Not us!!
I'm proud to report that we've made some additional home improvements on our own and without blood or marriage counseling!
We (mostly Tony) installed a new dishwasher this weekend. Long story is that our old was on it's last leg, so we ordered a new one from Best Buy last weekend. We were told it would be in this past Saturday, and maybe even by Friday night. So I called Friday, it wasn't in. No big deal because our Friday night took a different turn anyway when I picked the kids up and Hannah was in tears. She didn't feel well and from her reaction, I knew she probaby had an ear infection. We've been lucky to not have had to deal with too many sicknesses, but when she is honestly not feeling well, I know right away what's going on. She asked to go to CVS that evening instead of waiting until the morning to go to the doctor. I'm glad we did because we got her some amoxicillin and within a couple hours of taking that and motrin, she was feeling much better.
So anyway, I called Best Buy around 1:00 Saturday afternoon and they said the dishwasher still wasn't in. I was so mad because we had wanted to install it while Nicholas napped so we were missing that opportunity for Saturday. So we all napped instead, so it wasn't that bad! We went to dinner and to the mall Saturday night.
Sunday, we got up and ate breakfast and I made a grocery list and Hannah and I went grocery shopping. I got home and called Best Buy again, this was around 1:30 Sunday and they told me it still wasn't in. OK, got a little angry at this point and demanded to talk to someone. Sort of fibbed a little and said I had someone there to install yesterday when it was supposed to be in and now I have a hole in my cabinets and that this was unacceptable. Magically as I waited for a manager to come on the phone, they came back on and said it actually was in....not sure how that happened, but I ran to pick it up. I wasn't a totall "b" at the store and got home with it while the kids were napping. We uninstalled the new one and worked together to put the new one in. Had two separate trips to Lowes (thank goodness it's right down the street) and we had it done by around 5:00. No blood, no yelling, no accidents! And we have a working dishwasher. It seems to run a long time, but it works and it's done!
I was off work today to finish working in the bedroom. I'm proud to say, we're almost finished finally! A few weeks ago, I installed the new closet shelving and new blind for the windows. Today, I got the closet completed by installing the new closet doors. It's been so long that we've been without closet doors, that it's a nice change. They turned out OK, but I installed the track a little too far out, so they stick out a bit further than they should, but I think it's OK. I still need to get a drill bit to cut the holes for the handles.
I also hung the curtain rod and panels I bought. I'm still waiting on the valances to come in. I had a hard time getting a good picture with the lighting in the room.
Now all we have left to do is install the new baseboards, hang the new door and get new carpet. I'm please with how it turned out so far!
