labor and delivery

The sewer guy and roofer are supposed to start their work tomorrow.  The sewer guy is replacing 400 ft of our sewer line via trenchless line replacement. Hopefully he won't have to destroy too much of the front yard. As for the roof, the wonderful wanna be DIYers who lived there before us managed to install a completely new roof the wrong way. Fortunately the inspectors think we'll be able to keep the roof and get some mileage out of it. However, it will need some repairs. The DIYers did some things wrong.. what I mean by some things is ... major things... oh like ALL OF THE FLASHING AROUND THE CHIMNEY.

(notice the gaping hole the screwdriver is resting in)

We are also having a raccoon specialist come check out the property. Not to get "rid" of them or anything, but just to help us figure out where they're living, etc. At the very least maybe he can tip us off on where to purchase "mountain lion urine", which is according to the internet the most humane way to get them to leave. (though secretly I think it might be fun to purchase the "scarecrow"- an automated sprinkler that shoots water at anything within 35 ft of it- pictured below)

Also, I convinced my parents to come into town this weekend to go to the blue grass festival... which is awesome because they're gonna love it. My mom is a HUGE Joan Baez fan and my dad (being the lesbo he is) LOVES Indigo Girls. GS is already coming into town though so our apartment is at max capacity. My parents are going to camp out at the new house, it will actually probably be not too far from camping. This means that we need to kick it into high gear tomorrow and make sure that before we inflate the air mattress the floor is free of staples and or tacks...

In other news the bathroom is being delivered tomorrow! We decided after looking both online and in stores that the best deal for a shower and sink was to purchase them online. What we didn't know at the time was that it was going to be a total pain in the ass to get them delivered. If we hadn't planned to take the day off tomorrow we would be up the stream without a paddle. Even with the day off it's turned into a bit of a puzzle as we thought that it was smartest to have big items delivered to the house and smaller items delivered to our apartment. At the time it never crossed our minds they would show up at the same time. So tomorrow the shower is showing up at the house at the same time the sink is arriving at our apartment. I will have to find someone to bribe to sign for the sink so we can be spared the $100 re-delivery fee. Lame. Exciting though that we now have the tile, shower, sink, and vanity. (I will take pictures tomorrow). Only the tub, hardware and flooring are left.

Which brings me to the fact that after going back and forth between a salvaged claw foot or a new modern freestanding tub, we have decided to go with a claw foot. We found awesome ones at a really great local salvage yard. We will end up with a deeper tub that doesn't go over the 5ft length restriction we have since we are going to maintain the current bathroom layout. We also think we might paint the sides of the tub to give our bathroom a punch of color. Thoughts?

Btw if you ever get bored at work, just google "painted claw foot tub" and be amazed at the results.

(claw foot fairies)

(Tuscan claw foot)

(claw foot underwater)

(patriotic claw foot)