Lately we've been under construction. On our brand new home. Six weeks, and counting, if your'e curious. Long story short, we had a bad 'batch' of windows installed that caused countless problems over the winter till this spring they started leaking when the rain arrived. Puddles. On our brand new, 4 month old, window sills. Needless to say, things did not go well when we spoke to the window company. They've redeemed themselves. They gave us an upgrade from vinyl to fiberglass windows, and their insurance is paying for the work, re-stucco, siding trim work, dry wall fixes, painters (inside and out), window cleaning, etc. I knew it would take longer than the 2 weeks they originally quoted us. But we are sitting at 6 weeks...and although the end is in sight, its still a good week or two away. My kids are asking when Halloween is because I cannot decorate. There are no signs of any holiday visible in this mess. Not with our chan...