Joe and I went out for the electrical walkthrough at 7:30am this morning.  We got everything figured out.  The house was bustling with activity.  We couldn't believe that the roofers came over the weekend and did the shingles.  And today the electrical, heating and plumbing people were all hard at work.  We went back tonight to check it out.  And to Joe's great relief everything looked really good.  From what we could tell they are doing a great job.  Joe isn't grabbing onto the ebb and flow of building yet.  He gets all worked up with his blood pressure through the roof I am sure and then is all calm as soon as he sees the work is good or had a chance to discuss the matter with someone. 

I am especially grateful to have a builder that we can actually talk to.  When we went for the framing walk through last weekend, they had taken care of all of the issues that I was concerned with.  I spent one night looking at reviews for the bigger builders in our area and was so grateful for ours.  There were so many people that constantly got directed to "customer care" and never were attended to.  We can email our builder and get a response the next day (and I can track him down if need be ;-).  We were taking that for granted.  Found out that in his "free" time, he is a farmer of 150 angus cows.  Lonesome Dove is the name of the company which is hilarious because he looks just like the guy from Lonesome Dove, Robert Duvall.  I guess that is probably the reason they named it that.  My mom and I loved that book/movie.  Any other fans out there?  Anyway, now I know where to get grass fed beef, just need some good eggs.

The view out of the windows upstairs is spectacular.  It really still seems like a fairy tale when we look at it and realize that it really is ours.  When we go there next, I will get some pics of the view to share.  The need to make choices is slowly winding down.  We should be sitting pretty good after we go out and actually purchase the 20 some odd lights that we need to get and deliver to the house.  You will all be able to see very good at our house and have good air circulation with all of the lights and fans.   I am still very curious to see how they get the tubs in and the shower insert.

Guess what the Silva kids are doing for schooling this Saturday?  A complete and thorough lesson on electricity, plumbing and heating a house.  It will be way too cool for them to be able to see how this all works.  And they better be excited about it too!!!  Guessing they will be wishing for a few runs across the hay bails or walking in the mud in their mud boots.