And the pool is full

We turned the water off last night so it wouldn't overflow - then let it fill this morning. The pool guys will be here to put in some chemicals & the pool is officially DONE. Now we just have to wait for the permit to finish the driveway & we can stop posting pictures :> 

Step #2

As the day goes on & the water fills we've covered the second step... Pretty exciting. Laney gave up drinking for a while but now has found the steps & gets almost vertical with her feat on the first step to get her mouth to the water. But runs the minute I get the camera out. 

Water is a flowing

They finished the interior of the pool yesterday & started filling it with water. So this morning it's up over the first step - Laney is bound & determined to drink out of it so we're just waiting for her to fall in. 

What a thing to wake up to...

So it's Saturday morning & we wake up to guys talking in our backyard. Mind you there are NO blinds on our bedroom doors so we (and by that I mean me) can only hope they didn't venture too far into the yard. But the pool is almost finished! 

And we have a working doorbell...

So the musical doorbell we had didn't make it through the remodel (oh darn). When they hooked it back up it played two notes then sounded like something died a horrible death. So now we have a regular ding dong... which still drives the dogs crazy. 

Like our elegant chandelier?

So in order to pass inspection we got the fancy new light in our dining room - we're thinking about keeping it. What do ya' think? 

And the back....

This is the replacement of the old wooded deck outside of the Master Bedroom.... 

The other side

Here's the other side of the pool - note the bush is still there.... As I predicted :> 

And the back yard deck is done

Gotta do this in 3 pictures but doesn't the deck look GOOD 

Day one of the deck

So they finished WAY more than I thought they would on the first day of paver laying... of course the dogs aren't allowed ANYWHERE near the backyard which makes late night pee breaks a bit fun... wish I had a picture of Steve in my robe letting the dogs out in the front yard this morning... but I don't - I wasn't getting out of bed for NOTHIN' 

The office is painted...

Steve & I finally painted the office... so now the trim guy (Gary) can put up the molding & we can reclaim our floor space... right now everything is pushed into the middle of the room - makes for cramped computer use 

Uh, what are you doing in my backyard?

You wake up one morning to men working in your backyard... is this a good thing? YES 

Step #2

So Tony's brother - we call him 'not Tony' - finished the coping around the pool.... makes the whole thing look completely different already 

One more room

So I also didn't post the girls's new room color... as if you couldn't guess - it's pink. That leaves one more room to paint (Steve's office) which will need some serious clean up before we can do it.... IT'S ALMOST DONE! I SWEAR.... 

More paint

So we put the last coat of purple on our bedroom.... and the trim went up... and I forgot to take a picture. So here it is. 

Ha & double HA

Many of you may know that I, Betsey, have tried to break the garage door by closing it on various things.... BUT I would like to point out that I only damaged the door - and it was all fixable. Steve on the other hand closed the door on some of the wood/trim that's being stored in our garage & the motor started smoking.... SMOKING!!! so I needed to put on record that Steve broke the garage door opener - not me.... 

Step #1 done

So with the new border tile & step tiles the pool already looks like it wasn't built in the 70's... next they're going to put the coping (stacked in the picture) around the pool & then start the deck. They are moving MUCH faster than I thought they would - so maybe this WILL be finished in my lifetime. 

Wanna go swimming?

Now that the house inside is getting done we're doing the work on the pool.... WILL IT NEVER END?!?! So they drained the pool (mostly) and took the blue tile off - into the pool? and will be replacing tile, fixing some things, and adding pavers. 

And you thought we were done.....

So the soffit army came to put in the soffits... so we can get insulation (YEAH).. so the INSIDE of the house is almost done - but wait THERE'S MORE 

Wood Floor

I had to take a quick picture before they laid paper over the floor - so they're not done cleaning it... but you get the idea. With this last bit of flooring we are now ready to FINISH... if we could just get the electrician back, the trim guy back, a plumber, and a trim painter... so now we're saying before the end of January..... hopefully