EXPLETIVE, EXPLETIVE, EXPLETIVE! I cannot believe this.
Just in case you don't know, the title of this post has to do with the little game Brian and I pretend we play with our house. It's hard to describe the rules but trust me on this one. The house just got a MAJOR win.
Our microwave just died. It just gave out mid popcorn bag. At least this is one appliance we were considering replacing.
It would seem I heard what I wanted to hear with the last dig date possibility. We now are looking at the week of June 11. Other than exam week being the absolute worse time to be absent from school (since I was fully planning on staying home one day when the hole got dug) it's a perfect week to get started.
Stay tuned...
Earlier this week I was in the bathroom and I heard a small crash from the kitchen. I went in to see what made the noise and discovered our ventilation hood partially fell down on top of the stove. Two days ago I looked at the Roman Shade in the kitchen and noticed that something wasn't right. One of the shades is broken. Two of the loops that hold the string in the proper place have been ripped out. I have no idea how that happened. I think I need a new kitchen.
Oh, ventilation hood...we will win this battle. We have a date...well, week for the big dig to take place. We are looking at the week after Memorial Day. We could have gone as early as next week but frankly, I'm not ready. Plus, I'd like to stretch this period of waiting as long as possible to avoid our babysitter having to deal with the safety issues surrounding a big hole and three toddlers for any long period of time. So, the week of Memorial Day is the big dig and I'll be off of work in about two in a half weeks after that. Perfect.
The back perennial garden is almost all gone. My co-workers have jumped at the opportunity to provide some good homes to my plants. This weekend we are getting 3 yards of dirt delivered for another little project I'll leave for Brian to report but I think the last of the plants will go with the dirt guy. He's taken plants off my hands that I wanted to get rid of before and I told him to take whatever he wants when he brings the dirt. There are just a few things I'm going to put up against our neighbor's fence and then I think I'm done transplanting and saving what I want. Oh, it's going to be fun to design the new area!
Tonight was the Design Review Board meeting. To put your mind at ease, in case you were wondering, we got approval. This wasn't the same board that gave us so much trouble with our garage. In fact, this board was significantly younger, and they tore through the agenda, knocking out 8 designs in 20 minutes.
It was interesting to hear some of the comments from the board on the designs. There was a lady who had a 1920's house she wanted to put a sun room on. All they did was nit-pick. She has double hung windows all around the house and in the new room, wanted a casement window put in this room. The weasel on the board (seriously this guy resembled a large rodent) peaked over his large glasses and said, "you should keep the windows matched around the house. This one should be a double hung too." Our builder leaned over to me and said "This is unbelievable how they spend money for you, they just made her spend $1000."
Geez, what would they do with me?
The the guy right before us wanted to build a new garage and the weasel spoke up again. "Are you going to have the brick around the garage just like the house." I thought to myself, OMG..you, you were the one who was trying to f$#k with us and our plans. Turns out the home owner was going to put on the brick because he wanted everything to match.
So, our turn came up and everything was going really smoothly. Our builder paid a drafter to come up with some real nice plans, and they were impressed. The weasel was looking over the plans with his beady eyes and big glasses and piped up. "You got the electrical pole right here you know?" (In case you didn't know, the electric power comes from the back of the property, and enters the house right smack dab in the middle. )
I thought to myself "Holy Shit! Are you kidding me? I totally didn't see that. Oh my god. Kevin (our builder), did you notice this shit? Wow...thanks for pointing that out weasel. We almost built an addition over our power supply and A/C unit."
Thankfully I kept it in and Kevin indicated where we would be moving the power. The weasel seem satisfied. Even after nit-picking about our windows matching, Kevin assured them that the drawing software didn't allow for the exact window type to be shown, but need less to say, they would all match.
Now we wait about 5 days before we can get the permits, then it's a matter of getting on everyones schedule. First will be the electrician to get the power pole moved that the weasel was so concerned with. The excavator will be next for the hole and the basement. We should hear something in about two weeks as to a rough time line.
