Today we had two major projects happening on the remodel -- backfilling the new garage foundation and moving the pipes in the kitchen due to the shift of our fridge, sink and stovetop.

I left around 7:15am to drop the dogs off at Doggie Day Care before heading to work. And Gary, knowing that the plumber was going to be here around 8:45am today, headed for the gym. Gary left a note for Robert to let them know he would be back by 8:40am and not to start work as he needed to take a shower.

And sure enough, Robert (our terminally early contractor) and the plumber were waiting for Gary when he arrived home at 8:40am. So Gary quickly headed upstairs and took a shower so they could get to work.

While Gary worked in his office and the plumbers worked in the kitchen and the basement -- Bill, Travis and Rob got to work on backfilling the new garage. While they were working on the garage backfill - Bill accidentally cut through our cable. Gary got on the phone to call Comcast, but Ideal Building headed down to Radio Shack and were able to splice in a new cable. Crisis averted - as I don't know what I would do without TV!!! :-)

I arrived home around 5pm and found a drastic change in our garage. They had finished backfilling the foundation and packed the dirt down so we can now see what our new garage space is going to look like. They even put some of our landscaping blocks back down on the Southwest corner of the garage which will eventually form a flower bed. We hope to return Aunt Bee (one of our many chainsaw carved bears) to this area.

It was only a few minutes later when they plumbers finished up and as always Ideal Building (specifically Travis) was there to clean up the area. So all the pipes in the kitchen have been moved and we are ready for the electrician to add some new outlets for the kitchen and bathroom.

Tomorrow is an off day and Abbey and Lucy get to spend the day home with Gary. They are tuckered out after spending the day at Tails of the City, so I am sure they will enjoy being home and doing nothing other than driving Gary crazy.

Tomorrow, Robert will be meeting with the painters here at the house and Bill and Travis will be working to finish up the dirt floor in the garage and the drainage system. But now I must sleep.