haaahaha...i now don't feel so bad knowing that a family of squirrels has taken up residence in my garage. good thing my garage is not attached to the house. but they have torn a huge hole in the back of my garage, and it seems that they are not even scared of me anymore. when i go in the garage, the mother squirrel does not even move from her spot up in the rafters. i swear today that one of them was waiting for me on my back porch....wtf?? thankfully my husband has just bought a giant assault rifle type pellet gun and is excited to use it. the squirrels have done so much damage to our garage, i almost feel like we might as well tear it down and build a new one. they have ripped down ALL the insulation, and the holes are ridiculous. so...good luck to all you squirrel hunters out there...and just remember...they might be cute..BUT THEY ARE STILL RATS!!!!

Plan where your faucet and other cut outs will go. We were still debating positions and the number we wanted while they were setting the slab. Make sure your floors are protected, they got a little drop of some kind of adhesive on our hardwood floor, which took a little elbow grease to remove.But it did come off. Good luck, it is very exciting!!

aklvdb, does it make you feel better to hear that: -Our above fridge cabinet was installed wrong and has to be moved back 3/4" -We thought it was also too short, but it looks like after flooring, it's okay (a little boy-who-cried-wolf going on) -The surround for our washer and dryer aren't straight and are off 1/2", but since granite has been templated, we're going to leave it -The opening for the range is about 1/16"-1/8" to small, someone is coming at 8am to work it out before granite is installed at 10am, I hope -We switched from built in micro to speed oven and it may not fit in the installed cabinet. Waiting for call back to see if it will fit or if we have to switch back to micro. -It's been a struggle to find someone willing to put in our vent hood and innerds, icemaker line, and cut the opening for our speed oven or micro. Those are off the top of my head, all the last three days, IIRC. Hang in there.

I suggest that you go in with more than a mention. Oil companies have massive amounts of money and could financially, easily put in another road. But putting in a road involves rights of way, and sometimes land purchase which can translate into a long waiting time to drill which I can assure you is not going to happen. Before you go in, see if you can get some info/suggestions about alternative routes so it will look to the commission like any possible road change is doable in a reasonable amount of time. Don't make the mistake of thinking that any oil or state commission is on your side. You can get concessions, sometimes, but they involve planning and work on your part before you ever walk in and propose them. The trick to getting concessions from the commission/oil companies is to look at the world with their eyes, and to suggest changes that are quick and efficient and will shield them from possible liability, like a safer road. Morals isn't going to get it so try for the effective changes. They will spend money but do not want to spend time. And go in prepared, if you show up and just whine you are going to get ignored and you will have lost your 'first impressions' advantage. And, one more suggestion. If the trucks are not flying but actually doing the speed limit, don't overstate your case; it may be that a suggestion by the commission might be made to change custody/location of the child if there are no records of accidents but your son insists that the current setup is dangerous. Don't open a can of worms you can't close. If you agree that oil has bought up all the politicians, and your grandson's location might hold up a well, and that could be changed by an oil bought politician asking a judge to make a custody change, well you see where this is going. If there are police records of accidents in that area, however, that is powerful info bring records of the reports with you.