Merry Christmas to all our friends and family!!!  Thanks so much for all your support and encouragement!!  We have our first Christmas tree in the new house!  We have boogers all over the windows; footprints all over the floor; dirt in the dog shower; and our chairs in the living room!  Life is Good!

Osker ripped a toenail off his back paw.  He's been hopping around on 3 legs  for a week.  It's going to take a while for the nail to grow back.

We installed the laundry sink on a temporary plywood  countertop.  The inspector wanted to see the plumbing hookups otherwise we'd  have to get another permit when we put it in on the real countertop (yea, right).

More of the laundry room cabinets should be coming soon.  Mom had to chip up a few tiles and replace them because the cabinet guy gave her the wrong measurements for cabinet placement. 

The returns on the stairway handrail are done, except for touch-up varnish.

So our list is complete and we called for the final inspection, but the inspector didn't want to come out because of the road conditions.  Now he wants to make sure the original elevation certificates have been submitted.  They were submitted this week...

We have certainly slowed the pace now that the pressure of moving is off!!  We had a wonderful, party-filled Thanksgiving.  Now we're back to working on the short list for the final inspection. 

We had our first snow and have had several days of single digit temps.  The water line from the spring is frozen, so the geothermal heat pump powered by spring water is not working--bummer!  Keeping the wood stove stoked!

Dad likes to tease me by putting me in the princess tub.  I don't like it one bit.  I don't think it's funny.