Wednesday before CO

Another busy day in the neighborhood. A bevy of activity again today. The floor guys replaced some boards that were scratched. The tile guys installed the backsplash behind the stove - one inch copper colored tiles to match the ovens and vent a hood. Looks great! Dry wall guys were working on touch up items and the framer was working on various trim things. That was inside.

Outside, the landscapers are STILL working. They planted four palm trees and laid some more sod. They also started trying to dig up a palm tree we are moving. It turned out to be a bit more of a challenge than they thought. It's funny, the tree guys who were here last week said that they had moved that same palm tree about six times! It must really be a survivor because it appears to be thriving. I hope it likes it's new location (only about 6 feet away from where it is now).

The deck guys were working on the steps, which we decided to move at the last minute. Turns out we moved them right on top of a sprinkler head, so needed to relocate that.

I only went to Lowe's once today and didn't go to Home Depot at all! It IS a good day! However, I was sent there to get a specific type of hinge to go on our attic access door. The guy helping me was dumb as a rock (and hinges are not my specialty) and, bottom line - I left after three calls to the Super - with no hinges. At least I didn't blow a gasket and yell at the poor guy at Lowe's - although I really, really wanted to!

We got word late in the day that the railing for the deck was not in and we have to have it to get a CO. After lots of wrangling, the Guy at least got them to bring out unfinished and unpainted railing so we could have something there and we will finish and paint it later.

One potential glitch is that the main person at the Town was out today and we do not know if she will be in tomorrow for her sign off on the back yard and the retention area in front of the lake. Yikes. This could derail (no railing pun intended) the entire schedule!

I wired the replacement crystals on the chandelier. They are very high quality and perfect matches for about four different sizes and types of crystals (on a 60 year old chandelier). I found them on line, so you never know exactly what you are going to get (Forrest), but they could have not been better. The company is Antique Lamp Supply out of Tennessee. They were wonderful to deal with and their product is superb.

Tomorrow is another day......