Terry the electrician came back yesterday for a second day. He installed lights in the closets, put in an outdoor outlet near the slider, and installed some of the exterior lights.

Exciting, no? The top switch is for the exterior light - see below. And the bottom three are for the recessed lights in the ceiling.


Here's one of Jen's cast-off exterior fixtures. For the life of me, I can't remember why we chose to put it above the door, instead of to the side. I know we had a reason.

Here's the one by the front door. That's our zoning permit for the deck on the door. Technically, we aren't supposed to be starting construction until today - October 31. My rationale for why we're OK is this: we haven't actually changed the footprint yet.

All we've done is put a lot of holes in the ground. Which have subsequently been filled. See? No problem. There are big screws coming out of the center of each of those concrete disks.

Charlie, aka Clerk of the Works, inspected yesterday's progress with me. And this morning, much to my surprise, so did Maggie. At this point, all the treads but two or three have been done.

All the staining and whatnot of baseboards and shelves has been completed. I think Mike was glad to get that over with.

The chopped-in-half door is partially installed.

The countertop guy is coming this week...presumably the plumber and tile guy will be coming soon...We transplanted the day lillies back along the east wall of the house... that's all the news from here. Happy weekend, y'all.