All I want for Christmas...

Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday
With the decision to build, that took care of presents and shopping.  We decided to "get" each other things that either got chopped from the budget or other goodies that the other person really wanted.  I received heated floors in the master bath for my birthday.  For Christmas, I got a window or two in the garage - I think it will look better as such a prominent part of the back yard.  Andy got some upgraded lights on the garage and an antenna in the attic.

Progress
The fill and grading around the foundation is in.  Still a little work left to install the window wells, but it looks great.  It's finally possible to see the scale of the house on the lot.  The driveway is very easy to imagine now, thankfully it doesn't feel too narrow.

The family walking down the future driveway.

Rear view, this is the side of the cave-in.  Thankfully it really is decent buffer now that it's filled in.

A little discovery is this stone wall that runs along the drive way.  We knew it was there, but it was really hard to see with all of the overgrowth.  I think it is very, very cool.  It runs a little kitty-wampus so it is partly on our property, then drifts off.  Still cool!

Merry Christmas around the WORLD!

Today seems like a good day to give send Christmas blessings out to friends (old and new) around the world who Blogspot tells me is reading.

• Outside of the US, the #1 country reading is Russia by a long shot - С Рождством Христовым!  
• Germany - Froehliche Weihnachten!
• the UK - Merry Christmas!
• Malaysia - if you are who I think you are Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan!
• Mexico - Feliz Navidad!
• Colombia - Feliz Navidad, también!
• Thailand - Sawadee Pee Mai!