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Almost there. . .
October 16, 2004Well I am exhausted. My back is aching in a way that you wouldn’t believe. I spent the afternoon (in the rain) cleaning up all the trash that the contractors left on the side of our house. I expected some scraps but did not expect to be cleaning up jack-in-the-box leftovers, pb&j remnants and tons of soda cans. Dear heavens I have learned so much through this experience, some good, some bad, but all valuable information that I will keep with me as we move forward with other house projects in the future. For now, I am anxious to wrap up curb appeal and rest for a while. So once we saw the amount of trash the contractors were throwing in our backyard, I ordered a dumpster. Walking past the huge pile yesterday, we happened to notice that the lovely contractor that we had (and so wanted to fire) managed to not only throw all the scraps in the back but also a ton of lumber that he never even touched. So, rummaging through the pile last night with my mom and a trip to home depot this morning, we were $90 richer. Well I should say $90 less over budget. This afternoon I found about $100 of more lumber I will be returning. Even though it was raining and I was freezing out there, I couldn’t seem to pull myself away from the pile. It was like winning the lottery everytime I saw another brand new piece of lumber. What is wrong with that contractor anyway? Why would you ever through away brand new stuff that can be returned? Arg, just another thing on the long laundry list of why I will be conducting interviews and hiring my own contractor on the next project.
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