So, Craig was in actuality supposed to be posting this, and as I am too tired to keep reminding him, he has had success in his ploy. I will thus, update you all on the progress of our soon to be home. We are finishing Zac and Gina's (my brother and sister-in-law) basement into an apartment where we can live out my endless years of school while stealing a piece their beautiful country life. All the fun none of the $$ required to build the house. Craig spent hours framing with a guy in our ward to create an awesome apartment with one bedroom for Suede and the rest in studio style. We have recessed lighting and all. We then took on the challenge of acid-staining the concrete (inspired by our wonderful friends the Wittusen's basement). It was quite a task, but it is done. Wouldn't know it with all the drywall mud on the floor we have yet to clean up. Craig and my Dad worked endless hours on the electrical work. All with no major electrocutions. We got smart and hired out the drywall, and are just lacking doors, the kitchen (which will take forever since it is an IKEA kit requiring EVERYTHING to be put together). We hope we can finish everything up and be in by mid-October. We'll see. The original plan was early July.... I feel like I'm a General Contractor who can never quite set the right finishing date. When it's all done we'll send the final photos. Now what we're realizing is that we've spent all our money on the building of the apartment and now are left with....an empty apartment we can't afford to fill up. Oh, well. All that will come with time. We've got a bed and a bathroom. What more do we need.
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tOTALLY awesome!!! DAMN, THE CAPS KEY IS ON SO INSTEAD OF ME RETYPING THIS, JUST USE REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY AND PRETEND ALL THE CAPS ARE LOWER AND VISE VERSA.
Statistically speaking, the longer past your original deadline you are, the longer you can expect the delay to continue. For example, you were supposed to be in there by early July. By late July, you could expect to add another week to the project. By Early August, you should have added another three to four weeks. By late September, you can expect to be in by late 2008. So essentially, every deadline you miss, you are only moving farther and farther away from moving into the apartment. I'm so sorry you'll never enjoy the fruits of your hard work. My condolences to your family.
Wait, you are going to move in? I thought you were just being really nice and finishing our basement for us since Craig has had so much free time lately. I'm going to have to think about this. I'll get back to you with a decision in a few months.
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