Before and after...

So, we got back from vacation on Saturday & arrived to our house not completely done. :( Our contractor had called and said he needed to come back on Sunday at 11am & would be done within 4 hours. Well, he arrived around 11:10 & didn't get done with everything until 6pm & said he needed to come back Monday (thankfully I knew this was a possibility & had already cleared it with my boss on Friday). He got all the flooring down on Sunday & just needed to come back to fill holes in the quarter round & finish the patch work on our walls. So, he said he would be at our house at 10am on Monday, about 9am I got a call from Erik that said he wouldn't be here until 1pm because he forgot he had a funeral service to go to Monday morning. Well, then I called Erik at 1:30 to see if he had talked to Jim (our contractor) & he said I was beeping in while he was getting ready to hang up with him. That's when he said that Jim would NOT be coming. Not a big deal, I understand with funerals that you don't know what all will be entailed with the actual service. But, the problem is he wasn't the most 'reliable' last week to show up when he said he would be there (he showed up every day, just not at the time he said he would). Well, he completely finished tonight within a half hour. I've attached some before and after pictures of our living room, if you want to see the 'whole' transformation let me know & I'll send you pictures.

So, we had a great vacation! It was nice to be off work for a week. Although, we definitely spent a LOT of time in the car. On Monday we went to visit Erik's Aunt Louise, who will turn 90 in July & was rough housing with Luke. Between Luke & Aunt Louise I got tired with all their energy. :) It was definitely great to finally meet her & she looks just like Erik's grandma. Erik & his dad went into NYC on Tuesday & Luke & I stayed at the hotel & swam, relaxed & napped. Wednesday Erik, Luke & I went into NYC... I had plans to take Luke to Central Park, but we didn't quite get there, he was having a really hard time & broke down 3 times within 2 hours, so it got to the point where we just called it 'quits' in NYC. We did however get to see Ground Zero & Times Square. Wednesday night we met up with the rest of the family that we went to see, that was fun, because his cousin has three kids that are 14, 10 & 9 & they had a great time with Luke & Luke with them. Thursday was Erik's birthday & we headed to Pottsville to tour Yuengling Brewery & then it was off to Philadelphia to try out the different cheesesteaks & determined that Geno's was the best. We then headed towards Cleveland & stopped in Harrisburg. We got up Friday & headed to Cleveland where we toured Great Lakes Brewery. We had a relaxing night & headed home on Saturday.

It was a great trip & today was my first day back at work. It's good to get back in the swing of things, but I feel like I need a week to sleep. :) Hope you all had a great week! Until tomorrow...