Reupholstery Project Commences

I finally gave up on getting a referral on a reupholster, and just took it to Yelp. I found a couple, called one, and went ahead and sent him pics for a quote on changing the fabric and changing the legs. I need to figure out what my ceiling is. At a certain point, it could be better to sell it and buy another one you know? Sigh.

Housekeeping Update

So she came, she saw, she was super sweet and Reuben loved her - woo! She quoted it like this:

$70: to clean the whole downstairs + 2 upstairs bathrooms

OR

$90: to clean the whole house

Um... i'd prefer to just go with $90 right? This would be twice a month. What do you think?

Other than that, only other things that are different is that we supply cleaning materials. This doesn't really bother me though - Austin said he'd check to see if they supply a list and to make sure it's supplies like solvents, not like tools (i.e. brooms, mops, etc.). We'll see!

BIG Sigh

AC is fixed... Roof is okay... I see a few errors so they need to come back out. They also need to pay our AC bill. And get their dumpster that was supposed to be gone "first thing Saturday morning." Sigh. Contractors. I'll post pics once it's FINALLY done FOR REAL.

Roof is Up... but No AC

So mom comes over today at 3:30 p.m. and says it's HOT! Roof peeps are still here so they help her and it turns out the breakers are flipped. They flip them back. Still nothing on the bottom unit (the one that was FINE last week) but the top unit starts working (the one that was "fixed" last week - put a new motor in). So it starts cooling off (i.e. made it from 90 to 88 in the hour before we left).

We leave, go to the concert and just KNOW we're going to get home to a cool house. But no. The breaker has flipped back and it's 90 again (upstairs; mind you the downstairs unit has yet to even start).

So... I have NO idea what's going on.

My theory: the upstairs unit's new motor is too powerful for the breaker. The downstairs unit has been trying to help out the upstairs unit and now they're both effed. I just hope my house doesn't set fire tonight.... this effing sucks. And you KNOW that breaker will flip again the minute I fall asleep.

P.S. It's too hot to see if the roof looks good... hope it does.

P.S.S. Supposedly the guy who "fixed" our AC last time is coming tommorrow. When? Who knows - he's working us in. Lovely.

Calling in the Pros

We're calling a painter tonight - woo!! We've decided that dining room MUST be painted and while we COULD do it ourselves, we worry it will be a waste of $ + time and end up looking like crap. BLAH! Hopefully he can come over and check it out, let us know how much it will be and, in a perfect world, paint on THURSDAY! Wish me luck... and YES we're having the little hallway by the pantry quoted, too! (including the dreadful ceiling, remember? Oh my... i've GOT to take a picture of that ceiling! hahaha

To Be or Not to Be?

I'll find out at noon today when we meet the contractor to see if the wall - the stupid wall that will make or break the pool table - is load bearing or not. If it is, deal is off. If it's not... we'll need a quote, see how long it will take, etc. Then, if all that settles up, the house is ours! (as in we'll make an offer hehe). Wish me luck - I can't wait to get up there and A) meet the contractor but B) see the house again. If he says it's not load bearing i'll take TONS of pictures today.