Thousands of fans love us

Or something like that. The blog counter is about to hit 1,000 views, which is pretty exciting (particularly since I set up the counter not to count views from my computer).

In order to hurry things up, I will post a few words that are bound to get us some bonus hits:

- Justin Bieber

- Kate Middleton

- Mid-century modern

- Ashton Kutcher

- Dry well

That outta do it.

Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away...

It's remarkable what some sun and warmth can do for your attitude. Oh, and some brand-spanking new drywall, paint and balcony railing.

Massive progress has been made. We have walls! Walls, people.

Did I mention how nice the house looks when the sun is shining?

Here is a full set of pictures for you to peruse at your leisure: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25768433@N02/sets/72157626686147642/

Entry, stairs and drywall progress

Check out how nice our entry looks now -- thanks Greg!

Drywall is going up at breakneck pace, who-hoo!!!

Also, stairs are up. Stair railings are to come.

Some updated pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25768433@N02/sets/72157626686147642/

Feeling kinda blue (the good kind)

The house is blue! An oh-so-subtle shade of blue. I have mentally dubbed it "air". Love, love, love it. Love.

Also, pieces of our stairway are going into the house.

And...we now have a railing on our balcony.

It's almost too much for words. Andrew, you are my hero of the week (well, at least so far).

More photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25768433@N02/sets/72157626686147642/

I'm not waiting on a lady, I'm just waiting on a friend...

...or a house painter. Due to a combination of slow pace and intermittent rain, our lovely grey-blue has not yet been sprayed on the house. Sigh.

BUT we're getting a balcony railing early next week, and drywall is being delivered Tuesday. Walls, people!

Paint!

Paint should go on the house today (please, God, let paint go on the house today). It's primed, masked, caulked, ready to go!

The paint color we chose is light blueish grey and is called, appropriately enough, Mt. Rainier Grey. You'll see it in its full glory soon.

For now, a primed house:

Put a bird on it

We had a bird in our basement last night (old house). Greg got it out somehow, then we looked it up. Greg believes it was a Northern Flicker. Cool, eh?