resipiscent recidivist

The countertops are here! The countertops are here! The sink and faucet are in… I may actually weep. I’m told the backsplash guys are starting this afternoon. (I think WordPress will date this entry the day I started it, rather than when I actually hit post… so, there’s going to be a few days’ lag. Oops. This is actually posting on Monday, July 23rd.) The rest of the Hackberry stump came out this weekend and the new fence guys are starting today as well, I believe. AND the house painters are starting this week or next. It’s all so exciting! By the time the baby comes, it’ll be a whole new house… well, practically. There is that small matter of the hundred or so other things on my to do list and the Great Purge I’m still trying to find time to squeeze in.

The shower was Saturday and can I say it was AWESOME? I cannot possibly thank the Ladies Braverman enough. Truly. And it was so great to see the out-of-town guests! — my beautiful family and beloved Ms. Courtney (who stayed on our couch and was one hell of a good sport with regard to the dogs). Laurenn was awesome and took scads of photos; I’m sure I’ll post links at some point. (Note: no one was subjected games and there was a build-your-own BLT bar. My friends rule.)

Oh, and Fraction got me (among other things) the KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON poster for my birthday. With as busy as we’ve been over the last few days, I don’t know that I made a proper big deal out of how much I love it, so let me do that now: I LOVE IT. I can’t wait to get it framed and up — I just need to decide where it’s going to go!

EDITED TO ADD:

• I’m seriously thinking about putting KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON in the nursery.  I believe it’s sound advice.
• I added a couple of photos — one taken mere moments ago — and you can see that the backsplash has in fact been started — yay!!
• The housepainter called.  He’ll stop by tomorrow morning between 8:00 and 8:30 am to drop some ladders off and for us to meet the crew.  They’ll start the job proper on Thursday and while they won’t really start painting-painting until we get back (there are days of prep and repair involved) they should have a few sample boards done for us when we get back.  Yay!
• I think the fence guys are starting on Thursday as well.  I need to call them and confirm.