Can you say snake???

Ok....so where to start....
most recent is that Tom was able to start the rock work on the front of the house. We picked some ledgestone styled rock called "Chardonay" with hues of gray, black, plum. The front of the house mostly done, with a column to do and the rock underneath the entry patio on the concrete wall.. it's a neat look which they started on the back patio as well. Putting rock on the wall of the cement patio underneath a cantilevered (sp?) edge. The rock looks so neat. Very excited to paint the exterior to see what it looks like all put together! Ryan has helped Tom all this past week getting that rock up, and for that we are extremely grateful!!

We thought final excavation was done, but the septic tank is too high I guess and the excavators who did it are going to give us some dirt to make it right instead of digging the thing back up to dig deeper. So hopefully sod will grow on top of that! We'll see!

Over 4th of July weekend, we were at the house all day on Friday and Saturday! We rented a trencher to trench the ditches for underground sprinklers. Boy was that a doozy to get the hang of...maneuvering that trencher! Tom was a pro by the end of the two hours it took to trench! Although we wet ground way too much in on spot, so it got stuck in the mud and I did my best to help get it out! Very hard for this weakling!

We got all the things for the underground sprinklers and we got the design for free since we purchased at the irrigation store!

We ordered some bamboo flooring from an online supplier called Build Direct and boy was it a great deal...and that bamboo is some strong stuff! Pretty eco friendly as well. Not that we have been making that a goal, but it's nice to add that element.

The bamboo will be dropped off on Tuesday, and the appliances we ordered through Sears are in as well.

So we need to get the exterior paint picked out, some floor put down to install appliances, and toilets at least. We are needing to put in the underground sprinklers in, so that will be an all day thing probably!

Oh yeah...we have rattlesnakes up there folks!! Lots of rattlesnakes!! How exciting for this Mama...(not!) Tom killed one the other day with a shovel..it took him by surprise as he opened the water box to turn on the water! EEEEKKK!!

So now everywhere I walk...every little thing I see or feel is a snake, I'm always asking about the latest snake sightings, etc. I've even let out quite a few screams these last couple of weeks since I thought I saw a snake!! Ughhh!

I'm a little more freaked out about it, because I actually saw the snake that Tom killed, because we were there that day and I made him show it to us as half of the body was still slithering and had it's rattles still up in the air!! Ryan found the rattles a few days later and took them home!!!

Ok everyone...thanks for reading my monthly posts...maybe the next time I post the house will be done!! LOL!!! Hopefully not that long in between posts.

The house may not be done for awhile...maybe at the end of August. We'll see!

Love you all!! mel