forgive the picture quality. it was taken at about 9pm last night, on my phone, with the aid of work lights, which i'm pretty sure could land commercial aircraft.
so, we're in the house. not living there, but we have keys. ;) we learned friday evening that our neighbor's property line goes right up to our driveway. which means bryan has to plant fence posts in the driveway. that's going to be fun, isn't it? if you want to help, by all means, call me - you're more than welcome to join.
saturday morning we trucked over to the new house with supplies. my parents showed up to help out. while mom primed the living room and dining room, dad and bryan ripped out some cabinets and moved a gas line. bryan spent the afternoon with his buddy dirk and a 2 man auger, drilling 2.5 ft deep holes for fence posts. it took them a little while to get the hang of it, but once they got going they made good progress. our appliances were delivered (woohoo!), and they are gorgeous. i managed to convince bryan that we needed to pull down the full wall of wallpaper in the master before painting. i ended up skipping a trip to chicago to visit a friend who was in town in order to stick around and help out, even though i couldn't do everything. i ended up doing a lot nontheless. pretty much everything we want to paint got primed, with the exception of the master bedroom. we dragged our butts home around 10:30pm for some frozen pizza (you know i was tired and desparate) and then fell into bed.
sunday morning we got up as early as we could. i headed to the new house to spackle and tape, then back to the old house to pack up whatever i could. bryan and dad spent the morning digging more fence post holes. they completed the back and side, holes dug and posts cemented in. dad also did some electrical work, and bryan ran some new plumbing to the new fridge for our ice maker (with options for 3 sizes of cubes, fancy schmancy). we found a broken part on the fridge and a missing gas connector for the stove. mom and shannon had found a way to strip wallpaper without chemicals (diluted fabric softener), so we spent about 4 - 5 hours yesterday doing that. it was easy, just tedious and time consuming. it's down now, though, which is great. i have a feeling though that the room will smell like fabric softener for some time to come. bryan got the color cut in in the dining room, and it is going to be great!
today i am working and mom and bryan are laboring. he is working on getting fence panels up, and they're also working on painting the master bedroom. mom washed the previously wallpapered wall with chemicals to remove the glue, which i am sure was fun. last i heard, it was almost all primed, and they were starting on paint for the ceiling. that's the one room we have to finish up tonight before the movers come tomorrow! shannon got off of work early so, lucky her, she doesn't get out of painting today, muhaha. i need to head to the appliance store to get the gas connector, and they've ordered us a replacement for the broken drawer part we need. i think i'm also going to order the silk for the bedroom drapes, since i didn't pick that up when shan, mom, and i spent 3 hours at joanns last week poring over fabrics. i also need to call for big trash and brush pick up. funny story, i called atlanta watershed management to find out why they sent me a water bill (albeit for a credit) even though i closed my account in march (and didn't receive anything in april or may). atlanta watershed management is seriously f'd up. turns out even though they closed my account in march, they billed me for april and may on the final bill. so i am due an even larger credit! the nice gentleman i spoke with is actually in the billing dept, he was helping out on the phones. so he's going to help me out. i am sooooo lucky to have gotten someone smart. last time i had to call about a problem (they were billing me for *2* houses and the bill was over $1000), i got some snippy little queen who refused to help.
tomorrow is moving day. the movers show up around 9am. i'll be in IL again until wednesday night, which is unfortunate. then i get to unpack all our stuff, which is exciting. next saturday bryan is going to rent whatever it is he needs to core holes in the concrete to get that fencing up. that may suck a bunch. hannah arrives sunday though! we're pretty excited about that. we've got a busy july planned. and we're cramming as much into this week as possible so we don't have to do too much house stuff while she is here.
nothing else to say. home depot is our new favorite store. they may get to know us by sight there. luckily, it's not far, though it sure wouldn't hurt if there was one closer. i'm pretty beat, and i haven't even been doing the hard work. makes it tough when the baby gets all my blood! speaking of baby, i think he wants a candy bar. i wonder if an orange will suffice instead...
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