A silver lining

A lot has happened since the weekend. I'll post pictures tomorrow (hopefully); we just haven't had time with everything going on.

Monday, we went to our various banks and closed/reopened accounts and put all our remaining valuables/important papers into the safe deposit box. I hope I got everything. I also talked with the city, and after hearing our tale of woe, consented to restore our gas service prior to a final inspection as long as we got a final gas inspection. (Hooray!) The gas inspection is today, and if all goes well, we should have our gas restored some time next week. We will be staying at the house tonight, because my fear is that the thief or thieves will be likely to come back this weekend for more. Note to thieves: we're armed, we're dangerous, and we have a vicious attack-trained dog. (Oh sure, she looks cute, but just say the word and she'll be after you.)

On the construction front, a lot has happened in the past week. The kitchen floor is finished, as is the entryway tile inside and out. They're finishing the tile border around the great room today. The ceiling is completely in, and it looks very very nice. It took them over a week to install the planks -- it was an amazingly painstaking job. The downstairs shelving in the library (Rakks system + custom shelves) will be finished today. I am hoping that the glass tile that I am having shipped from New Jersey will arrive today.

They are painting the shear wall in the master bedroom today, and painting the fixed drywall in the master bath. So it will be a little stinky in there tonight, but what can you do?

They fixed the broken door and are reinstalling the lock today. The new door will be much much harder to break into. I hope.

Today and tomorrow we will finish moving out of the apartment we rented. This time we have to clean the place when we leave, however, as our landlady will be moving in tomorrow.

So... everything is coming along, and things are looking up!