Hello friends!
This has been a VERY busy week so far with LOTS going on with the house and doctors appointments for both me and the momma!!
Dad worked different hours this week. He went in at 6am and got off at 2:30pm 'cuz he was filling in for someone who was on vacation. On Monday he had a little bit of a melt down 'cuz he couldn't find the key to the cage age work. He ranted and raved for about 20 minutes before he found it hiding in his bag!! THEN he calmed down! The rest of the day went way better
The momma got called to the house Monday afternoon. George and Jaime wanted to finish painting the house before the rains came on Wednesday (very wise!), so the momma went over there and let them in and gave them the key from the lock box so they could lock up when the doors were dry.
When she got home, the dad was home from work, so they went to JC Penney's to look for window coverings for the new old house. They found some paisley drapes for the living room, but you have to order the honeycomb blinds so the momma said she could do that on-line for cheaper so they went home and the momma took us to the dog park to meet our friends. When we got home, George called and said that they couldn't get the lock-box to close and wanted to know what to do with the key. The momma called one of our neighbors and she said that he could drop it off with her, so that's what they did.
On Tuesday, the momma went to bed when the dad got up (getting to be a habit with her), and they called to say that they wouldn't be ready for final inspection on the house until next week. The momma was NOT happy, so she talked them into asking for final either Thursday or Friday and they agreed to try for Friday at the latest. She then had to call everyone and postpone deliveries until after inspection (she was NOT happy!). Before the dad came home, she went to Home Depot to buy a back porch light with a motion sensor on it (city requirement to save energy) and she needed to buy the new knobs for the bathtub and a new longer spout to go with the whirlpool tub. Since she was there, she looked and found very cute toilet paper & towel holders and bath hooks that match the knobs for the tub and the new sink. We left a little early going to the dog park 'cuz the new purchases needed to be at the house so the contractor could finish putting them in on Wednesday and she also needed to get the house key from Donna. It took the momma 30 minutes playing with the lock-box to get it to work, but she finally did and was SO happy 'cuz Sasha barked the entire 30 minutes!! Boy that girl has some lungs on her!! :-)
On Wednesday, the momma went to bed at 6am, but had to get up at 8am so she could go to the dentist. Then she came home and loaded up the cans and plastic bottles into the BUV for the recyclers and then went to her knee doctor. He told her that she still has a lot of arthritis in her knee so he's not sure that the little sewing he did on her meniscus is going to help her much, and that in maybe 10 or 15 years she's going to have to have her knee replaced! News could have been better, but at least he gave her until the 10th before she has to go back to work! When she was leaving, the contractor called her and asked her to stop by the house, so she did. He told her that there is a problem with the drain on the new tub - its not draining! The plumber said that the 60 year old, 2" steel pipe only has an opening of maybe 1/4" and needs to be replaced. She said OK, lets do it. She then talked to the John the tile guy and asked if he could put a basset hound tile in the middle of the back splash. He told her it wouldn't be a problem, just make sure its there tomorrow! So, some bad news, but some good news, too! She then went to the recyclers and got $90 for her bottles and cans!! THEN she came home and got me and took me to my eye doctors appointment. My doctor was VERY happy that my eye pressure was only 13 (needs to be under 20) and told the momma that in January I can take my one drop every other day to see how my eye reacts before my February recheck. The momma made an appointment for me AND Teddi and then we went to our new old house to drop off the basset hound tile. No one was there when we got there, so the momma let me sniff around the house and check it out! I was SO happy to be back home!! My tail wagged SO fast and I walked really fast from room to room to room and then I went outside and checked out all the junk in the backyard! Boy did I have a good time!! But then we had to go home and get the sisters and we went to the dog park to meet our friends. It was a pretty good day!!
On Thursday, the dad was supposed to work late, but then he didn't so he and the momma went to Big Lots to look at the cafe' tables they have to see which one they might like to get for the new old house. They don't want a regular table and besides - Sasha can't seem to keep off the one at the right now house which does not make the momma happy AT ALL!! Maybe if it was 3 feet tall, she couldn't get up there!! We'll see... Anyways, then they went to a couple of other places and then over to the grandma's house. She wasn't there, but the dad visited with her neighbor for a while, and just as they were getting ready to go out to eat, the grandma came home. She was so happy to see them. The dad helped her change a light bulb, and the momma got some things that they were storing under the grandpa's bed and then they went out to dinner. They did not get home in time to take us to the dog park, so Sasha wasn't happy! She got up on the table and took a couple of packets of graham crackers the momma had there, but she couldn't open them so she hid them all over the house. She knocked over a roll of paper towels when she was up there, and since she couldn't get the crackers open. The momma and the dad were NOT amused! Its supposed to rain for the next four days - I hope the momma and dad are ready for Sasha not being able to get out and run!! Not sure what we're going to do with her!! Guess we'll have to wait and see... wish us luck, K?!?!
Well, that's in for now. We're supposed to have the house finished tomorrow AND they're coming to do the final inspection sometime in the afternoon! Wish us luck!!
More later!
In the mean time, thanks once again for your continued love and support!!
Hugs!
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds~
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