A while back the two guys working on the bathroom tile accidentally burned the bathtub with sparks as they were grinding off a bolt. Joe and Matt are still trying to figure out how to handle it. Replacing the bathtub would be a real mess.
In the meantime the electrician has another job so he sent two helpers up Friday to install the light fixtures, wire up the light switches and fix the lightning rods. The fixtures look fine, but they wired some of the switches incorrectly and had trouble with the lightning rods. At first they started drilling new holes in the roof to install the rods in the wrong place, but fortunately Andy caught them and told them where the rods were supposed to go. The new rods will have to be straightened for aesthetic reasons, and the holes need to be plugged up. And, of course, the switches need to be wired correctly. Presumably in the fullness of time things will be straightened out.
What about you? Have you encountered any oopsies lately?
Yup… dropped a (big) board on my foot yesterday — one toe black and blue, but doesn’t hut much, but finished tearing down the car-port.
I thought that such blunders happened only here! Yes, I was called a female and that caused a bit of worry for me. You can read all about that in my blog.
lol! nothing so devastating as a blackened toe and a gender change! actually nothing lately to report. knock on wood.
but when i had this little house built i lived 20 miles away.
i’m sure there were oopsies galore that i never even knew about because i was at work and never here. makes one kind of cringe now!
Mike,
I’m glad your toe wasn’t any worse. I dropped a door on a big toe once and it took a month to heal. Another time I banged a toe on a table leg and I couldn’t drive for about six weeks. I hope I learned my lesson!
That’s great that you’re you finished tearing down the car port.
Rummuser,
That was a great post. 🙂 I’m glad it turned out well.
tammy,
Originally Andy hoped the architect would take charge and Andy wouldn’t have to watch for mistakes. That didn’t turn out to be the case, but on the whole the project is turning out fine. It could have been a lot worse! The contractor is conscientious and wants to do a good job. That means a lot.
Suggestions for easy tub fixes:
EXACT match of semi-gloss paint on grey spot
Flexible tub insert? that goes on bottom (or top edge) of tub. Get wider than the narrow usual one.
About a month ago my coin/credit purse fell apart – the zipper just went to back/forwards but never connect. It was a goner. I loved that purse, bright pink from the Lost Property sale at Uni – I could see it instantly in my big bag…
I toyed at trying to make a new one – then started the “window shopping” for another. I finally found one but it was brand new and out of my price range…then I found another that I loved but on looking at it a few days later, I could see it had faults!
Then friends kept telling me about something they had seen but was sure I had replaced it by now…
Then yesterday, in an unexpected place/person I was offered a choice that I could see this morning. I slightly worried about “choices” but as it turned out – there was just one choice. It’s orange (a colour I like), it’s feels too stiff and new but it more or less hits all my buttons. And it cost me zilch 🙂 🙂
Hi Jean,
Oopsies happen every now and then.
I gather that you haven’t been affected by Sandy, which is good. The trail of destruction it left is overwhelming.
Now that I have checked on you…I leave.
Cheers
bikehikebabe,
Joe had a fellow from Albuquerque come up to fix it. There’s still a fine line of black at the very bottom, but Joe plans to fix it. Andy didn’t mention it to him, he saw it himself. He wants to do a good job.
Cathy,
That’s great that you found another purse that you liked. It’s hard when we get attached to something and it eventually wears out. Andy and I still remember a blue dress I had 50 yeas ago. 🙂
Max,
Thank you for checking in. No, we’re safely high and way too dry down here in the Southwest. The drought is still with us.
You do have to watch tradespeople like a hawk, to make sure they don’t mess something up or put something in the wrong place or whatever. Going away and leaving them to it is not to be recommended.
Kathy, can you use velcro to close the purse??
Cheerful Monk: what a drag for the ‘oopsies’. My laid back sister n law would say: “Nothing but a can of corn.”
My ‘oopsie’: borrowed a neighbor’s carpet steam cleaner. Finished one third of carpet; emptied the water, and do not remember how to put it back together! So now I’m waiting for her to stop by. 🙂
Dixie: the purse was really rather small, only for coins and there wasn’t enough room to “swing a cat” let alone something else…anyway the purse is history now 🙂
Somehow, we get attached to certain items and when they break (etc) we feel devastated as if someone tore out our soul 🙂 🙂 I’m sure me and my new purse will get along just fine…
i just went back and looked at your kitchen coming along.
i love it monk!
there is something about blonde wood and white. it’s so nordic and light giving. it’s modern yet warm. i think you’re really going to like it. and you know . . .
the more rustic door doesn’t look bad at all. it’s nice to have different textures! just can’t quit visiting this lovely little cabin in the pines. and the mountains.
i’m pea green with envy!
Nick,
We’re lucky that our contractor wants to do a good job. He’s been a lot slower than we would like, but for the most part we’re happy with the results. The electrician was upset that his helpers didn’t do a good job. He came up himself and straightened everything out.
Dixie,
Did you manage to get the carpet cleaner back together? What a nuisance that must have been!
tammy,
Thanks! Although remember we don’t have any trees, except for burnt trunks. They all got torched in the fire.