The Money Pit update

Ok so we had to forgo (isn't that an interesting word) a mini sleep in this morning because the tiler was due at 7.30am. He was here at 7.26 so luckily I had showered and looked half decent for Saturday morning.
Unfortunately Beaumont tiles underestimated shower area (5 tiles too short!!) and overestimated the floor area. They have got to be the most useless (insert expletive here)'s going around. Fancy working in a tile joint and not being able to work out square metreage.
I have already been there 4 times and the icing on the cake was when the assistant(?) said do you fancy a drive to Dandenong today? I kept my cool and replied quite calmly that no I didn't fancy a drive especially as they were to blame for the underestimation. I think my eyes must have got their warning flashes happening because his attitude changed dramatically.
So tiler is back on Tuesday to put on 5 extra tiles and do the grouting. Painter coming Wednesday. Plumber still to be organised...stay tuned

And to add to the drain on the purse strings, my downstairs split system airconditioner according to my a/c guy has had the 'gong'. Whats another 2 grand between friends. Do you know that you can text your aircon and turn it on remotely using your mobile phone???
"Hey aircon Im running late could you have a nice red poured for me and my bath drawn?!"