Mr. Contractor for the win

If anybody sees this guy, tell him I'm looking for information on how his soap-making adventure went.

Now then.

Is it weird to want to eat a Cheez Wiz and avocado sandwich?

Now then.

You will all be pleased (okay, so some of you are indifferent) to hear that Betty the foster cat is feeling much, much better now that she is home from the vet and on medication. Hopefully we will not have any more sick cats for a while.

We've been keeping busy and the weather is getting warmer, finally! It was so nice yesterday, and the forecast was so good, that I gritted my teeth and decided to start bugging the contractor. Remember him? I called him in January and he said he'd be in touch 'when we get some good weather'. Our grand plan for spring/summer is to get new windows put in, install concrete fibreboard siding, and finish installing the new front door that thwarted Mark and my dad so long ago. Our 106 year old door, the one that I need Mark's help to close (and yet it doesn't lock) is still sitting there, in the wall, mocking me.



So I picked up the phone and called the contractor's house.

No answer.

I left a carefully constructed message for him. Chipper and friendly was I, but not pushy. I reminded him he'd been here for like ten seconds to look at our house two months ago, and had said he'd come back.

I hung up the phone and decided to wash some dishes. As soon as I had the sink full of hot water there was a knock at the door. I went into the mudroom and saw the contractor, standing casually right outside the door! The dude doesn't even live in the same town as us.

It turns out he was on his way even before I phoned him. So I happily invited him in and he started measuring windows as Arlo the dog and Neville the cat followed him from room to room. When he was done, he went to the first window and measured everything again, just to be sure. Am I impressed? Yes indeed.

Our windows are now ordered and the new door will be installed early next week, according to nice Mr. Contractor whom I trust because he's currently in my good books.

Things are happening!