What a difference a day makes.

I don't know what the builders were working on inside our house-in-progress today, if anything, but they were *supposed* to be putting in the grates on the heating ducts, installing handrails for the stairs, and working on a drywall punch list. (A punch list is a list of things to do in contractor-speak.)

But on the outside, they've made a great deal of progress. As you can see in the photo: grass and other plants are in and exterior paint trim has begun. Notice some of the shutters are now black, the garage door is now red, and the top portion of the house is now gray. Some of the white trim has also been hit, although much of it remains to be done. Not visible in the photo: they've also installed the new door locks and handles on all three exterior doors, the house number by the garage, and other miscellaneous hardware.

It seems to me that the exterior paint trim should only take another day or two of effort to get wrapped up. That is, of course, a rather uneducated guess.

So, wouldn't you know, I heard the weather forecast on the radio as I drove away... rain is finally expected to return to the area on Monday.

I wonder if the painters plan on working this weekend, even though the next scheduled workday is Monday....

D'oh!