A few of you have inquired so.....but to make a long story short (yeah, right
)
One fine May day, Sweet'ums innocently asked "How about we remodel the kitchen?" Now, ladies, take a bit of advice...if your Sweetie
EVER says the first four words of that sentence to you, do
NOT wait for him to finish the sentence.
RUN don't walk!
Due to leave on June 6 for Reno, I, so, oh so, innocently answered, "Sure, why not?" Job started the first of June. Come home on June 5, last day, last minute pack, check, etc., I walk into the bathroom and notice that something was missing. There
AIN'T no porcelain!! None, nada, zippo. "Honey, where's the *cough* cough* facilities?" "Oh, you can use the one across the street, no problem, it's open, paper, towels, soap, everything is there!"
The morning of June 6, trying to leave at 3:30 a.m. for the airport, fix the coffee, start the morning *ritual* and ......you guessed it, I suddenly remember. Without going into toooooo much detail, 'tis a
GOOD thing no one was moving at that time (of course, thinking about it, I
was more clothed than many beach goers). Well, than goodness
I was leaving.
Went to Reno, had a great time, called home a couple of times, "Oh, sure, honey, everything is going
JUST great!" (Ladies, another tell tale warning sign! Be careful, be
very careful!) BTW, our team is in 62nd place in Divsion 4!
Home on June 12, 3:30 in the morning, noticed things don't look
quite right, but hey, I'm tired, just me, right?
WRONG! Well, at least there was
one porcelain fixture!
What was estimated at 2 weeks and $8-10,000 (free labor!) is now in week 6, over budget, and on July 7, I got running water!!!!! I can cook, again, for the first time since before I left (wanna take a wild guess at what threats were used to accomplish that miracle?) There are dishes in the house! and in the yard, and in milk crates, and in the back of his truck, and and there are now cabinets-no counter tops, but there are electrical outlets-no covers, but hey, what's a minor thing like that in the scheme of things?
I have a coffeepot! And it was washed out, (and scrapped off!) after only three weeks of being plugged into an extension cord (he was sweet, though, he did make sure that he set up the cord every night before he went to bed-either that or he is getting very, VERY smart). The
one coffee cup has been bleached, scrapped, degreased....
We had our first meal at home on Monday, this week. (Yes, you counted correctly, it's now week 4!) the tile is down, not grouted, but down, but only in the kitchen, let's not even talk about the bathroom....oh, did I mention that the job grew, and the bathroom was added to the list while I was in Reno? Oh, and did I mention the four foot addition?, because "since we're doing it, we might as well do it right."
And lest you think it's always this easy....
NEVER add on a 4 foot addition to a 60 year old house with a 20 year old renovation that covered up a 40 year old addition that hid a 50 year old addition without checking floor joists, and hidden board and batten exterior siding, painted sea green, and plumbing that started at 1/2 inch iron, that went to 3/8 inch copper, that went to 1/4 inch PVC, that branched off into....(yes, I took pictures) and floors that were once porch grade plywood that had linoleum heat glued onto 'em.....
Three trailers of trash later, three very exhausted men, one half crazy woman...oops forgot about my ex who still owns half the house and his Sweetie, who "joined us" in the remodel and are doing their bathroom also,
and 60 miles to the nearest Lowes and/or HomeDepot, thank goodness the local hardware does carry lumber and plumbing supplies, and PVC glue and all those "little things" (but closes at noon on Saturday and doesn't open on Sunday) and 20 inches of rain in June.........
Thank you, I feel much better now.
