I’m not a fan of people who whine. You know who they are. (No, it’s not you gentle reader. My readers don’t whine unless it is medically necessary!) Well, here I am with another interesting contractor story. For (suffering) long-term … Continue reading
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Hope (not love) is all you need!
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Hope is what keeps us going. Without it, what’s the point? I always take a quart of hope to the hair salons, hoping I don’t look like someone out of the 70s or someone in their 70s (yes, both have … Continue reading
Contractor-speak update
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In the past year plus, I have worked with contractors almost non-stop. I have learned a lot this time around. Unlike contractors in the “days of old” these are new times, and they call for new words. This is my … Continue reading
Random 5 for April 10, 2022 – Flooding, disappointments, contractors, death, flowers
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The downside – Our development is surrounded by fields and meandering streams. There is a downside to meandering streams. They flood. It doesn’t affect our house, but it does affect the roads we travel. We had three inches of rain … Continue reading
Random 5 for April 3, 2022 – Walking, pups, aches, procrastination, rain
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Happy Fitbit, healthy life! – Yesterday on my way to walk down by the stream, I met up with my neighbor who was also taking a walk. She was going in a different direction and invited me to join her. … Continue reading
Settling back to normal
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Did you hear the angels sing? Gabriel on his horn? Today is the last day of a kitchen renovation that started in November. It was the strangest project I have ever done. Highlights include the main carpenter on crutches for … Continue reading
Another odds and ends edition
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Last Friday was the first day that no contractors were scheduled here for the kitchen project. It was just us and the cats. There have been days where no one showed but we had been expecting people so the normal … Continue reading
Random 5 for January 23, 2022 – Kitchen, overwhelming, cold, critters, Starbucks
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He’s back! – Broken-hearted window contractor guy is back. For anyone not following my kitchen saga, the hold up for finishing the kitchen is the window over the sink which was ordered last July but never came in. The real … Continue reading
More odds and ends
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The contractor finished a second small project yesterday. He was here three days for what was estimated to be a single day job. There was no scope creep but the usual surprises that come with a home that isn’t new … Continue reading
It’s déjà vu all over again!
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We have a house full of contractors doing contractor stuff. I forgot how annoying it is. I’m up early to get the cats fed. Once people are in the house, the cats are in hiding except for Gus who supervises … Continue reading