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I cut the grass over at my house today. My nephew was with me and I taped him while he was flying his kite in my backyard. So cute :) He’s such a good helper too.  He helped me rake under my pine tree and pick up sticks.

A few weeks ago I got my new mailbox set up! Yay! :) I’m already getting junk mail. Last week it was some kind of bridal/newlywed magazine. That was depressing :( And this week I had a rolled up newsletter in my driveway from the KU KLUX KLAN! What in the world!!? I didn’t even know the KKK sent out newsletters.

Starting Monday I will begin getting estimates for my home repairs. Then, I hope to get my loan! I’ll keep u all posted! :)

Bad day today. What’s with construction guys anyway? WHY can’t they simply return a phone call? I called 7 different contractors over the weekend and left them both my home and work numbers. Only one guy called back. He said, “I got your message. I’ll call you back at 4pm to set up an appointment.” He never called back. All the other guys I had to call again. Why is it so hard just to set up appointments?

I had one contractor come by this evening to give me an estimate on replacing the subfloors and installing new laminate hardwood flooring. He walked in my house and didn’t even look through the whole house before saying, “This project is too big for me. I’m gonna have to pass.” Wow. So I didn’t even get an estimate from him. My house scared him away. Why does it have to be this hard?

Well I’m not scared. I found out OSB board will cost me around $300 to put down throughout the whole house. So I think I’m gonna do that myself. Won’t be too hard to remove all the particle board and nail down new OSB. It will take time, but I can do it. I just have to rent a dumpster before I get started.

I had a drywall guy come to look at my house today. He showed up an hour late. And he didn’t call to let me know he’d be late. I had to call him and ask him where he was. Ugh, it can’t even be just a little bit easy can it? Anyway… he did finally show up to look around. He said he will get back to me tomorrow with an estimate for new ceilings, a few new walls, patch-up work throughout the house, and insulation in the attic. Hopefully he will call me tomorrow like he said he will. I’m anxious to know what the estimate will be.

After waiting and waiting for several of the contractors to call me back and NOT CALLING ME BACK … I decided to call a couple new contractors. Luckily I got in touch with one. I have a new carpenter guy coming to look at my house tomorrow! Yay! He does practically everything. He says he can install the new doors I need, replace the subfloor and install new laminate hardwood and lanolium for me. So I may wait on tearing up the subfloor myself, until I hear how much he would charge. I’m really curious to know how much this new carpenter guy will charge me for the doors and floors. I hope he actually shows up tomorrow! And I hope my house doesn’t scare him off like it did the last contractor ;)