Oh my Heavens to Betsy’s
First of all…. my friend Betsy is on vay cay….. and she’s like totally MIA… and like.. I miss her terribly. She’s not on facebook … she’s not at her email… I HATE IT!!!
As much as I love it when my friends and family go on vacation… like… for their well-being… I HATE it.. because they are gone…. not in touch… blah..
So these last couple of days, my house has been a crazy, loud, banging, jack-hammery, pneumatic air-gunny place. We’re getting our siding replaced on this house, and it’s just uber annoying. And let me just tell you how efficient these guys are. They had 1/2 the siding torn off w/in the first 8 hours they were here….. And now, they’ve got one whole side re-sided already with the new hardi-plank. Good stuff. HELLBERG CONSTRUCTION of portland,,, wow… they get the job done….. F A S T … feel free to send me an email with their contact info. It’s really rare to be passing along good constructin work (for me anyways) because all the construction we’ve done on this house has been a total nightmare… until now that is. Super great guys… hard workers…. great service… good price….
That being said, and let me reiterate how LOUD my house has been, it’s been so hard to focus and work. I’ve stamped more daddy dog tags w/in the last week than I have in a year. Father’s Day IS THIS SUNDAY!!! And if the UPS man doesn’t show up tomorrow then I’m going to be showing up first place at the finish line of shit creek!!! Maybe I’ll have to pull off the infamous breakfast in bed routine… I dunno….
We’ve been working on the new house quite a bit lately. New carpet is in, flooring is down in the living room, Maggie’s room is painted, Anders’ room is 1/2 painted, living room is painted, washer/dryer is in, now we need to find a fridge…. The last few days I was totally consumed with the amount of noise radiating throughout the house and wasn’t able to focus on stamping, but today I just HAD to stamp… I mean.. I HAD to.. Getting three days behind is a deathwish. So I did… I sent the kids outside to deal with their boredom and down below I went. I politely asked the workers if they minded me leaving the slider down below open for air and my ipod cranked to the max. I don’t think they appreciated COLDPLAY blasting in their eardrums,, but it’s all I could do to get me in the mood to work. Here we are 7 hours later, and I’m caught up on EVERY LAST order w/ the exception of two of them. And those two just came in w/in the last 10 minutes. Typically there is a little lull in business after Mother’s Day, leading up to Father’s day… but we’ve been consistently busy since Christmas. Slight void in January/February because of the election and stuff….. but swinging strong again. I think I’ve got three or four more retailers onboard, and that’s always exciting.
Must go check the fish in the oven. I think I’m in trouble for not doing much packing today, but he doesn’t realize just how much stamping I did. I think he thinks that I wave my magic wand and the stamping gets done, the house gets clean, etc…… nope… doesn’t work that way….
June 21st, 2009 at 10:49 am
Bippity Boppity Boo!!! Take pictures of the new siding when it’s all done,,,would ya? I know y’all are gonna be at the new house, but I’d like to see it when it’s all finished.