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juanita ill send you two kookaburras to start the rounds of you street judy >From: Juanita Hibbert <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: -Non-PD - Heads UP! (LONG Reply)and longer >Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:46:48 -0700 > >Barb M. Sounds as though your past weeks? have been as insane as mine. >We started a vinyl flooring installation >in our kitchen and bath on the 21st of June. The installers completed >the job >on the 4thof July (thats right) then came >the installation ofthe new vanity, basin and faucets.Fri(July 14th) the >doors and >drawers were finally installed in the new vanity. The job that was >supposed to disrupte the house for a couple of days >and cost xxx dollars, became almost 3wks >of dissaray and a third again the original >estimate. First a leak was discovered >meaning a plumber. We live in a very small town where contractors are >not readily available. Of course a plumber is not cheap. The slow leak >had caused a multitude of problems that had to be remedied before the >vinyl could be installed. Of course the slow leak had rotted the bottom >of the old vanity. So >what the HEH! Gotta replace the vanity >why not just replace the basin and faucets? On and on and on it went. >Remember! Here we sit, 2 old farts, that are no longer able to do the >grunt work, the labor repairs, etc.Stove in the living room, also the >fridge.No sink in the bathroom(only one we have) Fortunately >other than the wear on frayed nerves >and spending more money than expected >things really are not to bad. George's attitude is"it could have been >much worse". We now have wonderful new floors and the bathroom looks >like it is all new. >Through all of this we still maintained our sense of humor. Like it's >obvious you did to Barb M. I'm still having a little ice cream >occaisionally. Just not as often as I'd like. Just had to get in the >food SHOT! >Hugs Juanita CG for George74/71/64 ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com