The project is getting much closer to being finished. The team has been a little sidetracked as of late because Dad and John have been "redeployed" to different projects. You see, our church project is still ongoing (must...resist...next...comment, let's just say it rhymes with "Hi old shoe foe"), and Dad's been helping to build a storage shed while John's been dividing his time between work, church counsel, many aspects of the church building project, Crimestoppers, friends' weddings and attending a few Brewers Games because he wanted to see them clinch the Central Division (which, with the help of MY Cubbies, he did get to see on Friday night). My schedule wasn't exactly conducive to helping as of late either, since we were approaching one of the biggest tax deadlines of the year (9/15 is the deadline for extended corporate tax returns).
That said, things have kept on moving, just slowly. The ceiling grid is in, along with most of the panels, and the rest of the panels should be in by the end of the week. The can lights and ceiling fan are also in place.
With any luck, the carpeting will be installed on Thursday and when I get home Thursday night or Friday evening, I'll be able to move the furniture into place. The couch and recliner were delivered two weeks ago (usually, it would be exciting to get furniture 2-3 weeks early, but I really would have been okay waiting). Since then, it has been patiently waiting under sheets as the construction goes on around it.
As for the bathroom, there was some progress there as well. I was in Chicago for work last week, and when I came home Thursday night, I had a surprise waiting for me. John had finished tiling (including grouting) the bathroom floor. I know it wasn't an easy job, because the floor in the basement is not even, and I think he did a terriffic job. In a typical year, I help John with his taxes in return for him being my handyman. This year he went above and beyond the call of duty, so I need to get him something cool. How much do you want to bet he'll want me to get him something Brewers oriented, just because he knows it'll KILL me to buy it.
Once the ceiling is done in the Rec Room, we'll move on to the bathroom ceiling. Oh, and if any of the P/P/D's I work for are reading this blog, I think it would be a GREAT idea for me to be on the road when this happens early next week, it's a much smaller area than the rec room, requiring a lot more cutting (and probably related cussing). It may prevent WWIII from breaking out, just saying...
Cuddles is about ready for the project to end. He doesn't like the constant visitors, and all of this new stuff is coming with new rules. You may have noticed the white box-like thing on the left corner of the couch. Yeah, that's a motion alarm that emits a high-pitched squeal when there's movement. Seems a certain feline thinks that since this furniture is in the basement it's fair game for him to sleep on. Unfortunately for him, both at my house and at my parents, he is not allowed on any furniture other than my bed and that rule extends to the Rec Room. He behaves well upstairs, but the dark furniture shows his kitty-litter-dust paw prints and is a dead giveaway that he's been where he shouldn't be. So from now on, the door stays shut when I'm not in the room. Don't worry folks, he still has plenty of room to roam upstairs.
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