You would think that living in a hotel, and eating out every night would be a relaxing way to live. No beds to make, no meals to rush home and make, no trips to the grocery store.
Well, yes there are pros to it....the pool! Yes, the maid does come and make our beds, and vacuum and clean the bathroom, but I have to come here on my lunch and get the cat out so...there are cons...but....did I mention there is a pool? I tried to call my sister in law the other day and my oldest stepdaughter to have them bring me a noodle from Betsy's so I could float. But neither of them answered their phone, but I am sure that either one of them would have hoped on a plane and brought me down a noodle. But...okay....I guess the .99 cent one we bought at Walgreens was cheaper than a plane ticket.
We are currently residing in the Red Roof Inn while work is being done at our home. Tomorrow will be our one week anniversary here. Everyone that works here has been very nice and helpful. But, home sounds so good....our own beds....our own big washer and dryer. I am now doing laundry and have run out of quarters with one load to go....
Looks like we will be here a few more days. In our dining out Sam had a wonderful idea! We have been traveling around the world. We have been to Greece, Mexico, Germany, Italy, China, India, and I believe we will be visiting Thailand soon.
Today we met the contractor and painters to make sure we were all on the same page paint wise. Good thing we did, the painter started to write the paint numbers on the wall for his workers and the first number he wrote was incorrect.
I actually was not going to go in until it was done. Kind of wanted it to be like "Extreme Home Makeovers", but....I went in and was just amazed. Sam had mentioned that the walls were now textured, and even though the walls here in the hotel are nearly the same texture I just could not picture it in my head. But it looks great! I am glad too that I went in, though I wish I had taken my camera. The change is going to be so amazing.
We had plain white walls, and now we will have some lovely colors to brighten our lives.
Our bedroom was the only bedroom with a ceiling light, it was tucked into the corner of the bedroom behind the door. The bedrooms have light switches but...they turn on and off a plug on the wall. We have often wondered what in the world the former owners were thinking when they did things. Kendra had gotten us a light we were going to hook up and swag to the center of the room and we had not gotten it up yet. Now....they will put it in for us, and in the center of the room. One sad and kind of scary thing that the contractor told us about the "corner light" was that the people that installed it had just ran it from the light switch to the corner with....are you ready for this...."speaker wire"! They had a household current running through speaker wire. It is just amazing that the place never burned down.
We also got new light fixtures for the kitchen and dining area, even a ceiling light/fan for the kitchen where it just gets so hot.
It is getting exciting, and I will post some pictures when it is done!
I know it will be worth the wait!
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