Monday, May 23, 2011
Driveway update
Update: It was pouring down rain this morning when I woke up (I didn't have to work today so I slept until about 10:30). But I was surprised as ever to see one lone man working a Bobcat IN THE RAIN! He was clearing up the area where our sidewalk is supposed to be. A while later, another man joined him and they began framing out our sidewalk and driveway! It eventually stopped raining and now the sun is out full force. And guess what? Our driveway and our sidewalk are ready to be poured! They just finished framing them about 20 minutes ago. Now, with the forecast still saying rain until at least Friday, I'm not sure when that will happen but I am happy to at least see that we are making some progress! Thanks for the positive thoughts everyone :)
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Frustrations
I am full of frustrations lately, so this is a venting session :)
First off, since it's the point of the blog, I'll start with the house. We did finally have our "30-day" walkthrough last week, after 2 months of living here. I couldn't take off of work so Gary was here to handle things. We really didn't have many problems to address, just a couple of odds and ends that had been noted at the pre-settlement walkthrough but hadn't been attended to yet. The only big issue that I had involved the bathtubs. A few weeks ago, I wasn't feeling well and I needed to relax, so I decided to use our bathtub (oversized garden tub) for the first time. I grabbed a book, some bath bubbles, a candle, and a glass of wine and settled in for a nice long, hot, bath. Well, it wasn't exactly what I expected. The water slowly drained out of the tub until I was left sitting in just an inch of water. And this was after only about 30 minutes. So I then tested out the other bathtub (standard size) and the same thing happened! Well, when Gary mentioned this to the PM and workers at the walkthrough, I guess they misunderstood what he was saying because they said it was fine and didn't do anything to fix it! After I lashed out at Gary, he called the PM back and explained exactly what the problem was, and they're supposedly ordering a part. But since this happened with BOTH bathtubs, I would advise everyone to check your tubs and make sure they hold water!
The other house thing is the exterior stuff. Up until less than 2 weeks ago, they hadn't even backfilled the dirt up to our house. So they decided last Wednesday that they would bring a backhoe over and dump a bunch of debris and rock-filled dirt everywhere, smooth some of it up to the house, and then leave the rest of it in huge mounds all over the yard. And guess where that dirt still sits? On top of that, that same day they removed all of the small rocks from the driveway and taped the driveway off, telling us that they would be pouring it in the next few days. Now I watch the news and I knew what the forecast looked like..rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain...so I thought they were crazy. So now we have a muddy, mounded dirt-yard and our driveway is unusable. But, the kicker is that the neighbors across the street (who moved in a week after us) and the house two doors down (who closed this week) got their driveways poured on Friday! WTF? I just don't understand why our house is being completely neglected. Of course it was gorgeous yesterday and today, and supposedly it may not rain tomorrow...but the rest of the week calls for rain! I swear if I have to go another week parking in the street and nearly twisting my ankle every time I try to reach the garage, I am going to have a freakout. At least our neighbors are nice...we met the new couple today and they're pretty young also and have two little kids. I think our street is going to be pretty fun :)
Gary and I decided to be productive today and we went to Lowe's and bought one set of faux wood blinds. We wanted to make sure he would be able to put them up before we bought all of them! So we went home and we were so excited to actually hang blinds...we opened the box and none of the hardware that was supposed to be in there was there! Ughhhhh so now we have to take those back tomorrow. Just a minor thing but frustrating! Also all day today our cell phones have not been working around our house. When we got about 2 miles away we could get a signal but not here. Again, frustrating.
As for wedding venting...if I have another bridesmaid-related problem I'm cuttting out the bridesmaids! (just kidding in case any of you are reading this!). First it was the dresses (previous post). Yesterday, I went to pick up their shoes from Payless. They were the dyeables shoes, and they were supposed to be the perfect cream/tan color that I wanted. Well, in the store they looked great...perfect..then I got them home and in natural lighting they are purple! No mistaking it, they are purple. I went back to Payless and was told I have to talk to the manager, who isn't in until Tuesday. I have no idea what I'm going to do if they can't be fixed.
Now finally, good things! Work has been super busy, but luckily we only have 4 days this week and 3 days next week and then school is over! Unfortunately, I have a LOT of paperwork to do before that time..which is why I'm writing a post right now (procastinating!). My bachelorette party is this Saturday so at least that's something fun to look forward to. After that, it's more wedding planning and details. It will be here so soon!
First off, since it's the point of the blog, I'll start with the house. We did finally have our "30-day" walkthrough last week, after 2 months of living here. I couldn't take off of work so Gary was here to handle things. We really didn't have many problems to address, just a couple of odds and ends that had been noted at the pre-settlement walkthrough but hadn't been attended to yet. The only big issue that I had involved the bathtubs. A few weeks ago, I wasn't feeling well and I needed to relax, so I decided to use our bathtub (oversized garden tub) for the first time. I grabbed a book, some bath bubbles, a candle, and a glass of wine and settled in for a nice long, hot, bath. Well, it wasn't exactly what I expected. The water slowly drained out of the tub until I was left sitting in just an inch of water. And this was after only about 30 minutes. So I then tested out the other bathtub (standard size) and the same thing happened! Well, when Gary mentioned this to the PM and workers at the walkthrough, I guess they misunderstood what he was saying because they said it was fine and didn't do anything to fix it! After I lashed out at Gary, he called the PM back and explained exactly what the problem was, and they're supposedly ordering a part. But since this happened with BOTH bathtubs, I would advise everyone to check your tubs and make sure they hold water!
