OK, so it's another God-awful summer in Arkansas. Yay. I'm so happy I could just shit. Another 4 months of blistering heat, drought conditions and high electric bills. And for those haters amongst you who say "Why don't you move if you don't like it", I have 4 words for you--I'm working on it! My estimated departure is less than 5 years away, when I will move away to a place where winter is WINTER and summer is, well, summer. I want snow. I want autumn leaves. I want mountains. I want lakes. I want a nice summer when it isn't 100ยบ for a month of the summer. Give me a glass of sweet tea and a folding chair in the shade--THAT is summer!
With that said, there has been a lot going on. I'll just hit on the "this and that", rather than bore you with the details. My son has decided against going to school this summer. Not because of lack of funding. Not because of lack of support. Only because he has no license and no hope for employment. He was the brainiac that chose to do 125mph on the interstate and got caught-THEN didn't pay the fine. How bad is it? At 19 years old, he now holds 28 points on his license. If you don't have a point of reference, a speeding ticket is anywhere from 3-8 points, and a DWI is typically around 12-14. Got the picture? He won't be driving for at least 2 more years. So, he's on his own once again, living with the bag of unmotivated protoplasm we'll call his mother. But, I digress...
The kitchen is considered "done" for all intents and purposes. The only thing left to do is install the baseboards (about 4 feet) and the quarter round. Everything else is done. Finally. It took 13 months and 8 days, but it's functional! And in case you were wondering, don't EVER go to Lowe's for anything in your remodeling--cabinets, countertops, appliances--NOTHING. They are the worst of the worst at absolutely everything. Every time we bought from them, they were able to screw it up as much as it could be screwed up. Cabinets--reordered missing pieces 6 separate times. Countertops--recut 3 times, taking 6 months, before finally being totally free quartz solid surface. Appliances--bought and ordered, only to be sold before we could pick them up. Flooring--proprietary flooring 'out of stock' for 7 straight months. Shall I go on?
So, we're moving on to the laundry closet now. It's about 50% complete, and will be getting closer by the day. I projected 2-3 more weeks on that, then we tear my daughter's room down and rebuild it...along with the adjacent dining room. FUN FUN!
We're taking a cruise the first week of August. We're going to the Bahamas for 3 days of fun and sun and no worries. No cell phones. No internet. No worries. Just beaches and bikinis! That's what I'm talking about! So, until next time...
