North Glenora Reno

We lost nearly two framing days to rain at the end of last week but bright and early Saturday morning Rob came back to continue to try to sort out the issues with the roof line over the closet extension. Sonny came by on Thursday morning and sent us a concept solution but it was a “concept” and not quite possible in “reality.” Rob had a look at the drawing and quickly determined that it would not work and thus spent a good amount of time on Saturday, staring at the roof and trusses, trying to find the right solution. He is amazing and I know that he will come up with a suitable one. I, I have to admit, don’t really care what it looks like as long and we meet code and don’t get any water in the house. I trust that Rob will save the day.

We finally, finally decided on our tile for the bathroom yesterday. We not only high fived our choice, he ordered it and got a pretty decent deal. Despite that, we are stilling spending about $1500 on tile. The tile decision was a difficult one. I would bring home samples and we would debate it’s beauty, price, colour, texture, price, colour… Finally, we went together. We found things we liked, negotiated a price we could live with and then took the samples home to see in the proper light. Success! Ordered!

Today we cleaned up the yard and purchased the vanity and cabinet for the bathroom. Now we just need to order the sink and faucet, find a stone remnant and find a decent price on tempered glass. Wow, until I listed all that, I was feeling pretty good about the progress we had made on the bathroom. Shit, still so much to do and SO much to spend.

Tomorrow, Rob will be back and if the weather holds up this week, he will finish the framing! Then roofing, electrical, plumbing, insulation, vapor barrier…..ahh, never mind there are months to go and no end in sight.

I am almost starting to look forward to going back to work. Did I actually say that?

Two weeks of nothing and finally in a small patch of sunlight, we have footings! Of course, not 20 minutes after they pour the concrete and leave a storm arrives. I raced around like a lunatic, borrowing tarps from the neighbours, using our tarps and even using blue recycling bags to cover the fresh footings. No sooner do I finish covering them when the rains stop, leaving me with clay squishing between my toes and being soaked to the bone. The sun burst out and I scrambled back into the mud to now uncover the footings. Fun, fun, fun.