Wow! Where have we been?  Well, there were a couple of weeks when we had a problem with the web site. We’re not really sure what happened. Some sort of hacking problem, but one message to Bonnie at Goshen Timber Frames and she fixed everything. Thanks Bonnie, I can blog again!

In the meantime, we’ve had a couple of  ”family crisises” and work came to a standstill.  Now, hopefully we’re back on track and the work has resumed.

Jenny's painting

Jenny was here from Texas at Thanksgiving.  She helped us out by painting some more of the walls. All help is appreciated and it looks good. She did the entry walls, the closet, lower living room walls and most of the stairwell. She would have done more, but we ran out of paint and it has been really cold, so painting has been a chore.

I finally finished setting all the tile and trim in the master bath.  The tub is in now and John installed the faucets. We still have to caulk around the tub where it meets the deck.

Grouting the shower walls

I got all the trim set and grouted and started grouting the floor. Then I grouted the shower ceiling and walls. Now grouting isn’t really hard, but the clean-up takes forever. It really is beginning to look finished now, but this stuff needs large blocks of time!

The shower spa

After sealing the wall , John installed the shower spa. Wow!  This is going to be soooooo cool!

Look at all those jets!

Everything kinda went up without a hitch and so I finished grouting the shower floor.  The square white piece in the floor is a drain plug.  It will be removed and replaced with the copper drain cover.

Shower floor

Notice the trim around the edge of the tile.  Each piece was cut from a 12″ tile, then beveled and set and grouted. It tops off the tile around the tub and gives everything a finished look.

I’ve been spending a lot of time in the tub and the shower, but I just keep getting dirtier, not cleaner!

Front porch

One other thing.  I couldn’t resist just a little holiday decorating, so we hung a wreath on the front porch entry.  It’s a great greeting when you go over there to work.

1st wreath

Ah well!  Next Christmas will be here before we know it!