House Facelift's First Weekend

The Crew got here on Friday around 10 o'clock after having to track down more paint.  They got to work immediately and hopefully, will get the kitchen painted and SORT OF put back together by early afternoon.  Then, we all get to move tables and chairs back into the kitchen, take both leaves out of the dining room table and clear out the dining room as best we can.

Rudy stopped by to see how things are moving along and he and Jay are going over details in the skylight area of the dining room.

I couldn't be happier about being RETIRED as I just couldn't dream of doing this while working, even part-time!

Oh, and that reminds me:  it will be a year on January 11th since my happy feet touched the floors of the Collin County Office of Strasburger & Price!  I'm very happy for having met some really wonderful people over the years, and for the opportunity to work at such a nice firm.  However, it turned out that I was needed more at home in 2013 than in years past!  As Sonny said in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel:  In the end, everything will be all right.  If it's not, it's not yet the end!  But I digress!

Here are two shots of the kitchen taken on Friday, 1.10.14 at around 4:15 p.m.  It looks nice and the color is better than I'd hoped.  However . . .

Into each life a little rain must fall!!!  And fall it did!  After arriving late, The Crew decided to clear out of here earlier than has been typical.  I only know the name of one of The Crew - Angel - so we'll cal the other guy, #2 - which is fitting, if you get my drift!  Angel bustled about getting everything cleaned up, running his shop vac and sweeping.  #2 just wanted to leave and when I pointed out that he hadn't put the switch plate covers and outlet covers back on, he got a little miffed, but complied to Jay's and my requests.  After they left and I was about to get the kitchen back in order, I noticed a few things that didn't make me happy and when I pointed out those things to Jay, he got on the phone and called Rudy.

So, here we are on Saturday morning waiting for Rudy to show up and clear up the mess The Crew made.  Rudy has several crews, of course, and we've never complained about their workmanship in nearly 20 years of using them.  This is a first.  Right now I'm in limbo as Jay doesn't want me to do a thing in the kitchen so he can show Rudy how sloppy #2 left his part of the job.  There are GLOBS of sheet rock compound crammed into outlets and switches and some of the plates have not been put back.  Rudy is very meticulous and I know when he gets here to observe the sloppiness, he's going to flip out.  Jay told him Angel could come back to work in the house as his work appeared to be good, but #2 didn't have the same work ethic.

Rudy and Angel just came by [it's around 11 o'clock on Saturday morning].  Rudy is SO terrific and saw our concerns immediately.  He's sending Angel and another man, Eddie, back on Monday morning and they're going to work on the kitchen and only the kitchen until it's to our liking, with a blessing from Rudy.  Then, on to the dining room.

I wasn't going to PUBLISH this until Sunday but I can't do anything about the house, have done my Wii Fit Plus for 45 minutes, and am now going to get myself into the shower and head out to get some groceries!