Bill and I went to Home Depot today to price up a lot of the stuff we need for the basement. I swear that shopping with men is a futile endeavor. I almost told Bill he better start looking at life insurance rates. He kept getting frustrated at me, because I was looking at things that weren’t on the list. He also was getting seriously frustrated me when I was asking questions about why we needed certain things. Then when he couldn’t find something he refused to ask for help. I could have just strangled him. All in all, we did get prices for everything we think we need. We are trying to make a budget, so we know what this remodel will cost, and we won’t run out of money.
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Men & Shopping
Saturday, April 12th, 2008My House – The Construction Site
Friday, April 4th, 2008Well, the dumpster got delivered this morning. Tomorrow, Bill and his brothers start demoing the room that is in the basment. They have tear the drywall down and tear the subfloor out. We are suppose to have excellent weather (high of 62). Once that is done, Bill starts on the electric down there. He has to rerun a bunch of stuff, use some splitters, and get rid of all the boxes (I think they are called electrical boxes but I am not sure). Once that gets done, the drainage tile gets put in in the beginning of May. Then we have the drywall and the bathroom that needs to get done.
Well, my plans are to take a picture after they get done tomorrow, so you can see the before and after. 
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Basement
Friday, March 28th, 2008Well, the basement guy came today. We are now scheduled to have the drainage tile to be put in May 5th and May 6th. That will give us exactly a month to get the basement drywalled, wired, put a bathroom in, get the heat working, paint, etc before Will’s birthday party. Just a few things we need to get done. LOL This weekend, Bill and his brother are going to carry the furniture out into the garage, so we can start demoing the room that we have down there. So many things to do, so little time to do it in.
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The Demo Starts Now
Monday, March 24th, 2008Well, not quite now. I am calling to see how much it is to rent a dumpster, so we can start demoing the room in the basement. However, I don’t know how long we need it for or how big of one we need, so I sound like a moron when I am talking to these people. I know Bill would rather be playing golf than messing around with the basement, but that room needs to be taken down before we can do anything. We have a field supervisor coming out on Friday to inspect the basement, and then we will get the date of when they will install the drainage tile. Once that is done, it is a mad dash to finish finishing off the basement before Will’s birthday.
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Early Easter Presents
Thursday, March 20th, 2008Madison came home from school looking like this:
Now you can’t get this kind of cuteness from a store like Target or directbuy. I couldn’t help it — I had to take a picture. Now, she told her daddy that she can’t hear better even though she has 4 ears. LOL Man, I love how the mind of a 4 year old works.
