Just in Time

We got a functioning toilet by Friday afternoon! I think all three are hooked up, but at least two are all set. We also have working faucets in the bathroom and kitchen! The kitchen appliances are all hooked up and working, except for the stove. It was all unpacked and we realized that they sent us the wrong version. We ordered sealed burners, and got open ones. We ended up deciding to keep the one we got, but it isn't hooked up to the gas line yet.

We began moving our stuff in on Friday, June 1st, as threatened planned. The house is definitely still a construction site, but oh well. I had begun cleaning the construction dust on Wednesday and had gotten all of the kitchen cabinets thoroughly cleaned out. Normally they bring professionals in to clean just before the owners move in, but there was no time left for that -and they weren't done yet. Once the workers left Friday afternoon, Tim and I cleaned the great room floors. This took hours, because 1. there were many different kinds of construction stuff on them and 2. they had to be totally clean because we were about to "seal" them. I used dilute muriatic acid (HCl to most people -masons still call it by the old fashioned name, it seems) to remove the drops of cement and grout from the stone and rubbing alcohol (isopropanol) as well as goo gone to remove the plumbers caulk. On Saturday, we treated the floor. It was not so much a sealant as an impregnator. The floor looks really pretty now. We got all of our stuff out of the rental and in to our new home. Today, we installed a dog door into the back door, so we are no longer required to be the dogs' butlers. Tonight is my last night in the rental. Tomorrow our new bed arrives at our house and I will sleep there for the first time. Tim is working nights, so I'll be christening the new house/bed all by myself. On Wednesday, we will move all of our furniture in. It isn't very comfortable at the moment with all of the stone floors and no furniture:)

It took two electricians and a pilot to install the light in the stair well on Friday.
This picture doesn't accurately demonstrate the height of this endeavor. Tim is standing on the upper landing, while the ladder is on the great room floor.