas to spend some time with my parents somewhere other than here. Then the day after we get back, we are leaving for West Virginia to visit her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. It will be a busy but much needed vacation.

Best wishes to everyone, and have a great holiday season.