Well, I arrived this evening....actually later than that because I lost another hour when it because east coast time.

Looking at the outside of the house....it looks great with all the new windows.....then I walked in the front door......oh no!!!!!!

I am surprised that everyone didn't hear what I had to say & it wasn't very nice. I am trying to figure out what happened to the quality work the painter was doing while I was there & he was working hourly???? The walls looked horrible, the archways weren't finished & none of the painting was finished....I was told it was finished & paid him for part of what he said he had done. Towards the end, I decided that I wasn't going to pay him until I saw the finished product.....he isn't going to get paid another cent!!!!!!

I am not sure if I will just call & let him BS with me & then let him have it, or quite what right now????

He did finish the basement floor very nicely.....turned off the hot water heater's gas so there wouldn't be an explosion.....so when I checked, the pilot light hadn't been turned back on. Not only that, but he must have turned off the gas somewhere other than close to the waterheater but I couldn't get any gas to. By the time I arrived, it was dark & I wasn't about to go out to th propane tank & figure out if he turned it off there.

I have a truck full of things sitting in front of the house & there isn't a room that is ok to put it all in. I was thinking about putting everything in the basement until I went down there to deal with the hot water heater.....a huge spider.....eeeeewwwww. Basements & bugs!!!!!! Not sure I want to store my things around all the bugs.

I knew I had a few final things to finish up, but now, I have all the work to do because I'm not paying him another cent to finish anything up. I was only planning on being here for a month.....now I have months of work I have to do before any furniture can even be brought into the house.

Angry is a nice word for how I am feeling. I hate it when people think they can take adventage of me because I'm a nice female.....they end up finding out just how NOT nice I can be.....I am not a good person to mess with.....& especially not when they push me to being angry.

I will get all my facts together & make sure of all the crap I am sure I will be getting from him. It will be interesting to see how things go here.

To top that all off, I decided that I was going to a motel & get a nice shower & good sleep before all the crap hits the fan tomorrow....I called 5 local motels & none of them would take me with my doggie. I went all the way across the contry & found several choices each night & finally found one place here that would take me.....That didn't do much to lessen my anger either.

What a night.....what an ending to the trip. The last part of the trip was a bit rough anyway.....Leo was getting restless....the road was getting so bumpy, I was getting a headache even with all the fentynal I'm on for migraines. What an ending to the trip.

I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings,
Debbie