BTW, Here is a pic Alexis took of me talking with the contractor. Because the kitchen is a small job & he does the tile himself, he'll be doing all of the kitchen work himself. So as y'all can see, I don't think I'll be too miserable with this guy working in my house!
I'll have the car licensed by the first of the month. Need help supervising? I'll bring cocktails......
Thanks Gretchen!And Lauren, Nancy, Kathy, and Everyone for the compliments on my kitchen and for listening to me whine & complain about it.
Gretchen, I really appreciate hearing that you like the kitchen! It helps to not feeled bummed about not doing more.
In fact, Everyone's comments has really helped DH & myself realize that with other remodeling expenses looming, we only need to be fixing what's broken not what ain't!!!
BTW, Here is a pic Alexis took of me talking with the contractor. Because the kitchen is a small job & he does the tile himself, he'll be doing all of the kitchen work himself. So as y'all can see, I don't think I'll be too miserable with this guy working in my house!
And if I can figure out how to copy a whole bunch of pictures at one time & link them, I'll show y'all what a four year old does to occupy herself for two hours (with the electricity out) while I'm discussing house stuff with the contractor. It's too funny!
How did I know YOU would appreciate this?!
You know you posted that pic JUST for me! Definitely remember to take a picture! Got a recipe to go with that too? Sounds delish!
You don't need to thank us, we know a pretty kitchen when we see one. That does not change that you want to make changes. If my contractor looked like that I would be still agreeing with DH that we need to keep fixing things, but our carpenter looked like a skrawny old rooster with bad teeth.
I am almost afraid to ask what a four yo can do to keep amused
I don't think this guy is going to need to be sat with or supervised much, but you are all more than welcome to come WATCH him work!!! Then he also had great pictures & good references to boot! 
You guys are all too funny!!!!
His name is Mario sounds spanish right. Well I knew I wasn't going to get a Mario Lopez working on my house, so I was expecting a short old bald guy with a mustache (oops that kinda sounds like my DH!) & the typical pants workmen's pants showing his bum! Instead in walks this tall blonde, clean cut, well dressed, well spoken young guy! AND then when discussing the bathroom he mentioned travertine tiles & a "old world" style! WELL, I just about swooned & fainted right there!!!
So if I keep finding "projects" for him to do, you will all know why!
Instead in walks this tall blonde, clean cut, well dressed, well spoken young guy! AND then when discussing the bathroom he mentioned travertine tiles & a "old world" style! WELL, I just about swooned & fainted right there!!!
So if I keep finding "projects" for him to do, you will all know why!
Well I knew I wasn't going to get a Mario Lopez working on my house, so I was expecting a short old bald guy with a mustache (oops that kinda sounds like my DH!) & the typical pants workmen's pants showing his bum! Instead in walks this tall blonde, clean cut, well dressed, well spoken young guy! AND then when discussing the bathroom he mentioned travertine tiles & a "old world" style! WELL, I just about swooned & fainted right there!!!
So if I keep finding "projects" for him to do, you will all know why!
I am glad everyone enjoyed the story about Liam. And Gretchen, believe me, after that comment we had a LONG conversation about how wives aren't housekeepers and cooks. Liam then decided that he needs to make enough money so he can hire someone to do the cleaning for him. He has an answer for everything, that kid.
He sounds like my nephew Chris. When he was about Liam's age he was in the car with me and we were driving by these massive new homes that were being built on the golf course down the way. He told me that he wanted to buy a big house like the ones we saw but that he was going to hire his Auntie Nancy to clean it. ( I cleaned homes for a long time) I told him he was going to need a good job if he was going to afford me. 
since 5 AM so I did not want to worry about a big meal. Tomorrow I want to get back out into the yard and rip out another bed and replace it with some cutting flowers. I can't toss anything so as I divided all of the daylillies I have acquired over the years I kept adding them in this bed and it looks like a jungle. DH threatened to harrow it all under because it looks like a jungle!
