I’ve been out of the loop for awhile dealing with what really comes down to a couple of valuable lessons.  The most important: If you want something done right, do it yourself.  LOL.  How many times have we all heard that one??

As you all know, I was in England for two weeks, away on holiday, as the British love to say.  (I brought that happy little phrase back with me, along with a need for massive amounts of sugar cubes for my tea. *wink*)  A few days after I got back we were to be getting a new granite countertop installed in my kitchen.  Denny and I were just giddy about it, and if you know me well, you know that’s a big deal, because, well, I don’t get giddy about much of anything lol.  So March 10th, the demo begins and the old countertop got removed.  All is well.  March 11th, the granite arrives, the install happens… all… NOT SO WELL.  I can sum it all up like this… damage to a substantial amount of things in the house, but the bottom line was finding that my dishwasher had been glued shut.  Yeah, really.  GLUED.  SHUT.

Long story short, the granite needed to be replaced and a little over a week down the road a new counter was installed.  Now to address the damage and that seems to be the issue.  Our contractor seems to have not been real eager to handle it in a timely and professional manner and after a few days of waiting around for him we had had it.  Our relationship with him has now been terminated. 

Again, we are now trying to fix all the damage.  Our kitchen walls have been repaired now and repainted and I’m really happy with that.  Thank you so much to an excellent painter!!!!  I had someone come out to assess the cabinet damage today and the rest I’m still working on.  See what happens when I get giddy about something.  I guess giddy for me is a sign of impending doom. 

So March was crappy.  The tv finally died, the kitchen thing turned into a freak show and now the roof leaks.  WOO HOO.  Spent the last week talking to roofers and finally found one that I trust to do the job.  I’m excited to get it done, (making sure not the get all giddy again), and will be happy not to worry about the rain!!

Hopefully the home improvement Gods will again start smiling on me.  Cross your fingers for me that by this time next week I have a new roof being put on and the leaks are behind us.

~j