Our Two-Person Bath Tub Arrived ! ! !

And it is SIX FEET LONG and holds three adults sitting cross-legged. (Yes, we tried it... Hahahaha.)

The pine siding on the walls is up

HAPPY 2010 ! ! !

We went away for a few days over New Year's Eve weekend and came back to PROGRESS upstairs in the big house! The girls are both really excited about their rooms being done and LOVE their private bathrooms!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2009 - update -

A year ago XMAS EVE we poured the cement foundation for our "Big House" and this XMAS EVE we stained it... Whoohoo!!! 12 months later and we are finally making progress, finishing the inside of our home.

Lots of contractors and builders crawling around the place this week - the power was off and the water too - so mom and the kids flew to Las Vegas for six days.


We came home to much progress and the builder says we can possibly move in around March 2010. It was our 2nd Christmas morning in the "wee guest cabin" -- and with four of us living here fulltime and six house dogs -- we are feeling the strain. We can't wait to get moved in 'next door' early in the New Year!

Day 10: HOUSE SHELL FINISHED (doors etc.)

The SATTERWHITE LOG HOME crew left at noon today... it took the guys precisely nine and 1/2 days to finish the exterior of our new log home!!! We couldn't be more excited.... and we highly recommend this builder to anyone considering a log home.

Day 9: CONSTRUCTION UPDATE (windows)

The crew added the log corners and windows to the dormers on Day 9. The square posts are being changed out for thick rounds on Day 10. Satterwhite says they will be done "the shell" any day now! Amazing... if we hadn't seen it going up with our own eyes, we would never have believed it could be built so fast after 2 yrs of planning.

Day 6: CONSTRUCTION UPDATE (roof)

The kiddos and their friends get the grand tour upstairs... (while Snoozy watches from below and wonders what all the excitement is about.)

Day 5: CONSTRUCTION UPDATE (2 stories tall)

Amy poses in the enclosed "breezeway" to show us all how big the hallway is.

Heartbreaking... but, yes... the existing "old" cabin and the brand new one had to get notched out for the hallway (library passageway).

Day 2: CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS (8 feet tall)

We are attaching the mother-in-law cabin to the main house with an enclosed breezeway (hallway). The porches and stain will match. All doors will be Texas Stars. The crew from Satterwhite Log Homes thinks the build of the shell will be done in 12 days (weather permitting). Zowie!

Day 1: NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION (4 feet tall)

Wow! We are amazed... The crew turned up today before dawn and by 4 pm, we had 4 foot tall walls.... ! ! ! Holy band saw, Batman.

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