Six flags water park

Weather was iffy today so I went to the water park instead of the beach.  It is only 15-20 minutes from here so easy to go and spend an afternoon.  Now I am wiped with all the sun and water.

Spent a lot of time on the lazy river

Did the loop de loop on this one then had to lay down for awhile

Vegged out by the wave pool for awhile then played in the waves.  Lots of fun.

House progress - lighting and tile

Stopped by the house today and the men were laying the ceramic tile.  This is the ensuite.  Note the outlets are moved up and covers on... they just have to fix the hole.  Also the light above where the mirror will go is in.

Tried to get a picture of the fan light that they installed in the living room but hard to see it.  Still needs a globe on it.  Forgot to look up in the master to see if the fan is in there yet or not.

This is coming in the front door... nice tile in so far

They use the garage as their work shop.  Piles of tile on the right.  The other cupboard for the kitchen is gone from there but not in the kitchen... a mystery... maybe it wasn't our cabinet after all.  Not sure where that door goes.  Maybe in the ensuite to close off the toilet or maybe it is for a different house

hallway to the bath on the right and the third bedroom straight ahead.  The bedrooms will get carpets some day.

Jim supervising ;) from the kitchen  Without the other cupboard in the kitchen yet we got tile in that area.  Maybe that is why it is not in there yet.  At least we assume there is a cupboard to go in the left then the stove.

Second Bath lighting put in but still the sink is still gone.  Lighting same as ensuite just one light less

Light put on outside of house next to garage door.  We think the hole under it is for the house numbers.

Dining and half of living room done in the tile so far.  I bet they got done today so then they can groute on Monday.

tile where fridge will go

tile in pantry

What a difference tile makes when you first walk in instead of seeing the cement floor slab

Went for a Drive to Luling see lulingcitymarket.com

Had a nice morning/afternoon drive to the house and  Luling and then drove into this on the way home.  Got home just in time before the major part of the storm hit.  We are not getting it as bad as the surrounding areas but we did put the roof up when we saw we were driving into this.  It was 33 degrees so it was nice to be in a convertible but still quite warm even driving 70 miles an hour with the roof down.

This is the water tower in Luling.  It used to be painted like a watermelon because of the big watermelon pits spitting contest that they have every June but now it is camouflage and says it is for the service men and women

It is hard to see but this is a cow jumping over the moon.  As the Oil Rig goes up and down the cow goes up and over the moon..  They have many oil rigs in Luling all decorated.  One is a big bird going up and down looks like he is dipping his head down to get water.  One of them has jack and jill on them.  If you google Luling you will see lots.

This is inside Luling City Market Restaurant... best Brisket and Ribs we have had to date.  Note the fancy seating area... it is all about the food.  People go through long line ups to get to where you order your food by the pound.  They weigh it and put it on brown paper.  You go to another line up to get drinks and side dishes and plastic knives and forks then find a place to sit and eat the best BBQ in texas....yes better than Salt Lick.

This is in the kitchen where they weigh your food for your order.  The bbq pits on the right with lids on them

This is the menu board.  Order by the pound hot or you can order the meat cold to go

closer look at the pits.  wood pile on the right ... to the left are the two covers with the counter weights up top that they pull down to lift the lids to put more in or take out some.

more 'fancy' seating area just in front of the kitchen

If you go there... remember cash only.  Salt Lick is cash only too.  I guess if they are good enough they don't need to provide credit.

More details on the sinks and counters in washrooms

This shows how the sink and the counter top in the washrooms are all one piece

Same set up in the other bathroom with the sink embedded

Close up of sink

Oops - the counter goes above the electrical so I guess the electrical guys will have to come back

Got this double sided sipper cup from Whataburger for my birthday.  Everyone with a birthday this month was able to go and pick out what they wanted out of this big basket.  I picked the glass since the normal glasses down here sweat too much with the heat and drip water on the coffee table.  I also could pick two coupons for free meals - either breakfast taquitos or burgers so I took the breakfasts.  They are a shell wrap around egg, cheese and choice of potatoe(hash browns), bacon or sausage.  They are really good.  On thursday is the birthday cake for all of us and the whole IT dept goes in the room to eat and sing happy birthday.  Two huge cakes and a bunch of cupcakes to feed the whole dept. since there are over 100 of us just in IT.  Each dept has their own each month.  Very nice gesture.
We drove down to check out the house today but there is no difference.  I don't think that they did anything this week so no new picture updates.  We went shopping for fridge, water softener, lawn hose, sprinker,  lawn mower etc... just seeing what is out there so we know where to go when we move in... Went along Military drive... reminds me of Merivale Road.  Much better to find  things for shopping than up where we live now where it is all freeways with difficult side roads.  Found all the stores we will ever need all on the one strip so we are set.

Stopped by the house on the way to the beach today

We went to the beach again today so stopped by the house on the way to see the progress.  They told us yesterday that the cupboards were in and the mechanical comes next week whatever that means.  The door was open so now we have pictures of the inside progress.

cupboard in 2nd bathroom

Tub in 2nd bathroom

Closet in 2nd bedroom at front of house

Windows in 2nd bedroom at front of house

Front of house with cement uncovered

Hall Linen Closet

Jim measuring hole for fridge that we have to get

Jm in front of island in kitchen. Pantry in corner.  Sinks in island.

close up of kitchen cupboards

close up of pantry

view from kitchen to dining living room area.  Laundry room in the alcove on the right.  Picture of it didn't work.

ensuite cupboard for dual sink

ensuite tub and separate shower

Master Bedroom at back of house

ensuite toilet room

Ensuite Walk in Closet

3rd bedroom closet

3rd bedroom window

This is our new house that is being built.

It should be done in July sometime.  It is a three bedroom bungalow in Mission Del Lago subdivision around the Golf Course.  We are not right on the golf course ... just in the neighbourhood.  The Pool complex should be built by spring 2016.  This is in the south end so it is  45 minutes closer to my happy place... only 30 minutes from work

Tried to take a picture through the window but didn't work very well

Back door from down below where another house will be built.

trees in back yard - they give us 3 more plus shrubs etc.

Island in the kitchen only half done so far... will be ceramic tile floor granite counter tops and carpets in bedrooms