The Beast and I picked out the new garage door this morning. He was going to order it online for delivery when he got an idea and called Dennis' garage door guy. It ended up that we got the same door (less a little bit of decorative hardware) for just $200 more than the online price for the door alone. AND this is the installed price and already painted the Forest Green that we thought we would have to do this spring. ^5, babe! Not bad.
The contractor that is going to repair the broken door frame AND the aluminum siding will be here on Tuesday to do that. The garage door, unfortunately, won't be ready for three weeks but even the online order would have taken that long so no big deal. The contractor for the door is going to haul away the old door and other stuff that needs to be hauled away. We were so glad because *we* wouldn't have been able to do that. Our little trailer is just 8' and has a large grate back and the garage doors are 16' long. We figure the contractor must know a place that buys the aluminum doors so he makes a few bucks from that. Whatever it takes to get it hauled away, I'm all for it!
Dennis was a bit uneasy that the Beast took the door off today and is just going to leave it open. But, like the Beast told him, this is not a neighborhood that has crime. The only time things have gone missing is when there have been strangers doing work here and there. Dennis has to have some work done on his house plans so it will be a few more weeks before anything goes on there. So far, his quotes have been ridiculous. It's like they saw him coming and figure he's *green* for the taking. The Beast almost choked on the $171. a sq. ft. prices (and up!). So, he's going to have his architect redraw the plans and take out the specs on the cabinets, floors, etc. and just wait and see what the new contractors allow for them to use to select those items in their quotes. Otherwise, they will buy those items and let the contractors install what they have chosen.
They have a separate contractor that will put in the safe room. Taking out the very specific requirements that they previously had along with the plans for the house (2000 sq. ft. plus a screened porch) should get them a more realistic price for building the house. We shall see.
It is nice that they are back and ready to get down and dirty about getting the house built. I'm just glad that the Beast has his buddy here to talk to. Di said she's glad that Dennis has someone that HE can talk to....LOL! Looks like we both had the same problem.
I need to get to the store tomorrow to buy a few things and plan on making something for lunch. The Princess dropped off the ham bone along with some big pieces of ham so we have plenty for a variety of soups and some ham salad. Maybe I'll do that...make ham salad for our lunch. I also have to look and see if I can find the special bread crumbs for this one quick dessert the Beast wants to try. It's the Japanese Panko bread crumbs that are crunchier than what we are used to using. I don't remember seeing them in our local store but I haven't actually LOOKED for them either. The Beast says he saw split peas out at our grocery store so I want to get a few bags for us. I have just one bag left of the dozen or so that I bought two years ago so I need more.
Love you all. Hope you enjoyed your weekend so far and have a good Sunday planned. Tell those you love that you do. Life is short. Shorter than you realize actually. **Wink**
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