Father's Day

Father's Day. A great day for grilling out, doing work around the house, and having all chaos break loose. The day started out fine. We woke up, let out the dogs, played with the kitten, got dressed and headed out to price tile for the kitchen backsplash.

What better place to look for tile than Floor & Decor? It is a local discount tile place in Kennesaw. DH had been in the store previously, checked out the tile, had several picked out for me to look at. We went to the 'Imagination Station" where we arranged the tiles ourselves and I took a photo so we could think about it during the week. The store police, in form of an employee, told us we could not take photos, that is why they sell samples and sell idea books. That really upset DH and I. It was our design, no one helped us, the idea books don't have our granite with the backsplash we were trying out, and why could we not take photos of the tile? What were they hiding?

Phase Two: On the way home, DH's chick magnet decided to take a holiday. We had to get the car towed. Instead of mowing the lawn before going to my parents' house we had to wait for a tow truck. Pee Wee's Towing was a good service to use, however I do not wish towing upon anyone.

Phase Three: Lunch at parents' house was interesting. They are becoming more amiable toward DH. It is like they have finally resigned themselves to the fact that he will be joining us for family functions. Dad got moonpies and RC cola from us, he said he didn't want anything but a card. He has a new hive of bees, they just took up residence in one of his old hives. DH had to see the hives. May be we will be able to have them soon, promote local pollination and have raw honey.

Phase Four: Because we were at my parents' house we went to Lowes to look at their tile. We found just what we needed, on clearance, and because of the size of the tiles and the insert we will not have to cut tiles lengthways. The only tiles we will have to cut is for the border on the verticle edge of the tile. Thank you Floor & Decor Store Police, if it wasn't for you we would have paid more money at your store.

Phase Five: DH and I pull wire from the basement to the kitchen. Now that is done, he will work on plumbing and sheetrock. Woo-hoo!!