I love sod.

And this is what it looks like now! AMAZING!! A couple days of incredibly hard work, some great assistance from Paul's dad and Con and we now have grass. Next up - putting the fence back up and hopefully letting Scout run free. We did not purposely match our pond water with the grass - we're working on changing that:).

The scoop: we were praying that we would be able to paint the purple palace this fall, but that is not looking very promising as we have had non-stop wet and rain for the past few weeks.

Maybe we will have an unusually warm November - you know 60 degrees or so?!

I guess the question is - can we put Christmas lights on a purple house that has caulk in every nail hole? Definitely something to think about:).

The backyard.

This is what our backyard has looked like for the last several months - no grass, mud, and the fence down between our yard and Con and Erin's. And yes, poor Scout is still in the "dog pound." And then there was this great invention...

On to the upstairs bathroom

With the main level of our house "just about" finished, we have moved on to the main bathroom upstairs. Picking tile, sinks, and all that good stuff. Just a reminder of what it looked like before and now...including the new tub and cabinet. The big excitement - the concrete counter top that Paul is making for the bathroom. This is venturing into new territory, so Paul read about it and decided to go for it. We are hoping it is a success:->.

I love our door

If you try really hard you can see the "purty" purple door on the purple palace. BUT I LOVE my new door (I found it at a salvage yard for $50...no joke...and Paul did his little handy work). Once we put the new door up we realized how much better the exterior will look (hopefully) when it is no longer purple. Only a couple more months...