Sunday, March 25, 2007

Oh,...you were gone?

Last month,I posted some pix of the homestead undergoing a much needed face lift.The weather had postponed completion for a bit,but during our absence the fellas were able to finish the job quite admirably!
This is how she looked when we arrived home.
Much of the work patching,caulking,and a buttload of re-wiring can't readily be seen,but is greatly appreciated.



Today is the last day of my vacation.Nine days off to travel and unwind has served to invigorate my spirits,and fine tune my attitude to the point where I'm actually looking forward to returning to work tomorrow.
Although,there is a touch of ambivalence.
We have a small crew,and I fully expect to find my self stacked to the rafters with cabinets in need of finishing...Punishment for abandoning them to selfishly cater to my own desires,..I suppose.
On the other hand,I may step into the shop and discover that everything has gone smoothly,and they were able to get along just fine without me...

That would totally suck.

15 Comments:

At 12:53 PM , Blogger rosemary said...

The revenge of vacation...I always worried that if I left for a week or two and everyone got along just fine, I would be obsolete...but most Americans are happy to leave Sling's work for Sling and act like they were over wehelmed while he was gone. As for the house....is your rent going to go up now that the place looks all spiffy? Be careful...some sweet lookin woman may see the place and the two of you rugged looking guys and want to snag one of you and take half of what you don't have.....but will make their half by using credit cards!

 
At 1:24 PM , Blogger Sling said...

rosie-lol...I'm sure there will be plenty for me to do tomorrow.
They won't be raising the rent.This really should have been done long before we moved in.
As for bein' snagged by some woman,I've already been married twice.My oft-told joke is that every ten years I'll just find some broad I can't stand,and buy her a house...Cut out the middleman. ;)

 
At 3:30 PM , Blogger Danielle said...

Hey,
I found you over at Monica's place and had to comment. If I get it right you are renting the house? We have owned two houses both condos, I long for a small single family like that.

Looking forward to reading more

Keep on Keeping On

 
At 3:57 PM , Blogger Sling said...

Hey yerself danielle!
Monica's a little doll huh..Bright and funny.
Yeah,we're just renting,but are seriously looking into buyin' the joint.Plenty of room,and a great location.
Glad you stopped by kid,I'll drop in on ya soon. :)

 
At 4:19 PM , Blogger apositivepessimist said...

yes funny, nothing like "thank god yer back" to strike both happiness and oh dear what happened while I was gone feelings.

house is looking pretty spiffo now Slingoh.

 
At 4:42 PM , Blogger Sling said...

apos-They're a good bunch,I'm sure they handled all the priority stuff.I'll be happy to take on whatever is left.

The old girl is lookin' a LOT better!

 
At 8:42 AM , Blogger Judy said...

Welcome home!

The place looks great, and how nice that somebody else had the fun of doing the work! (Around here we call repairs and fix-up "home ownershit").

 
At 9:23 AM , Blogger CS said...

Wow, the place looks great. That is one of the benfits of renting, that someone elseis reposnible for maintenance. Course, it puta you on their timetable, but I'm still enjoying my wn break from having to take care of a house myself.

 
At 1:13 PM , Blogger the rube said...

excellent workmanship. it must be nice to have a crew of magic elves to fix things while you're gone.

good elves are hard to find these days.

 
At 4:50 PM , Blogger Sling said...

Wizard-Thanks!..It's always good to be home.(lol@ "home ownershit")

CSL-We really weren't inconvenienced.They did most of the work while we were working,and gone by the time we got home.

the rube-It practically was magic!..Though they were too tall to be elves.
I'm thinkin' Trolls maybe.

 
At 5:18 PM , Blogger Lorraine said...

What a nice welcome home for you.

You are so going to have to pick up the beer cans from the lawn now.

 
At 5:27 PM , Blogger Sling said...

lorraine-Are you kidding me?..Recycling beer cans is how I MAKE my beer money!
I pick 'em up from the neighbor's yards.

 
At 1:08 PM , Blogger Grish said...

Vacations rock!

 
At 4:03 PM , Blogger Sling said...

grish-Totally dude! :)

 
At 1:38 AM , Blogger HORIZON said...

How great to come back to this- looks a treat Sling. lol at Lorraine's comment- it could have been so much worse ;)
Ain't life grand!
At least you have your own croft and a job to go back to! Glad you enjoyed your break away.
Bests

 

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