Can't Wait for July to be Over!

July has been fraught with frustrations and setbacks.  The first of which includes hiring a surveyor to determine and certify the property boundaries.  It was supposed to be done back on June 24th.  Well it was finally completed on July 13th.  Apparently not only are our property boundaries old, but the City completed a stormwater project that moved the entire road out of its original alignment.  So all the measures from the original platt map were no longer consistent.  So it took multiple visits from the surveyor, and help from my neighbor with his property survey back in 1999.

Our AC unit decided to take a vacay for the second time this year. This time I decided to call A.B. May on the recommendation of a neighbor.   Unfortunately, the storm that rolled through the area last Tuesday night knocked out our power.  So A.B. May was not able to check our AC until the power was restored.  Our power did not get restored until late on Wednesday, so we had to wait until Thursday.  The food in our refrigerator, however, did not fare so well and most of it had to be thrown out.  I was glad that I had been too busy to go grocery shopping.

Next-the utilities lines locator contractor.  Well, the first time he came out, he didn't finish all the line locations because he claimed that the survey had to be completed, and there were too many bushes.  The second time he came out, all the different colored spray paint made it look a little more complete until........today.

Today was supposed to be the first day of putting in our new fence.  LD cleared all the vegetation, bushes, trees, etc along the property boundaries and was very ready to get started.  So on the very first hole---BAM!!  The auger ripped apart a gas line!!

A call to the Kansas Gas Service brought out a multitude of trucks and vehicles.  Turns out the utilities lines locator neglected to search the area near the house!  LD thought it was weird that there were no flags or spray paint near the house on the east side.  Well KGS claims that they don't search for or locate minor gas lines!  REALLY!!!!  Which also meant they were not going to repair it either.  KGS disconnected that particular gas line (which went out to the original gas lamp and a line to a grill), and capped off the pipe inside the house.

Not knowing how long the utility line locator would take to search for any additional lines they neglected to find the first time around, our fence contractor moved on to another job.  He is supposed to come back tomorrow.  Can anything else go wrong?  My fingers are crossed.  Hopefully by the end of the week we'll have a fence.