We're getting there.....

This was probably the busiest week in a LONG time, although not without it's frustrations. On monday, the tile guys returned back from vacation! Go tile guys!!! They finished the master, and got to work on the jack and jill.

Tuesday, they continued to grout what they'd done the day before, and I got my opportunity to be "picky homeowner" when I hand picked the tiles for the fireplace. The dragonflies are up! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them. They also put in the countertops for the built-ins next to the fireplace.

Wednesday is when it all blew up, quite literally. I haven't seen so many vehicles here since the city hooked up the water. (that consisted of 5 trucks, 9 guys, and 2 that actually worked) From right to left here.....the general contractor, the tile guys, the electrician, some russians (floors) and the gutter guys (yes, we have gutters, and not a moment too soon). Everyone was working on their own thing, and most were done by noon, leaving the russians to totally mess up the place.

The started sanding the concrete floors without covering a thing. There is currently a 35 gal. garbage can FULL of concrete dust in the garage. It looked like mt saint helens blew up INSIDE the house. All over the new cabinets, tile, light fixtures, switches, you name it, it was full of gritty concrete dust. Check out the windows, that's dust. Needless to say, this is where I got to be "cranky homeowner". I got out the g'bee voice and expressed my displeasure. The russians came screaming down with shop vacs and cleaned up as much as they could, but, we're going to be living with concrete dust the rest of our lives. It's very pervasive, hard to get rid of, and gritty. Thanks (NOT).

No one worked on thursday, except tile guy, who was finishing his grouting. Friday brought us the return of the russians. They finished sanding, (this time they wet sanded everything. HELLO!!!), and started actually putting down the hardwood. I'm still not convinced they know what they're doing, and that scares me, but what they got done does look good, if you look past all their trash and crap they left laying around.

They still have a LONG way to go, though. I'm pretty sure they're going to run out of glue, so that'll be a stall. Hopefully they'll have enough flooring. There seems to be a lot of waste and that makes me a little scared........ Next week, wood floors continue, monday, the sheetrockers will be back to do some touch-up and fixes, on wed, the glass shower doors will be installed, and the rest of the parts for the kitchen will be in. Hopefully, they'll start working on the trim. Everyone seems to be waiting for floors and trim. Painter guy will probably be doing the laundry room floor, and the washer and dryer are due on friday. PHEW! I hope half of that happens.....we'll see.....