home depot must die

i can't write much, because i think it might be 600 degrees upstairs in our house and i'm pretty sure thats not healthy.

but today i had a moment of anger. i have been soooo excited about putting new flooring and a countertop in our kitchen. (i love you mom, but that purple is uuugly.) we got some money from the taxman (yeah for the taxman!) and decided to go ahead with it. we went to home depot last week and they quoted a price. it was decent so we went ahead with having everything measured and an official quote done up and it came in at twice what they said it would.

i was tres, tres unhappy. (still am, come to think of it.) a lot of the stuff the first lady said was included is, indeed, not included. which isn't a big deal because we can do it ourselves or ask someone for help. and removing those things from the quote does take a good chunk off the price (not as much as it should, but still a lot). but, seriously, how do you screw it up THAT badly?

tim offered to boycott "the depot" and i appreciate the sentiment. but i'm pretty sure he didn't really mean it. he holds a deep love for building materials that goes beyond brotherly love.