The other house thing is the exterior stuff. Up until less than 2 weeks ago, they hadn't even backfilled the dirt up to our house. So they decided last Wednesday that they would bring a backhoe over and dump a bunch of debris and rock-filled dirt everywhere, smooth some of it up to the house, and then leave the rest of it in huge mounds all over the yard. And guess where that dirt still sits? On top of that, that same day they removed all of the small rocks from the driveway and taped the driveway off, telling us that they would be pouring it in the next few days. Now I watch the news and I knew what the forecast looked like..rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain...so I thought they were crazy. So now we have a muddy, mounded dirt-yard and our driveway is unusable. But, the kicker is that the neighbors across the street (who moved in a week after us) and the house two doors down (who closed this week) got their driveways poured on Friday! WTF? I just don't understand why our house is being completely neglected. Of course it was gorgeous yesterday and today, and supposedly it may not rain tomorrow...but the rest of the week calls for rain! I swear if I have to go another week parking in the street and nearly twisting my ankle every time I try to reach the garage, I am going to have a freakout. At least our neighbors are nice...we met the new couple today and they're pretty young also and have two little kids. I think our street is going to be pretty fun :)
Gary and I decided to be productive today and we went to Lowe's and bought one set of faux wood blinds. We wanted to make sure he would be able to put them up before we bought all of them! So we went home and we were so excited to actually hang blinds...we opened the box and none of the hardware that was supposed to be in there was there! Ughhhhh so now we have to take those back tomorrow. Just a minor thing but frustrating! Also all day today our cell phones have not been working around our house. When we got about 2 miles away we could get a signal but not here. Again, frustrating.
As for wedding venting...if I have another bridesmaid-related problem I'm cuttting out the bridesmaids! (just kidding in case any of you are reading this!). First it was the dresses (previous post). Yesterday, I went to pick up their shoes from Payless. They were the dyeables shoes, and they were supposed to be the perfect cream/tan color that I wanted. Well, in the store they looked great...perfect..then I got them home and in natural lighting they are purple! No mistaking it, they are purple. I went back to Payless and was told I have to talk to the manager, who isn't in until Tuesday. I have no idea what I'm going to do if they can't be fixed.
Now finally, good things! Work has been super busy, but luckily we only have 4 days this week and 3 days next week and then school is over! Unfortunately, I have a LOT of paperwork to do before that time..which is why I'm writing a post right now (procastinating!). My bachelorette party is this Saturday so at least that's something fun to look forward to. After that, it's more wedding planning and details. It will be here so soon!
Friday, May 13, 2011
Levin furniture Living Social deal!
Just wanted to quickly pass along this deal on Living Social for those of you who are in the Northeast Ohio area.....$35 for $125! Only 55 hours remaining! I bought one and Gary bought one also...hopefully we will find a coffee table/end tables that we like!
http://livingsocial.com/deals/37121-125-to-spend-on-furniture-and-mattresses?msc_id=90&pid=36930113
http://livingsocial.com/deals/37121-125-to-spend-on-furniture-and-mattresses?msc_id=90&pid=36930113
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Sorry for my absence!
Wow I have been absent for awhile! I have been extremely busy with wedding stuff....writing 80 thank you notes for the bridal shower, getting addresses, addressing and mailing invitations, booking the honeymoon, finalizing song lists, alterations appointments, shoe shopping....it never ends! I have a few things to write about:
Bridal Shower
My shower was amazing! So many generous people...not a single hitch! Instead of writing a novel about it, I'll just share with pictures...
Opening gifts
Bridesmaids: Erin, Christina, Amanda, ME, Stephanie (sister-Maid of Honor), Kristina (sister), and Amy
My ribbon bouquet! Nice work Amanda and Christina!
The only thing in this room pre-shower was the chair in the corner
Part of the gift from my sisters...a breakfast tray :)
We are still trying to get organized from the shower. The kitchen seems much smaller now than it used to!
Dress Fittings
What a bunch of drama. Everything is fine with my dress, in fact I had my first fitting last week and it doesn't even need to be hemmed! It fits perfectly and I am soooo happy with it! The drama has been with my bridesmaids dresses...they are huge! So when we met with the alterations lady at the salon, she was a complete bitch and was basically telling me that they couldn't be altered the way I wanted them. I wasn't asking her to recreate the dress, I was simply asking for them to look how they're supposed to look! Anyway...long story short I could only put up with her attitude for about 30 minutes...and then I had a breakdown. Yep I had a bridezilla moment and yelled and cried in the middle of the salon :) At the time we left, there was no resolution and the woman was still being a bitch. Tomorrow we have an appointment with another alterations woman from the salon and she thinks she has a solution that will please me. But if not, we are just going to have them altered elsewhere.
The house
I realized that I never posted any pics of the furniture. Nothing else has changed inside the house at all....still white walls and no blinds :) I think our neighbors are enjoying seeing what we are watching on tv and watching me kick butt at rock band!
We still haven't found coffee table/end tables that we like, so the ottoman just kinda moves around between the two pieces
View from the kitchen
We still haven't met with our PM for our "30 day" walkthrough. It's now been 2 months since we've closed. I talked to our neighbor yesterday and he hasn't had his meeting yet either. We don't have any urgent issues, but still....it seems like we should have met already!
The wedding is now less than 6 weeks away and boy is the to-do list getting large! I have appointments tomorrow, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday....and appointments next week...too much to do! I just can't wait until June 2nd when school is over for the summer and I can finally have some time to get things done!
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