A couple of weeks ago we got a call on a Thursday night saying that the Amish guys would be to our Carthage house at 7:30 the next morning and could we be there to let them in. What the what!?!? Okay, well at least they would be there to get some stuff done. So we figured it out. We changed our whole morning schedules around and made it work. Jeremy got there at 7:30 and had to pack up and load up all my photography equipment and bring it here to our Nauvoo house. The Amish stayed there all day and patched the roof, patched some of the drywall and plaster upstairs, built a new closet around the laundry area, and put some of the trim up. A good amount done for the day. That night/weekend we had a big snow storm. Well on the following Monday or Tuesday Jeremy stopped by the house to check out the work. He found that they had left our house unlocked. Then he went into the living room and found that they had left one of the windows open with no screen in it and the living room was covered in snow!!! Also, our heat was left on and running, it ran so hard it kicked off, so it ended up being like 30 degrees in the house!! WTF!?!?!?!? He was on his way to an appointment so he cleaned up the snow as best he could, shut the windows, reset the heat, locked the door and left. Well, then we had someone that wanted to look at our house to buy. We told them that it was in the middle of a remodel and it wasn't done yet but, they wanted to look anyway. Ugh. So, Jeremy met them at the house. This was the following weekend when we had a big warm up and it melted a lot of the snow. While they were in the basement they heard water running. They guys asked if we had a ghost, lol! Then water started running down on top of them from the kitchen!!! Holy crap! They found the leak, it was coming from the dishwasher. Well apparently (after a call to the Amish guys, they called their driver and went straight to our house) the north side of the house did have the pipes freeze and the warmer weather finally let it melt enough to let out....right when we were showing the dang house! smh. William(the head Amish guy) said he was so sorry and that they would cover any extra heat bill and make everything right. Whew. They are good people. I know that. I just get so upset when people make stupid mistakes that could cost me a crap ton of money. But, I know they didn't intentionally do it so it is hard to be too mad. Anyway, hopefully that all works out.
The Amish also picked out new counter top( I seriously have not seen it, lol) and are installing carpet and fixing the cabinets. I am actually really excited. And we have had a decent amount of interest in it too. All good things. But, also, all annoying things that require me and Jeremy making decisions and taking action, lol!
I can't wait for it all to be done. Just done. Then we can focus on this house and our new vacation house, lol!
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