New Year's Eve 2009

New Year's Eve, champagne, full moon, pit fire, we're OK!








Front view of the house.







Patio view where our front door was.









Great room toward kitchen.








Great room looking west. Nick took these pictures in sections and put them all together. Click on them to get a closer look.

Christmas Eve 2009

We wish you a Merry Christmas!


















First Christmas tree in our new home.

December 16th What do you see?

Here is a piece of slate in our fireplace. Jen noticed that it looked like the three kings. Click on the picture to enlarge it and see if you also can find them. It's awesome.













The kitchen granite is so beautiful in natural light. The cook top was placed yesterday and today the backsplash should go in while I'm at work. It's so exciting to see it take shape.

Dec. 14th Granite goes in.

Here is the master bath vanity. I am excited to see the sinks and faucets go in this week.


















Lots of tweaking cuts to make it fit. Oops, one piece broke in the truck over a bump in the road. I will be back in the granite yard tomorrow morning to choose another piece.













It's amazing how it all fit together. CCM did a great job matching the seams it flows so beautiful.

Dec 12th Preston Makes Himself at Home

Preston made himself comfy while I glued the mosaic glass design to the wet bar counter top. It was pouring rain outside.














The house on the hill. Not ready yet.














The trailers in the mud pit. YUCK!

December 10th Grout and Fireplace Slate

Jen is the master for glass tile and grout. She is finishing the tub deck. I love having her around to give me another woman's take on things.













Joe and Octavio are perfecting the design of the fireplace slate. The pieces are laid out like a puzzle and they continue to move them around to get just the right look.













Raphael placed the liners and grouted the shower. He started the floor since I finally found the matching 2x2 slate. I was trying to match the slate on the wall with the same color for the floor. The glass tile looks so gorgeous.

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December 9th Granite Fabrication

The granite has been measured and will be installed on Monday. Here are two of three slabs side by side. The photo doesn't show the beautiful coloring because I took it with my phone.

















We better be in soon. John and I are out of usable space in the motor home. John's space is the passenger seat, mine is the dinner table. We know what the early astronauts must have experienced.

Dec. 7th Water, water everywhere!

It's pouring rain in and out. This is ridiculous. We paid over $100k for this bucket of bolts. The ceiling was leaking so much John had pots and pans everywhere catching drips when I got home from work. UGH!!!!

December 6th Adding Color

I almost didn't decorate at all because things are so packed away. But I rummaged through the storage container and found some lights and our little decorated trees. It's quite cheery at night. Even Stevie's cage has lights.


















Rene and Armondo created this beautiful slate wall where the pellet stove will go. The picture does not do it justice. On Monday they will start putting the same rock on the fireplace. When it's done I want our family Christmas photo in front of it.

December 2, 2009

The cabinets , doors and windows are stained. Only one hitch, several shelves were left outside to dry. They were forgotten, we were gone and it rained.













The tub deck just needs grout. My perfectionist husband and wife team wanted to redo the middle of the front. I like it the way it is.













Mom and Dad Strizver, 45th Anniversary celebration! We were glad to be there for the memory.