Passed Final Inspection!

This morning, the parish building inspector signed off on my final inspection!! No silly items to hold me up. I can now go pick up my occupancy certificate.

It's a very happy day!

Also, the window shades were installed today. One shade (that was supposedly cut to size by the Lowe's employees) wasn't cut at all. I need to bring it back.

I've also started searching for the carpet colors I want.

Ordered Window Shades, Office Underlayment Done

Yesterday, I placed the final order for my window shades at Lowe's. Kathy, the designer who works there, has been a phenomenal help! She's spent time helping me pick the right colors and types of shades. She's really good at that. And she came in on her day off so she could finalize my quote in the computer and get the order processed. If anyone from Lowe's is reading this, your employee Kathy in the home decor department at your Metairie, LA store is one of your real treasures, and you should treat her well for it!

On another note, when I started this house process you'd never have convinced me that it would cost me over $2,000 to put shades in all my windows. I think that's insane. But I'm getting nice ones. Not the generic mini blinds, but a variety of types from a reliable manufacturer. I'm just glad I caught them on sale! It never occured to me that this would be a high cost area.

Ok, so enough of my budgetary woes. Tonight, I laid the underlayment down in my office. This is the padding/moisture barrier that goes under the laminate wood. Tomorrow, I plan to lay the flooring. I guy from church is coming over to learn with me so he can put down the floor at his house. It should be fun.