not gonna make it

After a very productive weekend last week,things came to a grinding halt. Seems we were all waiting for some missing door hardware. It finally showed up on wednesday, and the finish carpenters were able to install the final pocket door. Now the painter can come back and finish the trim and paint the walls. There were only 2 semi-productive days of work this week, though, and there's plenty left to be done. Finished this week.....the solatube covers, appliances are in place (not working, just there), ironing board is installed, the cabinets in the laundry are built, and the door hardware is in (minus the OTHER missing parts).

Bulldozer guy came back and prepped for sidewalks, too.

Still left to do, painter to do all the walls, finish trim, and paint the concrete floors, plumber to install all the fixtures, bathtub faucet, laundry sink and finish heating system, electrician to re-install bathroom lights, finish undercabinet lights, floor outlets, switches in entry, and the can above the pantry that quit working already, hrv folks to fire it up, and install the vents, fireplace folks, same thing, carpet, mirror in jack and jill and glass doors in kitchen, deck in back, sidewalks in front,return extra stuff, cleaning. Think all that will happen next week? Think ANY of that will happen next week? Think I can just get them to hook up the stove before turkey day? We've now blown our good weather window for the sidewalks and dirt, so WHO knows when the next break will be. Our contractor is less than helpful. We call him the "magic 8 ball" of emailers. He never gives you a straight answer. When I asked him if the painter would be here today, his answer was "he'll be done by monday or tuesday". Um, that's NOT what I asked, and the painter (who likes to start super early, is not here yet at 8am, so it's probably not happening today) So, magic 8 ball, will ANY work be done this week? "the future is uncertain" "try again later" See, I can do it too!