First Finish for 2010 (and A New Start)

Yes, I finished Lil' Cupcake on Tuesday night. Yesterday was so rainy, I had to take this picture using my Ott light.  This makes four of the six Mill Hill Kitchen Collection designs finished.  I will probably have the other two finished by the end of the year.  I'll will look for more Mill Hill kits as I do like beading.  It gives such dimension and sparkle to these projects.

I mentioned a new start, but it's not what you might have expected. After eight months in building permit hell (and an ultimatum to the new contractors), we now have all our building permits to start our new house. I had certainly given up thinking about the project.  I will have to get back my enthusiasm because it really is going to happen. We have our next meeting with the contractors tomorrow morning and we will know more then about when we actually break ground.  It will take about three months to build the retaining walls before we can start on the actual house itself.  The entire project will probably take 13 - 15 months, though I can always hope that it is finished sooner.