The carpenter will make it all better. Won’t he?

May I kvetch? The husband takes a week off work to deal with the house and what does he do? Monday: Goes into work. Tuesday: Does office work from home. I mean, who needs him? So, I fired him. Well, I’m keeping him around for some handy work, but he’s been demoted.

I should have done this 5 years ago. I made some calls. I’m getting it done. And then I’m going to have weekends and vacations and social time and sex like normal people.

If all of these guys show up, (They ARE contractors, after all) in Beacon we’ve got the porch guys coming to do joists and sub floor today and tomorrow, a landscaper and a cleaning crew (I demoted myself too). What’s the rush? I decided to throw a July 4th shindig. Of course, even if they did show up, they won’t be able to work with all of this rain we’re having!

In Brooklyn, we need a stoop repair (Oy, quoted $10,700!) that can’t wait too much longer. It’s getting worse by the day and the block is slated for landmarking, so we want to do it before all the hassle. This is a project that takes more skill than we have, so there will be no DIY effort here.

And finally, Bill the stair guy, whom I keep forgetting is also a very good carpenter, will do our molding. That means there’s only painting left to do. Plus a couple of other items.

So, we’ll be poor but maybe, just maybe, we’ll have our lives back.