If at first you don't succeed...

This is not what you want to come home to:

Apparently everything is fine (as in not really dangerous). The gas company showed up first thing this morning, about two hours before the inspector got here. Without the inspection, the gas company can't 100% certify there isn't a leak (there isn't - there's been no drop in pressure on the line for about two days) so they put this lovely little tag up. In the long run, though an unpleasant surprise to come home to, it's not a huge issue because we wouldn't have been able to take advantage of the gas anyway. (Un)surprisingly, there's one more piece that needs to be special ordered for our Triangle Tube water heater/boiler. So even if we had gas we'd still be waiting.

In other news the kitchen/powder room floors are being finished...

...and they look fantastic.

Our powder room floors are actually recovered from the second bedroom. We're very happy we were able to keep them in the house. You can also see a sneak peak at the color of the bead board.