It's Electric. . . .

This post has NO photos. To explain. . . Today we met with Mike, the Electrician on site to decide where EVERY light, light switch, outlet, recessed light, ceiling fan, TV outlet, chandelier, sconce, pendant light, floor plug, etc. would go in the entire house! We arrived at the house about 9:30 am and drove off the Ridge at about 4:30 pm.  I took it upon myself to decide that you would not want me to take photos of every R, P, Fan, S,  etc, that was written on the floors and walls for placement purposes.  And this was pretty much all that we did for the entire time.  This will not be our only meeting with Mike because he seems to think he will be installing boxes and "roughing  in"  ( notice how I use house building lingo?) the wires for longer than he had  first antisipated. :)  We added many, many more recessed lights than the plan called for, we added 5 or 6 more ceiling fans, lots more outlets than I can remember and several more light fixtures / or sconces that were  not orginally planned.  The reason. . . Dennis had asked us to be "ready" for all these decisions when we met with the electrician. H took this to heart and to his credit, really thought about this for several days.  I cleared my Thanksgiving decor off the dining room table and out came the plans. We designated Monday of this week to go through each room together and talk about what we wanted, and where we "thought" it should go.  We used highlighters to mark these new decisions on the plan and used question marks for things we needed to discuss. H even went back to the house on Wednesday and walked  through the house alone just look around and see if we missed anything. We STILL need to decide where a few "key" pieces of furniture will be placed in order to decide where some floor outlets will go. Also, our audio/visual expert, aka Jarrett, our son-in-law, will be here next week and hopefully he will have some input as to where most of the electronics need to go.
    Dennis told us that meeting with the cabinet man, plumber and electrician would be long days with many decisions to be made and he was not wrong.  I am going to take this opportunity to say I don't see how WE could have built this house with out being here in Alabama during the process.  Not only have we been a part of each decision, but we have had the opportunity to meet with and work with all the "subs" hired to do these various jobs. We couldn't be more pleased. H has also played a very important role, as well.  He has really done so much during this whole process from day one. It has been a comfort to me knowing these decisions were made with his input and knowledge based on hours of homework and research. (Thank you and I love you, H.)
      Did I mention that all the windows and exterior doors were being installed while we were there today? Love them!  Photos in next blog!
      We are so excited that Liz and Jarrett will be here  for Thanksgiving and they will be able to see the house for the first time! Liz has not seen the property since 2007 and Jarrett has never been here! We have so much to be thankful for this year and sharing it with them will be a blessing.