Well, I had guessed yesterday that the folks building our house-in-progress would probably wait to pour the front porch and sidewalk and back patio would wait until they'd gotten the Big Blower Thingy out of our future driveway and framed the new driveway, as well.

And later in the day, I headed out to take a look and, lo and behold, I had guessed wrong. The Big Blower Thingy was already gone (I had thought it might still be there for a few days, yet), but the new driveway was not yet framed... and the patio and porch and sidewalk were all poured.

A quick peek through the windows yesterday afternoon revealed that they had started work on the hardwood floors, but no other changes were evident. When I swung by at the end of the day today (Day 39), there were a whole bunch of guys doing work inside and making all sorts of noise, but I have no idea what they were working on and had no desire to interrupt their efforts. There were no noticeable changes to the exterior since yesterday afternoon, so I'm using a photo that I took yesterday.

When choosing which photo to use, there was one that showed off the new front porch but that also reveals in its full splendor a "Honey Bucket" port-a-potty. Another angle cleverly missed the port-a-potty, but it had two distinct disadvantages: it not only made the new porch look almost invisible, it also showed the long and very wide shadow of the photographer.

Does this port-a-potty make my house look fat?

Mmmmm. Vanity....