The exterior siding has now gone up. This is an interesting product called Dryvit (sp?). You start with a styrofoam base - about 2 inches think. This is covered with a gray stucco and then finished off with colored stucco. Lots of commercial buildings seem to use this now.
All for now but the next installment should have the project very near the end from the contractor's perspective. We will still be painting and I need to install the cork flooring in the basement room.