Word on the Street...

We were going to get countertops tomorrow...but....

Erik and I went to every home improvement store imaginable this weekend looking for master bathroom sinks and a kitchen sink so the installer could cut holes in the granite. Since we bought 8" faucets for the master bath, it made it a bit difficult. In the midst of all this, Erik showed me the granite he picked out. And I didn't like it. So we just decided to head out to Seconds and Surplus today to look at all the options together and make a final decision.

While we were there, we picked the prefab granite we liked, and also looked at the custom (that we couldn't afford) and decided on one we liked. As we waited for the salesman to finish helping another couple, I overheard him say that some of the granite would be going on sale tomorrow. My ears perked up! Turns out, the custom granite (including the one we picked out) will be the same price as the prefab. Fabulous! It'll take an extra week for the new installer (yeah, we had to change installers...sorry Clemente...) to come out, but it will be so worth it! Thicker granite, a custom bull nose all the way around AND the color we really wanted. Perfect.

Next we asked to see the bathroom sinks. The 8" were hard to come by. The salesman, bless his little heart, saw some black sinks and asked if we could do black. No no no no no. But wait! The boxes underneath the sink said "biscuit". Score again! And at 1/2 the price of the sinks we were considering!

So glad that's taken care of! In the mean time, I really pray that the plumber can start this week. All we're waiting for is the ok from the city. Apparently we got an email from the HOA asking us to take care of the hole in our front yard. Don't worry. We are on it! Believe me, I want a yard as badly as our neighbors want us to have a yard!

Saturday I went out to help Erik. I cleaned up and vacuumed all the dust out of the master, guest, and living rooms. I even helped Erik dry out the joint compound on the wall extension he did with...a hair dryer. In order to make the sink island more symmetrical and allow us to open one of the under-sink doors all the way, Erik added about 4-5 inches to the wall and had to learn how to dry wall to do it. We may have to cover up most of it with molding, but everybody likes molding! Right? He finished tiling the kid bath and will grout what is done and start the master bath today.

This weekend, we plan on taking all the doors off the hinges, then we'll haul them to the shop along with the molding to spray in the paint room where it's well-ventilated and we won't make a mess. Once molding is up, all the bedrooms and the room upstairs will be ready for electric and carpet. Then they are done! Crazy? Yes.

It's a bit bold, but I'm going to start a countdown checklist....it'll be over before we know it!