This morning I looked around in Brad's temporary "office" and found the keys to the interior Emtek door locks, so I was able to get into the study without having to break down the door!

I finished vacuuming the basement and installed some speakers in the patio and the master bedroom. I also went to Home Depot and picked up a bunch of light bulbs for the various light fixtures. In all but the master bathroom, I'm using compact fluorescent bulbs. That's 18 light bulbs!

The asphalt in the street still hasn't been filled yet. I don't know if Carlos has forgotten to do it, or if it's scheduled for later this week.

Someone (probably Alpine Construction) had come by earlier in the morning and removed most of the barricades blocking the new sidewalk. They left just the ones on the street where the asphalt hasn't been replaced yet.

The landscapers showed up briefly this morning and compacted the driveway again.

I continued to clean up the basement. I finished most of it, but unfortunately, the door to the study is locked, and the keys Brad gave me, do not fit the lock. So I checked the other locks in the house, and it turns out the keys he gave me are for the exterior Emtek door locks. The interior door locks are supposed to be keyed differently; I think Brad forgot to give me those keys.

Just before I left today, I decided to try again, to empty the water from the whirlpool tub. It turns out the Mountain Plumbing waste overflow and drain works fine. The plumber had put duct tape over the drain, and that was preventing me from emptying the water!

This morning the painters painted the columns, front door casing, and garage door.

Here's a picture of the laundry room. Yesterday, I removed all the protective paper on the floor and the plastic covering the counter top (I hope Brad doesn't mind :-); I really wanted to see what the room will look like in its finished form). I also wiped down all of the cabinets and cleaned the floor.

I did the same to the guest bathroom and powder room today.

Yesterday the painter finished the back patio ceiling, but as far as I know, no one was working at the job site today.

Just me. I started cleaning the basement -- dusting, wiping, vacuuming. I finished about 500 sq feet of the basement and still have about 1700 sq feet to go. Then I want to do the 2nd floor, and I want to be done before the carpet is installed. I won't touch the first floor because the hardwood floor installers still have to apply another coat of finish, and I suspect they'll be creating more dust.

Here's a picture of the whirlpool tub in the master bathroom. The plumbers finished installing it yesterday and they filled it with water to check for leaks. Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to let the water out. They installed the Mountain Plumbing waste overflow kit, but I don't think it's working properly... ?

CB Showers installed the large mirror above the double sink vanity in bath #2 this morning.

German, the painter, started working on the back patio. He masked off the patio ceiling and started painting it white.

The city inspector came out and gave us a green, "everything is okay" tag for the main electrical panel. He said the electrician should have put a round glass or metal cover where the meter is supposed to go (instead of the paper that's on there right now). With the temporary power to the house, there are live 220V wires right behind the paper cover. Brad happened to stop by (he doesn't leave until later this afternoon), and I told him about that so he called the electrician.

This morning, I called Sebastian from SolarCity and told him that he could install the inverter now. I also installed some speaker brackets in the lower courtyard.

Here's a picture of the driveway and walkway that were completed yesterday afternoon.

Brad's on vacation starting tomorrow, so today he gave us the run down for the next few days. Carlos, from Alpine Construction, should patch the asphalt by Monday, and Brad wants us to make sure all the barricades are removed by then. He told us the only sub-contractors he has scheduled are the painters. No one should be inside the house except for Dana. And Brad gave me the okay to call SolarCity to finish installing the inverter for the solar panels.

This morning the other Brian (aka Junior), from Bonanza Heating and Air Conditioning, installed one of the two AC units.

One of the painters, German, was there, masking off the garage door so that he could prime it.

Dave Bengel's crew also showed up to finish labeling and testing the structured wiring can.

I went to Home Depot and purchased some more hinge door stops. The previous ones I had bought, don't fit our hinges -- they're diameter is too small.

Back at the job site, I installed some miscellaneous window and door hardware, motion detectors, and some of the door stops.

With the new concrete sidewalk in place, the landscapers were able to finish the driveway and walkway.

The plumbers from SCM Plumbing installed the whirlpool tub in the master bathroom and the faucet and toilet in the powder room. They also adjusted the alignment on some of the other faucets.

We went to Cornelia's and returned the other whirlpool tub spout (the one that was too short) and the hand shower (because we don't have enough room for it), and we picked up a replacement pull rod for one of the faucets in the master bathroom (it was missing from the package).

Later in the afternoon, I returned to the job site and installed the pull rod and some window hardware. I also installed one of the motion detectors.