A Sod Day at The Fitz

They laid down the sod in the front yard today, so from the outside, The Fitz looks finished. There is obviously still quite a bit to do on the inside. Among the assorted things we got today: door knobs, bathroom counter tops, and a shower. It is so strange that we still get excited to go visit our soon-to-be new house almost every day. At the outset of our new home search, we were dead-set against building...not wanting to deal with all the headaches that we heard go along with it. We were content to buy a finished home and move right in. Looking back, we are glad that we decided to build, because it has been alot of fun to see it grow on a day-to-day basis. And so far we have avoided having to deal with too many headaches. Of course, that could all change tomorrow, cuz it ain't done yet.

Nancy is very excited that, through random luck of the draw, we got a palm tree/plant of some sort in our front flower bed. Evidently we did not get to pick the types of trees or plants in our yard. Of course, I didn't know that since I was, um, busy during the meetings where things like that were discussed. Anyway, Nancy was so excited that we have a palm tree that she had to call her mom right away. I have no idea why a palm tree is exciting, and I am happy to continue to not know why. All I know is, that as we drove around the neighborhood today, she pointed out everyone else's landscaping, none of which have palm trees, and celebrated our good luck. However, since no one else has a palm tree, it makes me think she secretly paid like a thousand dollars for it and isn't telling me. Maybe I should have gone to those meetings after all.

Palm Tree/ Plant

It's okay, she can have her girly palm trees. I've got something much cooler...nipple lights. These lights are all the rage now, evidently...as I see them in almost every new home I go into. Maybe I have the gutter-mind of a pubescent 13 year old boy, but to me these lights more than slightly resemble a certain part of the female chest. So I thought, what better way to spice up my office than to have a couple of these lights specially installed. See what you think:

We also were not thrilled with the generic landscaping that was done in our front yard, so we decided to spice it up a little with some landscaping of our own:

The little old man home inspector for our buyers came to the house today while Nancy was home, so she spent an hour or so laughing at all his jokes, offering him drinks, and generally making friends with him in hopes of him not condemning our house and causing yet another offer to fall through. From the feedback she got, I think her plan worked. At least our realtor has not called yet to tell us they have backed out. I guess there's always tomorrow.

Study

Upstairs bath

Master bath. I get that tiny corner with the sink, Nancy gets the rest.