What a Crock: One Year, One Crockpot and One Reno Wreck

Food Mood : the neighbours cook Reno Ridiculouso : Careful thought, careful emails, lawyers looming Following the debacle, Kiddo and I return to the house and I start assessing with the Hubby. The Architect is called and his Engineer is called too (money, money, money)and the city inspector. The poor city inspector comes two days after THE DEBACLE and damn, he is trying so hard to be kind. Inspector: So, uh, listen buddy.   I know that this is a big project and you’re working really hard on it and I don’t wanna, like, burst your bubble, but man, I got some concerns about how the addition is supported.     Hubby: ‘Ya Think?! And then Hubby explains to him that we fully know and the inspectors role is to provide the report so that we can give it and the Architects and Engineers reports to Bull $$%^$ Talker to reinforce Hubby’s statements about what must be done to repair this insanity.    We get the reports, all of which say it’s a nightmare and must be re

Food Mood : When the cops are called to your house, let your dad cook Reno Ridiculouso:   Just.   I can’t even.   You’ll just have to read it for yourself Kiddo and I have headed out to my parent’s great lakes paradise house to get out of the Hubby’s way and enjoy a little time on the beach.   And then ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!!!! I’ve known for a while that Hubby was feeling more than averagely anxious.   He was spending a lot of time remeasuring things that Bull Talker Contractor had built and asking Bull Talker a lot of questions. There were several things that Bull Talker and his crew had built strangely that the Hubby was questioning.   Right off the top on the first day on the foundations there’d been the situation with the Unnamed Young Men laying the blocks directly on top of each other instead of offset.   (again, who the bleep does this!   I don’t build shit and there’s no way that I’d do this!)    But, all that being said, when the Kiddo and I leave the w

Food Mood: Please People! Pulled Pork Reno Ridiculouso: All Downhill From Here After last weeks’ issues with walls being built too high and beams not being dealt with the Hubby and I are focusing on communication.   Because it’s not possible that Bull Talker Contractor is just willfully ignoring the plans, right?   Am I right, people??   Buuuut… he has been talking a lot lately about how he has to hurry up this job, so he can get to a “BIG JOB” in the next week or two.   The next week or two?   Buddy you haven’t resupported our second floor, built three of the walls, laid the floor (other than the joists), put up the roof joists, installed the windows… and on and on.   It becomes like a crazy game of tag, with Bull Talker going faster and faster and paying less and less attention to safety or proper building and the Hubby running along behind trying to get him to stop and think.   With the blessings of his awesome workmates (who are all construction guys), the Hubby