So one of the goals that SSH and I have set for our house is to not use herbicides or pesticides unless absolutely necessary. (Fire ant piles are one of the few things so far that’s been necessary) We use
Movin’ Right Along
The kitchen is de-wallpapered, plastered, primed, and painted. All 83 cabinets/drawers have new hardware (It only took my buying out THREE Home Stores to get enough.) The refrigerator is plugged in and working. The dishwasher has a new “stainless” front
Mud Flinging
First – @Steve – You’ll be happy to know that we moved our little mini fridge over to the new house today (having access to a pickup truck meant we moved a LOT of other stuff too), and that it
Making hay while the sun shines
Thursday we closed on the house. Friday, my dad and grandparents came with a truck of stuff from their storage unit that had been saved for us in the new house. Since their arrival, Spaceship Husband and I have been
ARGH
First round of re-inspection testing failed – the mold is still there. This is… not good.
Box Physics
When your stuff is put away in your house, it looks normal. As soon as you put open boxes and begin to pack your stuff, it expands to 3 times its original size. Once you close the boxes, you are
Problems with ROY G BIV
The actuality of the house is finally approaching – we’re scheduled to close on Thursday afternoon. Which means decision time on some big things like a fridge and washer/dryer and what color we’re actually going to re-paint these rooms (after
Waiting
I’m not very good at it. Which is odd, since I’m rather patient about most things in life. But we’re down to the last week-ish of this house-buying process, and it’s a little frazzling. Hurry up and do this and
Updatey Things
House stuff: As expected – the mold test results came back positive. Very positive in some cases – but all in very localized locations. Our… special seller’s original response was “well can we just get a contractor in to replace
Keeping my fingers crossed
One of the things we know about buying an older home (the one we want to buy was built in 1976), is that they usually have some issues. Those issues are compounded when the previous owner doesn’t truly care for