We Passed Gas

Our final inspection stickers

The gas inspection that is.  As of 2/22 we passed our final inspections for the trades.  That is HVAC, Plumbing, Gas and Electrical.  The inside of the house is finished except for trim and Cooper's closet door.  We still have a small mount of siding and exterior trim as well.  Once those things are off our list we will be very close to getting our occupancy permit. We need to re-order that door since the opening is too big.  Chris is going to re-frame the opening and we will get a new door. 

I have been pouring over seed catalogs gearing up for planting.  the garden look a mess but I am hoping for some warmer weather to get the beds turned over and cardboard down between the rows.  I did plant some lettuce and spinach in a pot on the front porch.  My hope is that the slugs will stay away since it is up on the porch and that we will eat it faster than it grows since it is so accessible to the kitchen.

We lost another chicken.  We think to a fox.  We found her,  and whatever got her just had a little snack and left.  That brings our total casualties to 3 due to predators.  This week egg production s back up due to rising temperature and longer days.  We are getting 13+ eggs a day.

Kitchen,  still needs some trim on cabinets, but it i fully functional.

The last week of February Jim and Marie came for a working visit.  Unfortunately Marie had the plague so we couldn't work her to hard.  We did get the barn all cleaned and organized. It looks so civilized now and we can find things.

Marie and I put up a tile back splash above the cook top.  What a great mom! It came out better than expected and we are getting lots of compliments. 

My purple bathroom, which I let Chris use.

Now that we are all moved in,  I decided to change some paint colors.  I repainted the family room a dark brown and our master bath purple. I don't think Chris is too crazy about the purple,  but I love it!