June 12, 2014
Finally! Our special treated lumber for the foundation has been delivered and we are ready to start! First, put up 4 foundation walls…in 100 degree plus heat.
Bruce keeps telling us that Mercury is in retrograde and that is why we ran out of the treated lumber. Instead of waiting 6 weeks for another shipment, we found a company in Virginia who has the solution to treat our own lumber.
So we ordered 5 gal. Then we promptly got a message that it was on backorder. Bruce called and said if you don't have a 5 gal can…do you have 1 gallon cans. "Oh yes", was the reply, "We have 86!" Well, then will you please just send us 5 1 gal cans? I will have to check with the manager, she says. Uh…how about you just send the cans!!!!!!! Great….tracking the shipment it takes nearly a week to get to the Hurricane Fed Ex office. Then suddenly the pkg is being sent back to Virginia because it is damaged. What??!! Stop!!! After several hours on the phone, Bruce was able to convince them to not send back the 3 cans that were undamaged. They must have run over them with a truck to damage those cans. So we brought home the 3 after major negotiations and poured them over the lumber to soak 24-48 hours.
But Mercury is still giving us trouble. There was a tiny pinprick in the plastic that the guys used to make a little trough for the lumber, and during the night, most of our 3 cans ran out onto the garage floor. Did we mention that it stinks? Back to the drawing and ordering board.
Kristina, Bob and Alayna was also here for a couple days to visit while Tyler and Kayla were at EFY at BYU. It was so good to see them. We saw movies, went out to eat, went to Zions and swam. Lots of fun!
We plan on heading back up to Logan next week to participate with AFC in the July 3 concert in Romney Stadium. Looking forward to seeing old friends.
Crazy busy!
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