Stories & Pictures

Photos of the half painted house...

Those are not shadows, that is the old paint color showing through.

And there are dozens more but it's just too painful to keep going.

You get the idea.

the half painted house...

Oh yes, that would be our house. You see, the crew that was painting our house got fired today. True story. Here's how it happened...

We hired a company that had painted 8 other houses in our neighborhood. All of the homeowners were happy with the work and recommended this company. So we hired them. They were supposed to paint the house in September, I'm not sure why that didn't happen. Then they were going to paint last week, nope. So this Monday when they actually showed up we were pleasently surprised.

They started by pressure washing the house. But they didn't have the right kind of wand, so they borrowed ours. And they had no extension cords, so they borrowed ours. They did not remove any screens. They did however manage to spray vigorously enough so that we had a waterfall on the INSIDE of our front hall. They did not finish the house on Monday so said they would finish up Tuesday. Hmm.

Tuesday they showed up and finished pressure washing the house, and the sidewalks as a bonus. Okay. Then they started painting. With the wrong paint. Bill said, no...that was not the brand on the contract. So they went to the store and bought more paint, again the wrong kind, but right brand. Third try seemed to be magic and it was right. So they started painting again. No caulk. No wood replacement, no hardware removal. Just started painting. At this point we were getting frustrated. Bill told them they needed to do all the above mentioned items. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, they would get to it. Bill patiently pointed out that some things needed to be done BEFORE other things. This seemed to be news to them.

Did I mention they tried to sell $700  worth of wrong paint to my next door neighbor? Oh yes, they rang his doorbell and asked if he liked the color, and was he interested. He declined.

Wednesday, they asked to borrow some tools, because they had none. They also wandered through the basement looking for the bathroom and scared the daylights out of me. The bathroom is right next to the door from outside I pointed out. Not surprising.  They continued painting and caulking AFTER they painted. They promised they would go back and touch it up. They also oversprayed the paint onto a retaining wall, and into the porch onto the white ceiling. Nice.  Oh and couple of trees are now painted as well.

Thursday, only two guys showed up because the third had to go to a funeral because someone got shot. How could I make this up?

Friday, they borrowed Bill's power drill and hammer without asking (from INSIDE our house). They needed to know if they could just paint around the hardware instead of removing it? And they left the hammer on the roof. It's still there. Bill finally talked to the "boss" on the phone after multiple tries to get  in touch with him. He read the list of issues we had compiled (two pages) and the boss promptly fired the crew and told them to leave.

So FIVE DAYS into this craziness, we find out that these guys were new to this company and had never actually painted a house before. Not surprising. You really should see our house. When I told the boss that the side of the house was all splotchy, he replied, "Oh yeah, the front is too."

Tomorrow we are assured that the new crew will be here and that they have indeed painted a house before and do actually know how to.

I'll keep you posted.

Getting the house painted...

is more complicated than one might think!

The painter bought the wrong brand/type of paint TWICE.

Then they painted without caulking,

or removing the gutter downspouts,

or nailing down the loose boards,

or replacing trim that was rotten.

They did pressure wash, but needed to borrow our extension cords,

and our pressure wand,

and then we noticed the water streaming down the INSIDE wall of the front hall.

And they over sprayed and painted a couple of things that weren't supposed to get painted.

But other than that...

it's all going according to plan!

NOT.

Friday Night Quiet

(The cow pasture we drive past to get to our house...love them!)

It's Friday night and I'm home alone.

Kelly is at the high school football game with friends.

Bill has the boys and two of their friends out in a cornfield in the next county getting lost in a "haunted corn maze" in which flashlights are not allowed. Hmmm. Can't wait to hear about that!

I will be making waffles and bacon for breakfast for all of the survivors.

But until then, it's just me and the dogs (and they are napping on the sofa.)

I am pretty sure I'm going to go quilt something.

Life doesn't get much better than this.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

 

Weekend Checklist...

1. Bill and boys go to see the new horror movie with 3 friends.

2. Kelly and Jessie go to the football game.

3. Diane has a nice night out alone at the Avenue eating and cruising Barnes & Noble.

4. All of the above mentioned kids sleepover Friday night.

5. Saturday morning pancake breakfast for 7 kids.

6. Barn.

7. Bake an apple pie, make ham & cheese sliders.

8. Fire pit party at the barn with the kids, bring the pie and sliders.

9. Sunday morning chores.

10. Bill and Kelly, barn duty.

11. Make a big pot of lentil soup. Yum.

12. Foot ball and wings.

13. More football.

14. 3 loads of laundry.

15. Homework.

16. Read book for book club.

17. Finish two quilt tops.

18. Give Buddy belly rub during football game(s).

19. Let Bailey out, and back in 19983905783450845 times.

20. Relax.

 

Yep. Got it all done in one weekend. Whew.

Hello Monday!!!

She really knows how to relax.

You know, because she works so hard...

Like father, like son...

Boys really like building stuff.

The Fair

Oh Yes! It's that time of year again for the Cumming Country Fair and you will find us there!

It's so much fun for the whole family. The kids love the rides, I love sitting and stitching the quilter's cabin and the food...well, how do you describe fair food?

 I'm glad it's only available once year.

So if you need us, you can find us there.

 

Broken Blog

So my blog here seems to be broken. I was trying to add another book to my list of "Good Reads" and it doesn't work anymore. I tried several times at several different times of day. Rats. I really liked being able to do that!

So this was the book I just finished. It was good.

HERE is he link to amazon.

Sorry I couldn't add it to the list.

Texting with a teenager....

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