We have more paint. The painters said they should be done by Wednesday of next week. Unfortunately, it will be a few days longer. They used egg shell paint and when applied to the wall, it showed all of the mistakes of our sheet rock. And there are a lot of mistakes. Needless to say, we are extremely unhappy with the job the sheet rock guy did. Now, they are going to repaint the larger rooms (living room, bonus room, etc.) and hallways with flat paint. We are going to have to install some crown mold and trim in the bonus room in the creases of the weird roof lines. The sheet rock job is horrible in those places. Yep. Another unexpected expense. We will just live with the imperfections of a few guest bedroom until we repaint in the future. Needless to say, this has cut into our pocket severely. We may be sitting on lawn furniture in the living room. Ok. It isn't that bad, but we won't have everything when we move into the house. Our budget allowed furniture when we started, but now, things have changed. A much larger expense is the basement problems. Ugh. The foundation people showed up yesterday and began jackhammering our basement floor. They will install a large sump pump and trays along the walls to catch water. They are also going to line the crawl space and seal the basement in other ways. They will be back today and possibly Monday. Yep. Cutting into the budget. Severely. There is also a lot of busted concrete and dirt (clay) in the basement. I guess we will get the pleasure of disposing of this debris. I just don't know how. There is a lot!
The tile guy is moving along nicely and he is doing a tremendous job. It looks great. He is planning to spread the grout today in the two guest baths and the laundry room. He also hopes to put the heat strips in for the heated floor in the master bath. He will be done with the floors in a few days and can begin the master shower and tub.
Tide Guy has installed the ceiling fans and many of the recessed light trim pieces. Today, we plan to install more of these. I will paint the trim of the recessed lights for the bonus room. The ceiling is a dark gray, so I have some black paint.
In adoption news, the rumors are the speed up should begin any time from this month until November. So, we'll see. Right now, there hasn't been any real signs from past referrals to indicate a speed up. All we can do is wait and see.
We also received our season tickets for Alabama football this week! In four weeks we will be in Atlanta for the UA/VA Tech game. I hope we won't be stressed with the house. Hopefully, we can go and enjoy the weekend with our friends.
In other news, gas prices are at $2.44 and Sonia Sotomayer will be sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice today. Great. Trying to be nice here but we totally disagree with this decision for many reason.
Okay. Have a great weekend.
Tide Gal and Tide Guy
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