Waiting.....

We are currently waiting for our permit from the City of Bonney Lake. I am going to give the contractor a name so I don't need to keep calling him "the contractor"; I'd also like to protect his identity a bit. My reasoning for protecting his identity is really very simple- I am withholding my thoughts on him until we are completing finished with our project. So, I am going to call him Glenn. So last writing, we were turned away from the City, unable to submit for permitting, until we get a few things. Glenn gets what he understood those things were, goes back to the City last week and is turned away again. Apparently there was a misunderstanding with the lady at the City (I would name her too- but I have no first hand information on her- it is merely hearsay, via Glenn.) Glenn thought she wanted only bona fide trusses information with a supporting letter, via PDF. Nope, she wants ALL information bona fide - meaning there had to be some official stamps from the company and everything on whatever documentation he was submitting. So, Tuesday of this week, Glenn returns to the city for the third time and is finally able to submit our drawings for permit! YIPEE- Huge step. I had asked Glenn earlier to find out how long the permitting process would be. He was afraid to ask at this point, but since I am currently his walking paycheck, he knew better than to leave there without some kind of indication as to when the permit would be completed. She said, the city lady, that since there was only her in the office, it would take about 3-4 weeks AND (quote) "please do not call, or have anyone else call on your behalf or the owners behalf as this will only deter me from my real job and that is to provide permits for the residents of the City of Bonney Lake." I can assure you if you call, you will be placed at the bottom of the list..... Okay- she didn't say the last part- but she may as well have- Glenn is actually scared of her!!! So we wait patiently for our permit.


Meanwhile, Nolan received a VIKING award today! (Bonney Lake Elementary Vikings). Last week we received a letter inviting us to school for an assembly to honor the students getting Viking awards. So, here is Nolan receiving his Viking award this morning from his principal- we are so proud!! His award was for being thoughtful and it was awarded by his teacher. She said he is a "thinker" and always finds herself saying "WOW good thinking Nolan!" (I cannot figure out how to get the pictures down here- so they are stuck up there..... I am so not a good blogger)

Oh- I also wanted to tell you something that Sophie said, which I thought was funny. I was putting her to bed tonight and we were talking about who is a girl and who is a boy. I was asking her things like is Nolan a boy or girl, is Chase a boy or girl, etc..... After I went through just about everyone we knew, and she would tell me correctly if they were a boy or girl, I got to the dog. I said Sophie- is Anjuu a boy or girl- she thought a moment and said "lady- Anjuu is a lady"!! This totally cracked me up!