Showers....

In the meantime, the tile work is being done in the bathrooms....

Color change.....

Next was the color change......
I absolutely freaked out when I saw how dark it was.....then I actually got to like it, but thank heavens it lightened up when it dried! I have no definite line between rooms, so I had them blend the colors at certain points for a smooth transition.

If you'd like to see the pictures bigger, just double click on the picture...it'll blow up bigger......

The American Clay...color walls!

They started in the kitchen, then when they went to change colors, the hopper machine broke! After overnighting in parts...we were back in business......

Lots going on this week....finally!

Jimmy's putting green is getting redesigned....

Back to the house.......

Got home on Monday to find that JJ (Jimmy's godson,) and his friend that we hired for the last big push to finish the house, had done all the re-bar and tubing for the radiant heat on the downstairs back porch.....ready for pouring cement.

Quick trip!

Friday before noon we left for a quick trip to Ft.Worth for the wedding of our
SORTA child....beautiful little Leanne Black. Rick's daughter. After some line dancing and cutting the cake, at Billy Bob's, Club 81...we had to get going,
Leaving early for Lubbock to pick up the crown molding and corbels, etc. for the house. Back to Alto and parked by 5:00pm.

In the meantime.....we've ordered the elevator and chose the stain color for the ceiling beams.....

YAY! They started the American Clay!....

They started applying the American Clay on the ceiling......it looks really great, but while cleaning up the machine hopper at the end of the day....it broke.
So if you've ever seen "Ferris Buehler's Day Off" it feels kinda like that......false start!
Supposed to get the parts on Monday, so stay tuned for more results.....

Black Walnut Fireplace Mantels.....

Next was choosing the fireplace mantels.
Gorgeous, huh?

Next was the tongue and groove ceilings on the front and back porches!

With friend, David.

Last Day of Skiing!

A friend from Ft. Worth, David, came to get the last days of skiing in for the season......the snow was melting fast with days in the 50s and 60s....but ther was still enough for fun!

Beams are in!

The beams in my barrel ceiling of the main room are in.....now just have to stain them!

Showers and tubs are ready for the tile!

Spring Skiing at Ski Apache.........

Okay, this picture wasn't taken this year....but it was one of the past years!

Thinset.........

Thursday, (my birthday), the contractor from Albuquerque who does the Thinset (self-levelling concrete, very thin, like muddy water) drove down and they poured the last stage, covering up Jimmy's tubing......

Feeding the deer!

I looked out on day to see about a dozen of my minions waiting for me outside the bus, so I walked over and got the bucket of food.
They are still a little skittish, but this one little brave buck (8points, by my count) just looked me in the eye and walked right up and ate right out of my bucket! I was sooooo sweet. I wanted to pet him, but I thought he might freak out and hurt me with those antlers!

Elevinia, Blanca and Vicente Fox!

Totally out of the blue, Elevinia (my sorta daughter) and Blanca, my friend, were at Hulen Mall in Fort Worth and ran into Vicente Fox! (the former president of Mexico)

Final tubing

The final tubing is done upstairs and waiting for the thinset concrete to be poured.

Finally seeing some progress......

They have started stuccoing the outside of the house, the inside of the house is being painted with the first coat of Kilz, prepping for the American clay (Plaster), and Jimmy is measuring the outside walls for the stone around the edges, the stucco has to cure for a month before they add the color.
And last, but not least....my first kitchen cabinet!!! The rest are in the garage, waiting, but this one has a toe kick on the base for the central vacuum system.