Getting Nervous...

The stucco crew was scheduled to come and put the stucco bands on top of the garage doors as well as some touch-up work yesterday.  The stucco on the house looks awesome, but with the mad rush to get the trim finished in the two days before the Parade, I think the trim isn't acceptable.  I didn't want the crew to miss anything that I noticed, so I helped them out by placing a few pieces of blue painter's tape everywhere I thought they needed to do a little repair work.  I'm sure they'll appreciate my help.

Maybe all the blue tape is why they haven't shown up yet.

I suspect all of the tape pieces will fall off and blow away before they get back and get to work.

...and might I mention what a pain it will be for them to put all of that scaffolding back up?

Seems like it would have just been easier to do it right the first time.  It reminds me of what I tell my students, "If you don't have time to do it right the first time, you must have time to do it again."

Apparently, the City of Tulsa came to do the final electrical inspection today but the house was locked.  I found this rejection notice on the front door.  Lovely, isn't it.

...And one of these compressor fellows is not working properly.  I think it's the little one, because it's the upstairs air-conditioner that keeps blitzing out on us.  Today, downstairs was set at 77 degrees today, and the thermostat read 77 degrees.  The upstairs one was set at 77 and it registered 85 degrees & you can certainly tell a difference.  They have already replaced the motherboard once, I guess that slogan, "Nothing stops a Trane" isn't very accurate! 

At this point, one out of two Trane's have stopped.

What's that, you say? Does she not have any good news today? Well, ask and you shall receive. Aside from the fact that today is Friday, I have even more good news.

Earlier in the week, Shane called ONG and discovered that the installation of our gas line had been postponed until after the Parade, so he got things rolling for them to come back out and install the gas. 

Before they came, they mentioned that since the sprinkler system and the tight-lines had already been installed that the builder would have to mark where those pipes had been installed so that they could avoid hitting them.

Obviously, the lines didn't get marked...

All of these little yellow flags are what the gas guy left so that his work is marked so the other crews can avoid hitting the gas line when they come back to repair their systems.

Looks like we'll need some more sod, as well.

It's a good thing the sprinkler crew has to come back over. As it turns out, we DO have at least two leaks in the sprinkler lines.  This valve box is close to one of the leaks...as you can see, it's full of water.

One more bit of good news: the veggies seem to be doing well, even planted in all of that clay.

Keep your fingers crossed that the outdoor kitchen guy shows up on Monday...and that the electrical crew comes back soon...and that the iron stair rail gets changed out quickly...and that we pass the gas inspection.  ALL of that has to happen before we receive the certificate of occupancy.

I wonder if we can sleep in the pool clubhouse for a few days if we need to?