Thanks for all the flattery, everybody! We love the tile.

Andi, Mark and I have as much frustration with construction as anybody. We have a great builder, but since it's a custom house, we take on a lot of the day-to-day small stuff for him. We are just a little more experienced with that small stuff than possibly the "average bear" would be because this isn't our first time through the garden. Luckily, there aren't many things we don't agree on immediately.


We have an acre and a half. The lot beside us is sold to a builder, and I don't think he's had many nibbles. The lot on the other side isn't really a lot, it is classified as common property. Our lot is really, really deep, and we are still trying to decide how much to undercut the "forest" that's out there.