Our Sunday project and a huge complement!

We've had an exciting weekend home-wise.  After the joy of having the plumbers finally get started, Saturday, we had friends over for a cook-out.  My friend Amanda, from middle and high school, was back visiting her boyfriend who recently got a job here in Stuttgart, so we decided to have dinner at our house.  It was a lot of fun sharing laughs and yummy grilled food.  Amanda and Ed also brought us some adorable pink Gerbera daisies.  They are now decorating our beer table that has taken up residence in our kitchen.

Today, it was back to the house again for a big project!  As you can see from the above picture, we had our plans all laid out on the bench.  Since the electrician is coming tomorrow to do a walk-through to mark out outlets and light switches, we needed to plan where we want them. 



We spent a good hour walking around the house, marking off the location of all outlets and light swiches.

The masking tape on the wall is a marking for two light switches. 

We marked off outlets, HDMI connection, the location of our homeway boxes (these are the connections for the phone, cable/ satellite, and network cables).  We also marked off where we wanted light switches.

As we were nearing the cellar (we started at the top,) we saw a couple walking up Joern's parents' driveway.  I assumed they were friends of the in-laws, but Joern didn't recognize them.  So, Joern popped his head out of the house, and asked if he could help them with anything.  They explained that they live a few towns over, and had driven by the house multiple times, and really loved it.  They are thinking of building within the next year, and wanted to look at our house.  Oh man!  What a huge compliment!  The wife explained that due to a detour, they were forced to drive on our street to get to and from work for the past few months.  She explained that they quickly realized that the house was going to be something really special, and that they have enjoyed watching it grow.  They were extremely nice, and we welcomed them into our home for a tour.  The husband loved our cellar, and the wife complimented Joern on his design that has eliminated most of hallways in the living space.  They were really nice, and chatted with us and the in-laws for about an hour. 

After our surprising visit, we returned to our job, and completed marking out the outlets in the cellar.  Okay, maybe we need to tone down the outlets- we have over 30 outlets.  But, we'll see what the electrician says tomorrow.  We also have the 110 volt outlets to give to Mr. Electrician, as well as the lights for the master bath.  That and a billion or so questions are waiting for Mr. Electrician tomorrow afternoon.

I am also looking forward to getting home tomorrow before the plumbers lock up the door to the mechanical room. I want to know what that is behind the locked door!