House update: We have....disappointment :(

Well, the house visit yesterday certainly started out quite promising. Driving up, we were super stoked to see we had all sorts of hardscape in front, and it seems like they're working on the landscaping, or at least the sprinkler system. Check it out, we have an honest to goodness driveway!We have some stairs going up the sidewalk to the front door, pretty cool!
And also some concrete on the front porch.
Look, we have fences! The gate is on the east side of the house, where the trash cans will likely be kept.

Strangely, we have no gate at the front door, I guess for safety or something.
We also have a big ol' A/C unit: We were also excited to see we have the outside coach lights up, a few in front, and a few in back, they're beautiful!!!
Added bonus, a new gorgeous address plate as well!
And the piece de la resistance...our courtyard concrete is done! woohoooo!!! All the concrete is a pretty brownish redish color, it's cool.A fun addition to the day...Karen, Alex and Bob the Builder aka Bennett and our surrogate parents, Tim and Linda joined us for a peek at the house....and that's when the big wah wah happened.

WE WERE LOCKED OUT OF OUR HOUSE!

The sales people did their best to try to get us in but for some reason, their keys weren't working. No one knew if the head contractor changed the locks, or the keys weren't properly matched, but we never got in!Our guests rolled with the punches and peeked in all the windows to get an idea of the place.
And we waited, and waited.Bennett rang the new doorbell (!) but unfortunately, no one was home to let us in. :(We did break into the garage (hey, don't judge: it's ours, dangit!) and saw we now have the tankless hot water heater.poo!!! I even glimpsed our chandeliers inside, dangit....but I guess we have to wait until next weekend! Wah wah wah....Hey Rob, tell us how you feel about this situation:
Sorry folks, park's closed!

George's bachelor party - the G rated version

Our friend George is getting married in 3 weeks and we went out for his bachelor party this last weekend. All of us forgot our cameras, so unfortunately we only have crappy cell phone pics from the night, but they're good enough.

First we had dinner at the Marble Room in the gaslamp - here's Mo, me and the Bachelor himself in all his glory:
getting a little happier after a few cocktails:

And Aaron, Kevin and Robbio:



After that we went to Bar Ninety and had table service in the front window area - it was a lot of fun. Some random shots from the night...edited for your virgin eyes. :)Work it, Bachelor, work it!

House update: we have countertops and sidewalks!

Today, it was really striking driving into the neighborhood and see it look like a real 'hood! The sidewalks are in and it looks great, plus all eight Phase 1 homes are really coming along, it's stunning.
We brought G to the house again today, it was so fun having him there and imagining what our lives will be like in just a month! That's right: September 9th is now on target for our move in date, isn't that insanity? Anyhoo, this time Galileo made it SUPER evident he's made the house his own (although technically...I think he was over the fence line into our neighbor's side yard...oops. But don't worry, I picked it up, good dog-owning karma and all).

Our garage door has been painted, it looks great!
I have no idea why, but our front door is a slate blue/grey to match the front shutters. I think it's lame but Rob's into it, so that's good. And really, if that's the only part of our house I don't like, I'd say I'm still a really lucky girl.
It was such a glorious day today - and it's always so emotional and awesome being at our place. I like this shot of the sky:
The railings were finally uncovered, they're gorgeous with the stain color! I'm not ashamed to say I actually got a little boo-hoo emotional looking at them, they're beautiful!
Turns out my power of prediction is dead-on....we got exactly what we were hoping for this week: countertops in the kitchen and bathrooms!

It's lovely, we're so happy how it turned out - it looks beautiful next to the cabinets.

We have a kitchen sink too, woot!

The other exciting thing is we have doorknobs! They're super pretty in the brushed bronze...goes really well with our Tuscan rustic aesthetic. Same with our bathroom accessories, they're awesome:


It was so fun to see our bathrooms come together too and get to see all the tile that we picked out and upgraded! Here's the downstairs powder room (sans sink, obviously) and shower.

Here's the spare bedroom bathroom:

and finally, our master bedroom tile - it's so incredible, I love it!

And can you dig this huge mirror in our bathroom? It's monstrous...glad I wasn't the girl that had to hang that...yikes:

It all makes me so happy! And apparently, same with G:

That's it for now, just scrambling for the next 4 weeks getting ready for the big move numero dos! We have been buying things gradually along the way but now that the move is just around the corner, we've kicked it into high gear. Last weekend we bought some gorgeous outdoor furniture for the courtyard and this weekend we bought a mattress for our bedroom. I'd say it's a good sign that I actually fell asleep on it in the middle of Macy's...no joke! Next up is bedroom furniture and living room furniture....and then before you know it, we'll be in our house! So exciting I could just pee.