They look AMAZING and I was SOOO hapoy to have countertops in. But, it wasn't all good news. The much debated seam was not as marvelous as we were told it would be. We were well aware that because of the size of our countertop we didn't really need a seam, but Best wouldn't do it without one (mostly because they were too lazy to be careful enough and too cheap to hire 3-4 guys to install it). So we debated with them where it should go and we finally settled on a diagonal one in the corner of the "L." Well, we were told that it would be seamless looking because they would simply cut at the diagonal and then stick it back together, but apparently they cut a section out of the diagonal because the two sides DO NOT match up at all
Chris didn't give the installers the rest of the money because he wanted me to see it before we paid in full. I was really excited when I got home, and then I saw the seam and I was REALLY disappointed. I called the guy at Best and talked with him and said I had pictures and he asked me to send him them. I sent him the email and said we didn't pay in full because we needed to talk about the seam with them before we paid our full balance. We haven't heard back yet. There is no way they'll re-do it, but that is a really bad seam, and for a place that's call "Best Marble and Granite" it isn't a great representation of the "Best" work. We'll see what happens, but I'm aiming to pay less than our "full" balance because that's pretty bad.
After getting over it we worked on hooking up the sink, faucet and garbage disposal
Chris is at Home Depot getting the proper size transition for the drain. The first time we went today we saw a bad fight outside. It was between two people around 17-21. Chris and I were walking up and they were swinging and there were about 6 people around, one got knocked down and the other was kicking him on the ground. Chris was in front of me and he yelled "Hey!" and the kid kicking stopped and started running away. The kid on the ground was motionless for a good 5-7 seconds and then got up. I was afraid he had a concussion. Two of his friends came by and started yelling and asking what had happened and they ran off chasing the kid. It was a lot of commotion. Home Depot management came over and started to try and calm people down. I didn't know at first who had yelled "hey" because Chris was in front of me, and as we were talking about it in the store Chris said it was him. I was glad he did it because it made the kid stop, but it also made me realize that that was the first time I have ever heard Chris yell in the 4 1/2 years we've been together. So, good job Chris, good to yell only when you really need to :) It made me proud of him because it essentially stopped the fight. Chris also mentioned later about how it reminded him of Menace II Society (EXCELLENT movie, in my top 10-15 probably) when the two guys ran off to chase the guy who ran away and how you never really know how retribution will pay you back.
Now, back to the kitchen! Chris and I won't get to make dinner in our WONDERFUL kitchen until Sunday because tomorrow my dad and Wendy will be in town going through their storage unit picking out things to move to Boston in their now permanent apartment and we'll go out to dinner with them after and Saturday I'll be working utility at the Raiders game. But, Taco Sunday (as was our old tradition) awaits us with baited breath! :)
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