Day 31

Phew... finally, finally the cause of our flood is behind us. A broken sump pump was the culprit but the joke is (not a very funny one) that as soon as that was fixed I discovered the tap was dripping from where the water comes into the washing machine. Still it's a reasonably easy fix, all we need is a new washer in the tap.

Anyway that being said, am now knee deep in getting the painters and the flooring people booked to take care of the house up in Portland. It turns out that our tenants either want to move out the end of June or the end of July. So we'll opt for June 30th as we won't have enough time to get the house ready before the move if I can't get in there before Mid July. It's good on one hand because it gives us a little more time but bad on the other because that's two months without rent on the house that we will have to eat. Still we're moving forward. Mum for your info we didn't go with the Painters you liked they were by far the most expensive and they took almost a month to get back to me as far as the estimate was concerned. Didn't bode well in terms of reliability. I went with All Service Painters they were the last people to come by and we went with the first flooring company who gave us an estimate on the spot. Anyway I need to fly up to Portland for the day in July to meet with the painters and I'll probably fly up at the beginning of July to talk with the painters and then again after the job is done so that I can check on their work. It's a bit of a pain but I don't see any way around it.

Well I need to stop as Owen is waiting for me to play soccer with him - (Morgan is at a playdate with Oona, so it's just me and him.)

More later....