When Does it Start?

I have been retired for two weeks now. I’m patiently waiting for that getting bored part. I thought that two weeks would be about when it would start in. Mostly I thought that because the first week was a scheduled vacation.

Instead, I’m still waiting. I think that if I actually stop scheduling fixer-upper jobs it might help. I am not sure how to include pictures in this type of format. I know the technical part of how to do it and I have a spot I could upload the picture to, I just don’t see a place on the format grid.

Craig and Joel, his business partner and friend, were here for over 14 hours [9 AM til 11:40 PM] on Saturday putting in two new ceramic tile floors. The living room and third bedroom are now beautiful.

Aside: Craig said that diamonds were not supposed to be in living rooms, I said I wanted them to be in my living room. Craig said I should put in a checkerboard pattern and I said I didn’t want that. I wanted the living room completely different from the entryway. Joe suggested a ring around the room in the darker color that was squared and completely offset from the squares in the entryway so I wouldn’t need to worry about them lining up perfectly. It works. I love it.

But getting the floors put in consumed three days. One day was spent moving all the stuff out of the areas being worked on. I had living room furniture in the bedroom and kitchen. The third bedroom ended up in the second bedroom and entryway. The front door could not be opened.

The second day was used to put the floor down. The guys left here at 11:40 to drive back the two hours home. I didn’t particularly like that because I was afraid that the driver would be too tired after working as hard as he had all day. But one can only push so much.

The third day was spent cleaning, and cleaning some more, and then putting the furniture back in place. Who knew that much dirt and dust would go that far? Not me.

The finished project is beautiful, absolutely beautiful. I am so glad I didn’t cave in and have the checkerboard pattern because I think that this looks perfect. The green tiles in the living room look brown to me. I know they said they were green, but I don’t believe them at all. The green tiles in the green room look green and they are perfect for in there, too.

So the mess is cleaned up and my house is back in order. Tomorrow I meet with the people who are pouring the patio and coloring the concrete in the lanai and on the patio. I believe that will be another mess.