Joey and I would say the house is 90% complete- certainly done by Alaska standards but we are determined to hit 100%. I have been terrible at keeping up with posts- the new addition to the family is impatient at watching my play on the internet.
Our big successes since late March include...muding, taping and painting the entryway, framing-in several closets, tiling the mudroom, siding one more side of the house, and installing a septic system. It is exciting to retire our outhouse and enjoy the full benefits of indoor plumbing. We both did well with our gray water system but it was annoying policing visitors to make sure no solids went down the drain. Now we happily flush away! Also a big benefit of our new septic system is a big back yard and we extended our driveway. We sold and moved our old shed. It is nice not to have our vehicles parked in the road. The only down side is friends drive by and think we are not home because our vehicles are not visible now from the main road.
Coming up...Joey is pouring the foundation for our back deck, Melis is doing some light landscaping. We need to trim all of the downstairs windows, side the back of the house, and lower the cabinets in the kitchen. We are in the home stretch!
