Tuesday July 6

It's just past 9 AM and we are waiting on the cleaning crew to show up.  They have been delayed as we are getting some monsoon type rains all over the area.  So there is some flooding.  We are ready for them to get this cleaning done.  I am not sure who is coming, just that a crew was coming to clean.  They did advise the Project Manager they were running late due to the weather.  That is a change that seems positive.  We never heard from anyone before whether they were going to be late or even show up.  So the show of responsibility makes me think they have some pride in their business.  I'm not sure how much they really have to do since we have been cleaning off and on since the construction crew left.  It will be nice to have a good thorough once over anyway.

We spent the 4th at some church friend's house.  We had a good time visiting with everyone and eating some hot dogs, what else?  We had been invited many times before since our kids are members of their congregation.  We never accepted since it's our anniversary and we didn't want to impose on our kids.  This year we had no plans for our anniversary since we had been a bit overwhelmed with all that's going on with the house.  We just didn't give it any thought until the last minute.

Tomorrow, or even late today after the cleaners leave, we will start looking and paint to cover some of the walls inside where all the work has occurred.  We have found some areas that could use a fresh coat.  Plus with most everything out of the way it will be much easier to paint.  So we will take advantage of that and try to get it done before the flooring gets installed.  The only issue is the colors we like.  they are wildly different and it has been our main area of conflict in all this.  I like either white of some variation of or very bright bold colors.  'K' wants some muted flat looking colors but certainly not white at all.  So we are both compromising a bit.  This time we will bring sample colors home to try on the wall she likes to call an 'accent' wall that will be different than any other.  We have those now but I hate the color but it goes with everything else.  She will get her wall, it just may not be the exact color she wanted at first.  A flat dull light shade of blue.  I want a very bright shade of blue but on the darker side.  I wouldn't have chosen blue but that is my compromise.  I also have a couple other colors she seems to be OK with at this point.  If you don't hear from me in a while you will know what happened.

Happy Trails