Week Ten - December 20-24

Monday- Raining again-camping out in the living room now. The bedroom is now wrapped in plastic-but the drywall is in. In the living room it's the dogs and me on the memory foam (MUCH better than the Aerobed), Jim on the couch- pretty cozy with the Christmas tree lights. Waiting for the inspector again today. Mike and Brian put a big plastic tent around the house. Plumber was here looking at leak in crawlspace-how surprising....Tuesday- The roof guy came to check for leaks- everything good. It keeps raining. We're getting so much water under the house and hoping it's not under the addition too- however....it is. Sump pump's working away, dumping the water down the drive. Insulation happening in the room and Brian and Mike are fixing the termite eaten floor.



Wednesday- Raining so hard today. Everyone is here- plus schnauzer Wiley, since sister Judy has gone up to Laguna to help a friend whose driveway has a mudslide on it. The guys put another sump pump under the new room, since there's water underneath. We're all thinking there may be some larger water main leak somewhere nearby. We can't even think about that now. Meanwhile, Wiley tried to escape through the back gate, which was left open a little because of the sump pump. No such luck though, the guys spotted him and got him back in the front yard.

Thursday- Drywall happening, here in the new bathroom (you can see the great new shower!!)..., and the room (view to the new closet and hall).
and new crawlspace put in Jim's closet.Maggie is sad about the rain (look at those beautiful eyes) and Camelia keeps trying to find a comfortable spot in our even more reduced space. I have been working all week on freelance book and website projects- hoping to help fill some of the money pit this project is creating.


Friday- It finally stopped raining last night. This morning Jim and I went down to Johnny's place in National City to pick out a piece of granite for the vanity top- definitely a new adventure for me. Not the greatest part of town. Johnny wasn't there when we arrived at 8am, so, returning after breakfast, he met us and helped us pick out a piece of granite from his storage yard in about 2 minutes. Then he proceeded to show us these amazing things he has made out of granite, including a lifesize golf club and ball on a pedestal-odd but incredible. Also told Jim the story of his life after leaving Iraq years ago. He could have chatted a long long time...but fortunately Rob called and we got to go home and talk about tile some more. It looks like we finally are able to order what we want at a really good price - thanks to Rob's negotiating skills!

Saturday- Merry Christmas! We actually managed to have a wonderful holiday- and it even looked pretty festive! I hope all the people helping us had a wonderful Christmas too- they are working REALLY hard.