Trials and Fig-bulations
Fig House
Its my house. Yep. Every last bad colored wall, broken appliance, and small space. Every last tall grand tree, hosting space, and warm homey room.
With a ton of help from the family and Kelli, we've gotten all the wall paper down without any problem (they pealed right off). Grandma, Kelli and several others scrubbed the paste off and got the holes spackled and sanded. Then we painted. The colors on the walls are now several shades lighter than the original plan, but they look wonderful. My room is a bright sagey color and Kelli's is a silver dollar color, with a tiny hint of purple. The bathrooms are getting a make over too: the hall bathroom got a fresh coat of bright white instead of the unmatching green that clashed with the emerald green tile. It helps the tiny space alot. The master bath that was yellow and pink is now peaches and cream on the walls and the tile should be tan before long.
Our next move was to tackle pulled up the carpet. We called the gas company to come turn on the gas a week ago since they'd made a mistake and turned it off. During the lighting of the pilots, the alagasco guy noticed holes in the pipe. He gave me a number and sent someone to look at it. Sure enough, yep, bad pipes. So we had a friend of the family who owns a heating and air company check it out. Not only is it the pipes, but the furnace and AC are all old and in poor condition. There's leaks and holes and rust. The poor old lady was probably sicker than she should have been with all these problems! After a few busted nerves, headaches, grandpa wanting to the sue the inspector, and many phone calls, we believe Mr Corley has the paperwork to send to Old Republic Warranty to have them cover the bulk of having the pipes and units replaced. Phew. Once that's in, we can have better energy efficiency in the house and safely remove the carpet. We'll do some buffy and finishing and adding the quarter round. If there's time, energy and money left, we might replace the sink in the hall bath with something smaller.
Right now, I want to just get it all over with, be in the house, have the routines and budget set, and be able to finally relax. The meds have helped a bit, thats for sure!
Dog:
Mia's got this dog. Its a sheppard mix of sorts she got from the pound. He's a sweet 2 year old medium long hair that badly needs to leave the apartment in which he's trapped. Tanner and I have debated on and off about taking on the dog. Wes, Mia's boyfriend, has even offered to help with the floors in exchange. While its an unneeded expense, the alternative is the shelter and we had thought about getting a dog in the next couple of years anyways. Its a bad idea, but we're softies.
The Move:
We're not sure when we're moving. The furnace really put a hold on our plans. Once we're sure about the heating and air, we can decide on the floors. If we decide to do the floors, we'll move when those are finished. We have to be out by the end of November, but I'd like to be in by Thanksgiving. We'll see. We've taken over a few knick knacks and got a kitchen table. There's a coffee table and maybe a dining room table coming too, but we're not sure where exactly everything will go yet.
The Yard:
There's plans for landscaping, but right now, with all the problems, we will probably have to look at that in a year or so.
In the mean time:
I've been going to school. Dad's birthday went well, as did mine. Witches ball is coming up, as is Saimhain. There's gaming. Tanner unknowingly changed my character in Ravenloft tremendously. Egad. But we'll roll with it, no pun intended.
Meaningful Phrase: its so creepy now. "Goodness Gracious!"