Preparing For Lights And Electricity.

But first things first. Here it is! The front door is in. 

Well, mostly in. The handles should be here soon so we can lock it too.

Just inside the front door, the landing of the stairs and the front closet are finished too.

The view from the top.

The house plans have been very well used. Glad we got them laminated!

The kitchen cabinet company came out and marked out all of the cabinets on the floor which I think is brilliant. Not only will it help to place the cabinets properly but it also allows me to "see" the kitchen and walk around in it. This is the kitchen sink.

The island. 

As you can see, we (me) have changed our (my) minds a couple of times on the size of the pantry.

Stove and hood fan.

Placing the pot lights in the kitchen.

We are going through lots of these...

...and lots of this!

These light switches are by the patio doors. One is higher than the other because.....

....it's for the security lights that will go up there in the peaks and we don't want them to be turned on mistakenly.

It's kind of a weird feeling to have the electrician follow you around the house and put light switches and electrical outlets wherever you tell him to. It's overwhelming actually. It sounds like fun in theory but I find it very stressful. Yet again, I wish I could live here for 6 months and then decide where I want them.

This looks like a lot of switches in one spot but you are actually seeing both sides of the wall.

The main breaker panel.

The cabinet company also mapped out the bathroom cabinets. This is the upstairs bathroom.

This is the main bathroom.

The current code requires smoke detectors inside every bedroom and outside the door of every bedroom. That's something we don't mind complying with. Safety first!!

Bedrooms!

We put adjustable reading lights into the ceiling of the master bedroom. Yay for night time reading without having all of the lights on.

Can't forget a few outlets outside.

You can't tell what's happening from the outside. It still looks the same.

The weather has been much more fall like this week. Speaking of fall....

...just look at the colour of these leaves!! Are you getting tired of looking at fall trees yet? Bah, silly question!! Who could ever get tired of looking at these beautiful colours??!!

Oh alright, I won't make you look at anymore pictures of all of the beautiful, glorious fall colours.

Oops, ok, one more. Seriously, I just find it fascinating that something that is dying can be so incredibly beautiful!! 

Hmmm, speaking of death but perhaps not so beautiful, this little angel (a gift from my mom) lost her head recently. And I do mean lost as we have yet to find it!  Mom, if you are reading this, I'm sorry!!! I knew as I put it on the shelf that it probably wasn't a good idea with our space being so limited but I wanted to enjoy it now. 

In this house! 

Ugh! 

This isn't the first figurine to suffer this tragic end at our house and I'm sure it won't be the last. I often wonder why we can't have nice things at our house that don't get broken like I'm sure other, normal families have?

But the more I look at this little angel, the more I am reminded of a very significant truth. This is how we are supposed to come before the Lord. 

Broken. 

Broken because of the sin than separates us from Him. 

Broken because of how often we fail Him.

Broken because we will never achieve here what He had planned for us when He created us. 

Maybe it's a good thing I am reminded of this often. 

Perhaps more often than most.

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 51:16-17