After a weekend away to celebrate a lovely wedding and have a Notre Dame roomie reunion, the outside of our house is transformed! The paint had been scraped and the lower blue was started when I left early last Thursday morning, and today I was very happy to see how things are coming along. The shudders have yet to go up--they'll be white to match the trim--and we'll soon have "golden gate" accents. Overall, though, the external paint is well on its way.

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When I stopped by after work today to check out progress, another neighbor came up to introduce himself. So nice! When I stopped by on the way to work this morning to look at things (our new house is on the way to my office and our current house so I get lots of sneak peaks), I got an update from our painter, and he expects to be finished up on Wednesday.

This afternoon I also got an update on the floors, and they should be ready to go on Thursday--a day or two earlier than we expected. Loren and I decided to go with a high quality Swiss product and a four-coat system, which takes several days to go on, after the sanding is done. I've been very happy with the service we've received from Aaron Hubbard with Father & Sons...let me know if you're looking for someone very professional with a great amount of knowledge if you're hoping to refinish floors soon in the AA area.