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We're in the house, there's lots of work going on. We still have no internet access or phone and since B's off work this week anyway and webmail isn't working (though his server is up because I can get to our photo album) we won't have any e-mail access. I can get online from work and get access LJ, though.
Once there is time I'll post more details about our whole experience - the high level description:
It took forever for the sellers to get out of the house.
They were big slobs.
We've already ripped up rugs and wallpaper. Our living room is already wired, the dumpster showed up this morning, lots of paneling has been taken down (to find plaster in good condition behind it) and the guys have already wired the living room and should make a lot of progress on the 2nd floor today (they found an easy way to run wire from the basement to the 2nd floor so they may even finish it today).
We've already found some old military medals (a friend thought they were from Vietnam) and some baseball cards from the 1960's.
We have a cruddy refrigerator and an old rusty and dented washing machine to throw out in the trash on Thursday. Needless to say, we won't be selling our fridge until the fall when we buy the new one to go with the kitchen remodel.
Our new electrical service goes into the basement either today or tomorrow (so we'll have a washer and dryer hooked up finally, woo hoo)!
We'll be getting our new stove hooked up (hopefully) this Friday or next Monday so we cut out the crappy non-working range top in the kitchen this weekend.
Our cat is doing OK though he's freaked out with the noise and dust so he's been hanging out in the walk-in closet in our bedroom.
We've met some neighbors and they were really cool - the guy across the street (next to the cop) is a contractor named Vinnie. He offered us use of tools if we needed them :)
Crazy crazy crazy on Sunday with the huge Brazilian population and world cup. I have never seen anything so wild before!
I'm a bit tired :) If people need to get in touch with us for the next couple of weeks just call B's cell phone. Or, comment in here and I can check it from work.
Once there is time I'll post more details about our whole experience - the high level description:
It took forever for the sellers to get out of the house.
They were big slobs.
We've already ripped up rugs and wallpaper. Our living room is already wired, the dumpster showed up this morning, lots of paneling has been taken down (to find plaster in good condition behind it) and the guys have already wired the living room and should make a lot of progress on the 2nd floor today (they found an easy way to run wire from the basement to the 2nd floor so they may even finish it today).
We've already found some old military medals (a friend thought they were from Vietnam) and some baseball cards from the 1960's.
We have a cruddy refrigerator and an old rusty and dented washing machine to throw out in the trash on Thursday. Needless to say, we won't be selling our fridge until the fall when we buy the new one to go with the kitchen remodel.
Our new electrical service goes into the basement either today or tomorrow (so we'll have a washer and dryer hooked up finally, woo hoo)!
We'll be getting our new stove hooked up (hopefully) this Friday or next Monday so we cut out the crappy non-working range top in the kitchen this weekend.
Our cat is doing OK though he's freaked out with the noise and dust so he's been hanging out in the walk-in closet in our bedroom.
We've met some neighbors and they were really cool - the guy across the street (next to the cop) is a contractor named Vinnie. He offered us use of tools if we needed them :)
Crazy crazy crazy on Sunday with the huge Brazilian population and world cup. I have never seen anything so wild before!
I'm a bit tired :) If people need to get in touch with us for the next couple of weeks just call B's cell phone. Or, comment in here and I can check it from work.
