Day 27 March 13

Large piece we struggled to install/shotty
piece on the bottom right already removed

Sometimes you just have to listen to your body. Today was one of those days. David came home looking exhausted and spent, but still wanted to rally on. It ended with shotty drywall installation and an even more exhausted hubby. It wasn’t a big deal since it was an existing small piece of drywall which David used as his first attempt. But in the end I think it also gave him a sickening feeling as to the task of installing drywall which is quickly approaching… actually it’s already here. I’m going out of town this weekend and his plan of recruiting some help from guys at work has sort of fizzled out due to different reasons. Now that isn’t to say there aren’t small tasks he can’t get done while help is scarce. With the work that Paul and Mark have completed, it’s left many areas for touch ups, walls to be built, and holes to be filled.

While we’re on the subject, the guys killed it a second day! After today’s work they said they only have about a half a day until completion… saaaweeeeeet! They finished all the work in the loft and our bedroom, built up a gravel patch, set a concrete slab onto it, and then placed the AC unit on top, wired the AC unit, squeezed the furnace in the closet, and wabaam! Good thing because we’ve already tore out the baseboard heaters and only have about 4 more bags of pellets. Anytime Spring, anytime.

We’ve finally finalized a floor at Lowe’s that I’ll order tomorrow and are looking at counter tops now. I don’t think I mentioned earlier that about a week ago we stopped in at a local kitchen store and had them price out an estimate for us. They got back to David the other day and it was significantly higher than a previous estimate from Lowe’s. They had more options but not worth the price difference. So today, David and I met up at Lowe’s with a sample of our cabinets and the floor, and once again looked at counter tops.  If only one of us had a definitive design sense I’m sure we could have wrapped this up awhile ago. But David can be apathetic and I question everything so it leads us down a never-ending path. But I’m positive the day will come, it has to right?

I picked up more insulation and plastic for the vapor barrier, come to find we’re not going to use it. The guy who helped me at Lowe’s said the risk of using a vapor barrier is that it can trap moisture between it and the tarred paper on the insulation, causing water damage. I told David this when he got home and he did some research that was inconclusive (the factor of using it is the part of our house that is under grade that accumulates more moisture). He made a definitive answer and said the possible negative effects of using a vapor barrier versus not using it was worse, so we’ll no use it for the walls under grade. This only lead to removing one section we had installed the night before. No biggy. And that’s the conclusion of a jumble of thoughts for the day :o)