Slowly but surely...

Alexis and I made some progress today in the master bathroom and office. First, we almost got the copper-colored tin cut and installed in the shower... it's different but we like it (I still have several small pieces of tin to cut and some finish screwing to do):Alexis got the Corian vanity top and base cabinets cleaned today. I still have to install the white enameled chair rail to separate the textured sheet rock from the bead board wainscoting (and obviously put the far door on the base cabinet and hang the mirrors).We are beginning to move into the office which is a nook off of the living room (we'll have our Mac computers, an antique secretary and a large and much needed book shelf in there)... man, what a wonderful view out into our woods. I am particularly pleased with the lighting effect in the house during the day. My 3' overhang doesn't let any direct summer sun into the house (which helps to keep the house cool) but there is LOTS of natural light which gives the house a very bright and open feeling... NICE!Here is a "something" that we found on the stucco on the front of the house yesterday? His body is as big as my thumb and he's about 7" long with a tail in progress (growing?). I wanted to ask him if he could give me a deal on car insurance.Here's Boone-dog relaxing in his chair. Mosby continues to like living outside and patroling our property... only coming in when it's REALLY hot... too bad there's no demand for ticks because we could harvest hundreds off him every two or three days... he's a tick magnet. Baxter, our elder statesman, is still a VLD (very large dog... 120 pounds) and a real sweet boy.
Ben (stucco) and Aaron (general helper) are coming tomorrow... Ben will finish texturing the sheet rock in the master bedroom and hang the last sheet rock in the master closet... Aaron will help me install/plumb our rain water collection tanks on the west end of the house... we finished installing the guttering on the back side of the house yesterday afternoon.