As exciting as watching stucco cure

Well, the flashing and the stucco are done, and now we just need to get Acacia back out to install the apron under the window. And then we have to wait 2-3 weeks for the stucco to cure before getting Sean's crew out to paint the house. Maybe the new DR window will be in by then. The garage door should be here any day now, too.

We're divided about the quality of this stucco job; Cam thinks it looks better than Dale's work, but I think the blobs are too big. It's hard to tell with it being a different color than the old work, though. I guess we'll see once it's painted.

In any case, we both agree that they were total slobs. They got stucco everywhere on the window bay, on the main part of the house, on the stairway wall, even all over the person-door into the garage. After a closer inspection, it turns out it's also all over Cameron's motorcycle, the windowsill, and -- most embarassingly -- the neighbor's siding. Now, I know it's obvious that we're having the house painted, but sheesh: Take a little time to use a dropcloth if you know you're a slob. What if we hadn't planned on changing the paint color? Now we'd have a LOT more area to touch up. Cranky, cranky...