LAST CHANCE!

For anyone that wants to just wander into my Crappy Little House any time of day or night, your opportunities are getting pretty limited!   Behold. . . . the arrival of the windows and doors.  Now granted, you can still just push those puppies open and walk in, but if the doors are in, can the locks be far behind?   Never mind that I never lock my doors anyway.  You get the gist!  So here we have it. . . . and the photos were personally brightened by me because I was just determined to find out how to do that, given my limited resources and even more limited abilities! I guess I learned something today!

THE FRONT DOOR!!!!   I couldn't be more excited!  Love the style, the upper windows and the fact that it will eventually be painted a orangy-rust color!  Trust me. . . it will be stunning!  And hopefully that beam won't be there holding the whole apparatus up! Not a real confidence builder if you're contemplating venturing up to the stoop.

This is the door going from the kitchen/living room out to the screen porch.

Sliding doors to the master bedroom.  This is only partially nailed in because it will have to be removed when my bath tub comes.  Tub was shipped yesterday!

Window on the bump out over the bath tub!

View from the inside of that window!

The side of the house now, all openings having been filled in!

Front corner.  Next big addition is the siding, which is pre-painted and should arrive this week.   It's going to look like a real house from the outside pretty soon!  I'm sure the Pella family is having and extra-festive Christmas thanks to my contribution to their household!


Wiring has been begun.  After that the drywall and insulation.  Then we'll be ready for the stuff I bought yesterday.   With the holidays approaching it will be interesting to see how and when this all gets done.


And speaking of that. . .. I leave tomorrow for DC to see Billy Elliot at the Kennedy Center with Dave.  I'll stop in Fredericksberg to have lunch with Patti who is visiting her mom.  Then I have to get back on Thursday in time for a luncheon at my friend Isabel's house.   Jean, the lovely woman who has been letting me occupy a huge bedroom in her house for the last few months, will be there, as will my Afton BFF Sandy.  Sandy and I have just finished planning our great Florida adventure.  Stay tuned as we transform ourselves into Thelma and Louise shortly after Christmas.!  I'm sure the blogs will be as memorable as the trip.


Hope everyone out there is getting all their holiday preparations finished, and that it is shaping up to be the best Yuletide season ever!