Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for June 11, 2015

It’s not like they’re flush with cash…

At least that way they’ll have an extra Bathroom for all the Wedding Guests!

If she thought planning the wedding would be tough, wait till she tries to have a bathroom built.

I think her colleague knows a bit more about builders and sub-contractors. I have heard some real horror stories. I wait with interest for the next few strips. :-))

Now check out Pearls Before Swine this morning. Fits in very well :-))

O mi gosh! And next she’ll plan the wedding at the house, and it will be all torn up by contractors who promised “It will be all done in 10 days!”

Be better to live in a separate house, Val. The one you’re living in is a zoo.

It’s easy if you hire someone to do it!

famous last words from Top Gear

Bwaaahaaahahahahahahahaha! Famous last words. Construction projects are a nightmare. Wait until after the wedding. Rena, you have a duty to warn Val!

It can’t be that hard, they do it all the time over a weekend on the DYI channel.Also, nothing is impossible for those that don’t have to do it.

Famous last words…

Oh, Val. Now you’ve done it. Or said it; just about the same thing here.

So. . . Here comes the next story arc.

You’ll find out soon Val.

Val — you don’t have nearly enough money to bribe a contractor to get something done in any kind of reasonable time period…

Right up there with “What can go wrong?”

For the strip’s premise they either live in her house or Phil’s aunt’s place is just enough bigger that they move down the street, but even that eliminates the over-fence chat. (Aunt would have been wanting to move into this great condo to cut out yard work and other maintenance, or join Val’s mom and stepfather in some project. Though personally I think she’ll go the “I consider you two my granddaughters and Joan’s kids- all three of you- my nephews and niece, and while you don’t have to call my “Grandma” or “Aunt” know that I am here if you ever need help that you can’t get over Skype” route, while at least one natural grandparent (have we seen Val’s first husband’s parents?) looks on approvingly.

She did NOT just say that?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Now you done it, Girl!

Oh, this promises to be entertainment of a high order. The only thing that could make it better is “We don’t have to hire a contractor. It’s a simple job. Let’s do it ourselves.”

And they’re getting married in July? It took us six months just to get the permit from the city to start!

I just thought of a doozy that happened to us. My husband contracted with a roofer (of sorts) to fix our leaky roof. Then we took off on a two-week vacation. Not a swift idea. After we left, the roofer and his guys shambled off to another job and left our roof half torn up and uncovered. Then heavy rains came and did all kinds of damage. I just asked my husband about it, and he said, “They didn’t think it would rain. They didn’t think, period.” That was an expensive lesson for us.