We're Baaaccckkkkkk!

And our house is finally solid and the deck was saved. It only took 5 months, 15 holes in our floor, 3 different plumbers, 1 engineer, 1 soil lab, 3 insurance agents, 1 storage facility, 2 truck rentals, 1 motel room with 3 cats, and a partridge in a pear tree!

We've spent the last two days in the company of the world's chattiest plumber who informs us that not only do we have an 8-foot sag in our pipes under the living room, we also have a break in our 90 coming out of the kitchen... (Apparently 90 refers to the 90 degrees, the name of the separated pipe). What does this all mean? Well... basically we just moved home after spending a week in one of the most depressing motels you've ever clapped eyes on while the foundation was fixed. We packed up almost everything we owned and put it in storage to avoid the dust nightmare we were told would be happening back here at home. All the holes patched and concrete dried at last we moved back in last Friday and it's been non stop cleaning and unpacking since.

Today Jarrod (aforementioned plumber) went into great detail about how he would repair our plumbing issues. Guess what? They need to go through the concrete floor.... in the exact same spots recently vacated by our foundation people... GAH! Will it ever end? Hah...

Anyway... if you take a peek over at the To Do list on the right there you'll see that not only has the list been slimmed down significantly, but we've dropped a few points on the taste spectrum. :) You see, we've decided to get the heck out of this money pit before it sends us to the poor house. You betcha, we're slapping lipstick on this pig and getting outta here. That list over there is no longer a Must Do list, it's more of a general idea list. We're going to do the least amount necessary to get it sold.


So look forward to more frequent updates about our new projects, starting with a mini-kitchen makeover... coming soon!

I'd better get back to sucking up the last of the concrete dust before our lungs give up the ghost.