A little progress on lots of little things

This week, I managed to get the second coat of wax on the countertop. All we have to do is caulk the gap at the back of the countertop (between the wall and the countertop) and it will be DONE. I also finished screwing down the plywood in the master bedroom. We had to pull up the existing floor there because it had asbestos, which left it lower than the rest of the flooring. The plywood is to level this room with the rest.

I haven't managed to get any fencing up around the front yard, but I do have the materials. I also went to a few stoneyards to price material to pave over the median strip between the sidewalk and the street. These things cannot happen soon enough! After 6 incidents in 6 days of people leaving dog poop on the median strip or our front yard, they kindly took Sunday off and didn't leave us another "gift" until Monday morning. I found another today. Slobs! We are seriously considering installing security cameras to catch people. I would LOVE to blow up poster size pictures of people leaving dog poo for their neighbors to see. I would also love to find out where some of them live and try to get the city to fine them the maximum of $250 and charge them with a misdemeanor.

The dilemma we are having with the stone is whether to get something cheap, quick and temporary or try to do a permanent fix now. We want to use slate and concrete in the front of the house. Slate is somewhat expensive, so if we did it then that would be our permanet solution. It wouldn't be quick though, and the dog-poop-leaving problem is really out of control (8 times in 10 days). My original intent was to find something just to cover over the median strip quickly, but now we're not sure.

I had my final electrical inspection today, or at least the first of what I suspect will be many tries at passing it. We had 7 corrections, some of which were not too bad and some of which were more major. I did appreciate the inspector coming up with alternatives to me opening up the walls again. We have one place in the kitchen where the outlets are 6 feet apart and by code they can only be 4 feet apart. He suggested installing a strip of plugs hidden under the cabinet rather than tearing the wall up again. Some of the corrections I think the electrician should have caught, so I'll see what we can work out. Part of the problem is that the job has dragged on for so long that the code has actually changed during the permit period. Ugh, talk about trying to his a moving target. I think they should hold you to the codes that existed when you took out your permit.