January 3rd, 2007 - contractors = simplifying your life
How does having work done around your house mean life is more simple? When you don’t what they are going to be doing so you don’t prepare for them, and they take down your Christmas lights for you!
Actually, we’d planned to leave them up for weeks. And, had I known they would have been in the way, I’d have taken them down for them. I had no idea what they were going to be doing–well, not true, I thought they were going to work on the front porch but instead, they finished up indoors, but had I known they were going to be doing the staining, I never would have guessed the lights were in the way regardless.
The living room was dark last night and I had no light to guide me down the stairs this morning. Unfortunately, they also took our upstairs doors. Makes things a wee bit more difficult since a light in any room lights up the other rooms. Maggie had great fun with it while I was getting ready for bed. Since I kept going in and out of her line of sight, she thought I was playing peekaboo and laughed and laughed and laughed! I managed to not wake anyone up this morning, even while hanging clothes up to dry.
We probably should have left more shades up due to the stain, but we just couldn’t stand it last night. And, since there were no doors upstairs, we had to close the shade in the guest bedroom. Either that or not use the bathroom at all. Well, I think if you stood in the bathtub to change you’d be okay. Not able to use the toilet however. And the downstairs bath had the same problem with a shade, although it has its door.