Today we got bad news. The window guy we signed our contract with neglected to tell us that we have to add more money onto the price for any windows that test positive for lead--to the tune of $120 per window. That's a big price adjustment! We have about 21 windows which are original and sure to contain at least some lead in the framing, which translates into really bad news for our budget:-( We may have to postpone other projects because of this--and there are so many left to do. I'm angry. How could they overlook something so important?
More bad news (that actually should be good news, but it isn't) is that our cabinetry order is ready to come in. We ordered 21 days ago and were told that the order would arrive in 6-8 weeks, so we built our timeline of To-Dos around this date. We worked really hard to schedule work/estimates with different companies and planned our schedules ourselves to do some work to be ready at that time. And Jeff is probably going to have to ask for additional time off from work soon, and it's always better to schedule that sort of thing in advance and not at the last minute. We're really in a bind.
Now I feel like everything has to be flashed forward and that we need to rush. I really, really hate rushing. I'm glad we could potentially move in earlier and avoid paying rent AND a mortgage/utilities, but I'm really freaking out about how in the world we are going to get everything finished. We haven't even sent the flooring order in yet! I'm less than happy about these glitches in our plan.
Trying to keep my chin up and not lose heart. It's difficult though since it is a holiday weekend coming up, and I suppose we won;t be celebrating so we can go to the house and get some work done. I probably have to cancel some orders for household things we need to get as well. I thought they were in our budget, and because of someone else's mistake they apparently are not :-(
:-( :-( :-( I want to cry.
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