My daughter told me this morning that today was her favorite day of the year. I asked her about Christmas - "oh yeah, after Christmas". No way was wearing green going to outscore Santa. I'm trying to think of green stuff we can eat for dinner tonight, that the kids will eat. Maybe I'll dye their milk green. Then they probably wouldn't drink it, with my luck.
We're getting very frustrated with the renovation right now. For some reason, we've been getting an inspector that just has a hair up his you-know-what, and fails the project for some stupid little unknown reason. All of our contractors (all well respected) are just baffled; they've never seen this before. To make it worse, the guy goes down his list until he hits the first problem, then stops there. So we fix that problem, then he comes back, and gets to the next problem, fails the project, etc. We've been at this for a couple of weeks. The stuff he's failing us for is just ridiculously stupid; no one we know has ever heard of such things. If it fails again today, our contractor is going straight to the county to get to the bottom of this. We've got all our cabinets sitting still in the boxes, and the appliances were delivered last weekend. We just need a finished space to put them in!
Two sayings spring to mind: 1) Good things come to those who wait, 2) If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
THIS JUST IN - WE PASSED!!!!! WOOHOO!! HAPPY DANCE! The inspector came early this morning (we didn't even know he was here), and passed us. So Monday they start the insulating and then the drywall, and all the other stuff that will make it look like a REAL kitchen. Yay!
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Oh, that must be frustrating, the renovation stuff.
You should give the guy the Dutch version of that saying: If at first you don't succeed, do it the way your mom told you to. :p
Laura, oh, gosh ... I am so sorry for the frustration on the inspection issues (well, the inspector himself) what a drag! I like Fransie's saying ... makes sense to me! Best of luck, and Happy St. Paddy's Day to you too! :)
woooohooooo!!! The luck'o'the Irish is with ye! :O)
Hooray for a finally-cooperative inspector. :) Happy (belated) St. Pat's Day to you, too!
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