Surroundings ;).

The house... Bah!!! I've tuned that little adventure out of mind for a
while for the sake of my sanity.

Let's see.. We have no brick layers because we can't get the freaking
thugs to come out.  The bricks have been sitting here a month and nada..
not a word and our contractor just shrugs.  *grrrrrrrrrr*

We bought flooring. We're actually going to be able to floor the living
room. We thought we'd have to hold off on that for a few months and just
move in on rugged concrete. Expenses kinda was running tight and all.
But we found some great  ceramic tile and because we're doing such a
huge job, kitchen bathrooms, living room, foyer and pantry, he's going
to cut us a deal on the labor. So it actually was good, turned out
cheaper than I expected.

I hired our next door neighbor (he does this for a living) to paint the
house and stain the cabinets.  It just turned into too big of a headache
for me.

Our sheetrock guy skipped out without finishing the job.

I don't have bricks... have I mentioned that???

My light fixtures, the generator (we have a monster generator, backs up
nearly the whole doggone house, more on that later), appliances and
other things are in.

We live in an area that loses its electricity on a regular  basis. And
if it's a hurricane that blew through or a severe ice storm (one of
which happens just about every two to three years), our area is one of
the dead last to have electricity back, four days is typically the
earliest if it's a big one.

It's moving along, maybe move in the first of June. We'll definitely be
in by July 1.

Grace