April 22

Off topic for a second - we walked downtown last weekend and noticed the old Sharper Image building being gutted and I had no idea what was going in there (I usually keep up to date on comings and goings - so was rather miffed). Well, after some googling - it appears the transformation of Naperville into a mini downtown Chicago continues - as apparently, one of those spiffy, shiny, flagship Apple Stores is going in across from Lou Malnati's. It will be interesting to see how busy the store becomes. I remember when I got my iPhone at Oak Brook - and had to wait for 45 minutes amongst 150-200 people jammed in that store on a Tues afternoon - and the guy said that was a slow day.

Anyway - the house IS progressing. I was able to juggle the schedule last week and was able to get the insualtors in and out in 3-4 days. Which means we picked up a week or two of time. Those guys were amazing - clean, quick and high quality. We went with wet spray cellulose. Its amazing how dense that stuff is and how it fills every little nook and cranny. The stuff is so dense, that just standing in the house now, with no siding or drywall, there is complete silence.

Tomorrow - siding/shakes/soffit/exterior trim are delivered and will start going up. The roof will also be finsished up. Siding guy thinks my job could be 2-3 weeks given its detail. Hoping to start drywalling within 10 days.

However, the realization is setting in that I likely will have to try and extend the lease 1 month - as I just don't think this can all be done in a little over 2 months - its possible, but who knows. So hopefully it will not be a problem to extend it out - we will see.



All the orange tape areas are where they covered outlets (makes sense - otherwise - they would have been buried and invisible).

Connor it his future backyard - manufacturing those smiles.