I have finally gotten all of my things here at Kendall's house and I'm starting to settle in nicely. Of course his house is basically under construction, he has gutted the whole thing and is remodeling it room by room. He uses the weekends when he is home to start a new project or continue the last one that he left off with.
This past weekend was no different.....he had different exterior doors that he wanted to put on the house. The front door was simple...just take the existing door out and replace it. The back door required the frame to be replaced so he called over the friend, Jim, that I used to live with to help him. It was to be a 2 hour job at the most that started about 3 pm on Friday.....they are still working at it right now and it's almost 5 pm Monday.
All I did was ask one simple question.........Are you going to put a window on the back porch?
The next thing I know walls are coming down, ceilings are collapsing, there are 3 more men in the back yard and rotten wood piling up around the one flower that I have growing at the side of the house. Seems once they started looking at where they were going to position the window they discovered that most of the wall on the back porch was rotten and would need to eventually come down......so they decided why not now.......OMG
By 9 pm Friday I had a wall frame, the door was installed and the window put in but no actual wall. They tacked plywood over the doorway into the house for the night and started back in on it Saturday morning. By Sat. night I had a wall and they were making plans to remove the other outside wall. Kendall had to make a run Sunday so they started this afternoon on the second wall.
It's almost complete as I am typing this and I do realize that they probably would have come to that decision anyway but I have learned my lesson....never ask any remodeling questions when men have power tools at their disposal.
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teddybearagain
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Aug 18 @ 6:15PM
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Cart Cart, too funny!!
Think of the end result, it'll be worth it.
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Fender
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Aug 18 @ 6:16PM
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Ha ha ha...Well at least it will be all new CartCart!
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poeticcougar
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Aug 18 @ 6:37PM
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gee CartCart, why not say "Wouldn't a hot tub and firepit look GREAT in this back yard?"  (hint hint..............party at Cart's  )
Nice to see you haven't forgotten us...we've missed you 
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mystery2u888
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Aug 18 @ 8:48PM
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 good for you.........my little gf......... 
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ANGRY_MUPPET
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Aug 18 @ 8:59PM
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should make a video of it and put it on "This Old House"., .,don't forget dimmer switches for the lighting  ..,oh,and the hot tub thing sounds good too.,  .,sounds like you're having a blast 
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LoveME10der2005
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Aug 18 @ 9:01PM
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 ...great blog!  Thanks for the laughs and the reminder about men and power tools!!
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cartay25
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Aug 18 @ 11:20PM
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I have the fire pit already but I'm not holding my breath for the hot tub just yet.
Little by little it will become a new house. 
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ragtopcookie
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Aug 19 @ 5:49AM
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Its a guy thing....thats where your confusion comes from.....my camping buddy......cookie
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SunBabe
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Aug 19 @ 6:53AM
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OMG, you're so LUCKY!!! I've had to fight for every little thing that I want...and that's been with hired help as well as "volunteers". 
~sigh~ It seems guys like the idea of a woman's touch -- unless it's working on the woman's house. 
I'm so happy for you, Cartay...truly! 
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EternalFlame
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Aug 19 @ 8:49AM
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subtle137
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Aug 19 @ 11:00PM
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Geez, Woman! I am so happy for you!!!! You lucky dog! ....I just now caught up w/reading your blogs.
Hey, you and your man like Blues? Brenda and I are going to a Blues Fest in Peoria on Labor Day weekend (I THINK I am .....might go to St Louis).
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cancun1999
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Aug 20 @ 2:36PM
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I am very happy for you gf, and I wish you all the best, for you deserve every bit of it..
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