What a difference a day makes. Remember how I mentioned yesterday that Bill from Ideal Building was being 'very careful [sic] so as not to hit the pretty new garage, dig up the phone or cable or water mains)' when he was digging the trench? Well, Oops!

Today while continuing with the big driveway dig - Bill accidently hit the old water main and out comes Old Faithful. Well okay, this picture is NOT what it actually looked like but it was how Gary described it to me over the phone while I was at work. After I got home, I talked to Bill and they were so careful all the way up the driveway... until the old water main decided to take a sharp left turn. This was unexpected and it was too late before the big claw ripped it apart and sploosh goes the water.

But not to worry, even though we were without water for a while, It was repaired and backfilled before the end of the day. We never have to worry about Ideal Building as they are very committed to service and providing top quality across the board.

Another milestone was reached today. The new window in our kitchen was cut out and installed and boy does it look great! Gary snapped this picture from outside after Rob finished the job. Like all the windows in the new garage, this window is trimmed and will be painted to match the rest of the trim on the house. After the house is done, the guys at Ideal Building will also trim the other east facing windows so we have a uniform look from the street.

From inside, Gary snapped this great picture of Bill working outside on the backhoe through the new window in our kitchen (before "old faithful erupted). This window opens out and provides a lot of sunlight into the new kitchen. This also provides us with a much needed view of our front yard from the 1st floor which we have never had.


Lastly, this may sound insignificant, but our new fridge was placed into it's permanent location and is now ready to be stocked with food! Since November 12th our old fridge has lived in the breezeway between the house and the garage and we are sure tired of having to go outside to get anything from there. While the old fridge is still there (until the wall between the old and new garage is taken down), we will at least have a fridge in the house! Now we need to get the oven and microwave in and our new wall of appliances will be done.
Tomorrow, Bill says that our new door will be installed. The electrician will be back one more time to finish up all the electrical inside and out. If we are lucky, we will get the gravel poured on the newly graded driveway before we leave for the weekend for Whistler. If that happens, we might just have a paved driveway by the time we return.