Sunday, December 30, 2007

Change of Plans?

This is the color scheme that we wanted, but when we got back from Texas, the stucco was pink. The stucco guy said that the pink would go away as the stucco dried, but it hasn't.
This is what the light green would look like with the "pink". Yuck!
Red would look good, but red is one of the worst exterior colors so would probably cost a lot more up front and would need to be painted more often.
This dark green looks ok, if we are stuck with the pink stucco.

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Merry Christmas!

Windows are in, tar paper is on, and the house leaks like a sieve! But hey, it's progress. Rudy (sub of a sub of a sub) did a great job on the roof framing but David had to hound him to get everything done right. And at the end of the job, Rudy tried to get us to pay more - like there's one price to do the job, another to do it right.





Here's a picture of the back windows being lifted for installation.


And the Coast Guard finally made it to our bayou to clean it up. They are taking out all of the dead trees along the banks and any debris left in the water (like the 2 boats and a refrigerator in the canal). They didn't get too far before they were done for the day, so they will have to come back up after Christmas.

Sunday, December 9, 2007