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S-L-O-W...

We went over to the new house early yesterday. Lisa and I immediately started on our list. Everytime Lisa started doing anything, the kids went crazy or started whining or got really clingy or.... By 10:30, she had enough - time to pack up the kids and get going...not going to accomplish anything here... Lisa and the kids left shortly after 11:00 (the tile guy talked her ear off). Lisa is very frustrated that the kids won't allow her to work when she gets over there...

I was moving along at a pretty good clip installing ceiling fans in the upstairs rooms. Then, I went down to shut off the breaker for one of the rooms when I got cornered by the tile guy. I got the whole story of how he left Italy, moved to Canada, moved to LA, ... Not sure how he got to Seattle... Heard about a lot of his big projects that he worked on too... If I wasn't busy trying to get the house ready, I'd probably enjoy listening to the stories and learning from him... After a l-o-n-g time, I managed to slip away and complete the fans.

After the fans, the plumber came to look at some of the hose bibs, the washer hookup, and some other things we need done around the house. It turns out that he was able to control the leaking of the hose bibs by replacing the washers inside. And the washer hookup was just a wrong part installed by the previous owner. Looks like they found a 1/2-inch gas shutoff and used it for the cold water. The plumber replaced it with a standard valve that we picked up at Home Depot. I'm not sure that I like the way he did it though and may replace it myself now that I know where the water shutoff is. As a matter of fact, I may try to do some of the other work myself rather than pay someone else to do it...unless it gets too close to move-in time...

So... The only other things that I got done were: put a deadbolt on the garage door, replaced the hinges on the back door (they had standard hinges that faced outward - which meant that anyone could pull the pins and remove the door...), and mapped the master closet for shelving...

I got to eat lunch at 4:00 in the afternoon. I really need to get more done today.

We planned to take a short break to take Mitch and Aly over to see the cows (pictured in an earlier post that I'm too lazy to link to...) and take some pics. That didn't happen. Looks like it might rain today but if it doesn't, we'll give it a shot this morning...

posted by Sam @ 7:54 AM