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They've blown foam insulation into the spaces between the studs on the exterior walls and roof. It looks like they just open up the foam hose and spray foam everywhere, let it dry, then scrape it back to the studs - hence the big piles of foam on the floor. This will be the first house we've had with insulated walls. Hopefully this will help reduce our heating bill next winter...

Went to the stone yard to look for counter top material, Saturday. That's always fun - some of the rocks they have are truly amazing to look at (especially, the onyx - which we certainly can't afford and wouldn't use anyway because we're not that flashy). But as with the last time, it's impossible to know what things cost. The stone yard has a colored sticker pricing system (green, blue, yellow, red - "$" through "$$$$") but no actual prices. And they won't give us a quote - only our "fabricator" can. And the fabricator is sub-contractor of the cabinet people. So, we picked a few stones we liked, gave that list to the stone people. They're going to give that list to the cabinet people, who will give it to the fabricator, who will then contact the stone people for wholesale prices. Then the fabricator will give her estimate to the cabinet people who will then email us to tell us that we're going to be anywhere from 500% to 10,000% over budget. Most efficient. It's like shopping for major surgery (in the US, not in places with rational health care systems).

Current house goes on the market next month. This is the worst part, for me. It was six months of stress last time. I hear the market is better now, but there are houses in our neighborhood that have been on the market for over a year. We're going to undercut them like crazy, but still...