Cherry Blossom and House Progress

The weather has turned absolutely gorgeous out here on the East coast! It seems like not too long ago I was bundling up to go out in 3 feet of snow, but now I am wearing my contacts more so that I can wear my sunglasses, and I am leaving my coat at home. I had a lovely short week last week, as I took a vacation day on Monday and got to leave early on Friday because it was such a nice slow day. Next week will be a bit more busy; I have my normal late days, plus an extra late day somewhere in there for a development committee meeting.

We have spent the beautiful weather checking out the new house; it won't be long until it's done! They have already put in the cabinets, and have done the tile in the bathrooms.

UNFORTUNATELY, it looks like they screwed up the tile, so we'll be making them do it again, but still- it is coming along quickly.

Back story: They told us in the beginning that our tubs and toilets were already ordered, and we confirmed with them (over email, so I have evidence) that they were "biscuit" colored. Based on that info, we made our selections at the design center. Well, NOW that we see our "biscuit" tile selections next to the "biscuit" tub.... I am pretty positive that they were white after all. They haven't responded to my email yet, but we'll stick to our guns and make sure they make it up to us. Here's a picture of our biscuit tiles against the so-called "biscuit" tub. Looks pretty damn white to me.

They also screwed up the listello in the guest bathroom, but there's no way they can get away with that one. They did one wall in the correct color scheme (a mix of greens), but the rest was in the same tile that our master bath was in (browns)... Pretty blatant.

Other than that though, the house is coming along great. I know they have to fix that stuff too, so I'm not really worried about it.

We walked into DC yesterday. The Cherry Blossom Festival is going on right now, so we got some great pictures of the blossoms. We went to the Jefferson Memorial for the first time. That was a good call too, cause the "mass of humanity," as Patrick calls it, was less dense over there. We also walked by a cool seafood place which we will have to try some time, but were too full from lunch to try this time around. The weather was absolutely perfect. It was beautifully sunny, and warm enough to walk around with shorts and a tank top, but not so hot and humid to make Emmas wilt.

Happy Easter!