Saturday, June 28, 2014

Five stages of dealing with a contractor

1. Denial: "We met with her in March. It's June. Why hasn't she contacted us? She must have something personal going on. Maybe she's sick. Maybe her dog died. Something has to be going on, because reasonable business owners like making money." 2. Anger: "What a terrible contractor! What's wrong with her? Doesn't she want our money? If anyone else would come to Claremore, I'd fire her immediately! I'm going to email her...
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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Paint Colors

Our insurance claim repairs finally finished up last week. Two of the bedrooms were painted (the pink room and the master bedroom) and we're really pleased with how they came out. The pink room is painted a lovely shade of gray. It's the same color as the other small bedroom.  The color is 'Gentle Rain' by Behr. It's a...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

We Looked At A House

Somehow, we've become obsessed with the idea of buying a fixer-upper in a neighborhood we really like. Now, you're probably all thinking this is a terrible idea. After all, we're the people who took months to replace a toilet (hey, it was grouted to the floor!), still haven't filled in our pool (we're waiting to hear back from a contractor!),...
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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Learning About Homeowner's Insurance

Whoa, it's been almost a year since we posted anything on our blog. We almost forgot we had one. Just kidding. We remembered, and felt overwhelming guilt for not updating it. What have we been doing in the last year? My two best friends got married (not to each other, gross). We went on vacation to Colorado with two of our friends (who...
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