and the saga continues....

The gas inspector was by the other day and discovered that our undermount kitchen cabinet moldings are too close to the gas range and need to be cut back 6-8"... this will look absolutely retarded and I am sooo unimpressed that the cabinet shop didn't pick up on this. I guess the inspector got to them before I did and 'Amanda' left a message on my answering machine stating that she was aware of this change and that she had gone through my entire file and nowhere was it noted that we had a gas range, otherwise 'this could have been prevented' - REALLY... guess that answers that question! I am still ticked with the original person I met with though (he left & then we ended up with Amanda 1/2 way through) because I went in there on 'day one' with all the info needed and even as time went on, I took in measurements and specs of EVERYTHING, not to mention magazine photos etc. I knew what I wanted from the get-go and have been so disappointed with this corporation. Anyways, Amanda informed me that option number two was to raise all the uppers two inches and that should be the clearance we need to make the inspector happy. We also needed a bigger gas metre to accomodate everything that is in our house....

I've lined up a bunch of appt's for August 4th and 5th, so that should be a busy day in our household, with a constant revolving door...

Met a lady when we were camping, who is a contractor in Alberta and talk about knowledgeable! She knows her stuff and has convinced us to go with the acrylic stucco (not concrete), so hopefully we can contact our builder and make that change ASAP because we should be up on the 'stucco assembly line' pretty quick... might be able to get our dark olive green colour after all :)

railings yet to come...

'Phase Two' of our deck project is now completed!!! Just in time for a couple weekend BBQ's :) Many heads have turned as they drive by, being that it is a decent size and someone even stopped yesterday & asked John if he'd build a deck for him!

Ethan on the second level - there are three boards past the pillar and then it steps down to the next level (don't think you can see the difference from the photo)

The deck to date... there will be a phase three which will consist of a smaller level and stairs going down into the yard (we need to wait for the yard to be graded though and at least seven loads of 'dirt')

Abuela Darlene helping the boys make swords :) Uncle John helped them make airplanes the other day out of scrap lumber...

John finishing the edges