Paint, paint, paint

We're back to St Pete for about 12 days. We have lots to do before we head off for Bali for a month.

Yesterday we roamed around the half finished house schlepping around 2ft by 2ft plywood boards with various paint colors we're considering for the house. Made some decisions but put in an order for 8 more boards before we go further. (like i always knew) paint looks a lot different in big spaces than in those little tiny paint chips. And really just how many whites are there?????

The stucco guy is starting prep work for doing the stucco, which means once again i have loads of material and equipment parked on the backyard lawn. at least this time they are avoiding putting stuff directly under the trees on the root zone.

They've started to work on forming the arches over the garage doors, have "found" the well head pump that they accidentally covered up when the poured the cement for the patio. (we use well water for irrigating the yard). Electrical work is almost done...getting a little anxious on that front because they won't start drywall work until its done. plumbing fixtures are supposed to arrive soon (gosh, where are they going to put everything???).

And of course they continue to work on the old part of the house. Emil is doing a great job working with the old windows to make them more moisture/water proof, so if they aren't rotted now they won't rot in the future.