Sunday, May 2nd

Declaring several rooms complete, which means all items are there, pictures/paintings are hung, and it is ready to use. The closet:

The laundry room, which also has a small sewing area:

The upstairs guest bathroom:

with one of my crazy glass mosaics:

The living room, shown here in several shots:

AND the crazy window things are done! Ray and his guys put up the metal on Saturday. All Saturday night I worried about getting up on the ladder to tie on the glass parts. I got up early on Sunday and did it; it took about two hours for each window and I was scared, scared, scared the entire time! Left window:

Right window:

I could have gone even bolder, I think. Next time! And, to top it off, Ray brought another load of gravel in anticipation of finalizing the driveway.

Ray will be applying for the permanent occupancy permit tomorrow, Tuesday. Meanwhile, we are going to have a Cinco de Mayo dinner at my new house tonight!