If I told you...would you believe me?

Would ya??

I haven't written in my blog in well over a week! AS I told you in my last post I got bitten by the renovation bug and I can't seem to shed him! It all started with my friend,  Rachael's idea to renovate her laundry room. I was inspired to do my laundry room like hers as well. We bought the paint and I was ready. Hunk was on board and we had a plan. Tiny problem is...we haven't done A THING. NOT.A.THING. Sad right? :-(

So let me make the long story longer....Our kitchen faucet was leaking under the sink and we found a puddle of water in the basement. Uh-Oh! Hunk called our friendly Fix-it Man, John to come and fix the problem. Weeelllll....that problem turned into a COMPLETE basement build! Yep, you read it right. We were having a tiny leak fixed and today, 3 men are busy chopping and sawing and nailing and sweating down in my basement as they complete the family room, guest room, new study, storage area and bathroom! So what have I been doing you ask?

I am the FOREWOMAN! I get to make all the decisions and choose all the decorating ideas while Hunk works his fingers to the bone to pay for all of this. I do feel kinda bad for him as I think what I am doing is much more fun than crunching numbers and balancing books and all the stuff accountants do. Am I being biased? LOL! I helped design the floor plan, picked out bathroom fixtures, paint colors, carpet and tile and soon enough the lighting and then the decorating fun begins!! Now here's the drama of it all...

...In 2007, before we were married, we decided to build a new home instead of buying a pre-owned home. Hunk's idea and I somewhat concurred, was that older homes have problems and a new home would have a warranty and no problems. WELLLLL....we had our new home "roughed in" for a bathroom in the basement because we knew that at some point we'd complete the basement. Problem #1: where they "roughed in" is not feasible for a bathroom! After the foundation was poured and the roughing in was done, the other trades decided to put all the HVAC venting and water pipes on the wall and ceiling where the bathroom would go. So there is not enough head room for a shower or really anything onvce you intall the ceiling and walls around the venting and pipes. Soooo..plan two was to move the bathroom to an adjacent location and cap off the roughed in pipes and relocate them. Welllll, Problem #2: the main sewer line from the house to the city sewer was laid properly and does not have enough slope to carry the sewerage out to the street completely so there is always water "backed up" to the elbow of the main drain line. BONEHEAD builders! How on earth this passed the inspection, I'll never know. So our contractor has been busy chopping the cement floor to fix the problem which is no simple or inexpensive fix. But...it HAS to be done. Even if we weren't finishing the basement we would have eventually had to do this. *sigh* I just want to know...why is there always a problem when you want to do something that seems simple?

I mean I knew it would take 5-6 weeks, not over night but, I had no idea that it would be one thing after another. It has been a whirlwind of activity here. I am trying to stay focused on the big picture. I am a want-it-done-now person and all these setbacks are not sitting well with me. On another note...John has done a little work with my kitchen. I think he's trying to keep me happy! He turned my island around to face what will be by new breakfast room. He also put in my new kitchen faucet in. I LOVE, love , love it! So thats good news and surely makes me happy.

So the laundy room is on hold. I hope that we will paint it on Sunday and Monday, (it's a holiday weekend here). That means I can "decorate" next week. Speaking of that, I have been fretting over where I can get a bird's nest.I shall fret no more. I am actually get one for free right off my front porch wreath! A momma robin has made a nest and will soon lay her eggs. Once she is done with her "maternity ward" I plan to use it!

In other news, BG has been accepted to 4 universities. Soon she'll have to make her decision and declare her choice of majors. She is leaning more towards University of Ottawa with a major in International Developement, but she definitely still has Nursing on the fore burner. No preference from us. That's her decision. B3 is knee deep into baseball now. We have games 2 nights a week and practice on Sundays. I love this time of year! B2 will be home from RI and university on June 3. I can't wait to see him. Seems like forever since January. B1 and his friend are driving up for the Graduation/Confirmation festivities the end of June. I haven't seen that son in 10 months. That would be 10 months too long in my book! And our youngest princess is keeping us sane with her sweet demeanor and busy social calendar. Between play dates and birthday parties, she is one busy little almost nine year old!

I better sign off and get some real work done. Our fur baby had surgery on his "parts" and toes yesterday and I need to make my way to our vet to pick him up. I ahve several other pesty errands to tend to as well.

Have a super Thursday and Friday and I hope to post pics of at least some of the renos either over the weekend or on Monday.

Cheerio!