Well, we punched those last two sonofabitch sharks square in the nose. We are cleared to close on the house with only minor details to wrap up between now and September 8th. At last, we can drift for a while.<\/p>\n
*heavy sigh*<\/b><\/p>\n
Lady and I scheduled some time to go and take measurements at the house yesterday. We originally intended only to measure the windows so we could order wood blinds while they are on sale and obscenely inexpensive, but we ended up measuring the entire interior of the house, making notes as to the positioning of the doors and windows. Then, being the OCD duo that we are, we immediately sat down and created a computer-generated scale drawing of the house so we can figure out where all of our scale modeled furniture will fit in the floor plan. That will save us a tremendous amount of time moving crap around when we go to put it all in the house.<\/p>\n
I told you, we’re very detail oriented people (aka, obsessive).<\/p>\n
We’ve got our colors picked out for painting, and I’m not looking forward to removing the existing wallpaper that’s up first. I. Hate. Wallpaper. Fortunately, it’s not on every wall of the house, just a few.<\/p>\n
I’m am, however, looking forward (oddly enough) to wiring the place for phone, Ethernet and cable tv. The elderly couple didn’t have cable tv, and only two phones in the entire house with hideously antiquated wiring leading to them. I get to pull it all from scratch. I am going to wire the house in a logical and high-tech manner utilizing the fanciest of telephone and video distribution technology, as well as a patch panel that will allow me to switch my lines between telephone and Ethernet as needed.<\/p>\n
There are a handful of other things that need doing before we can move in, but no really major projects — just a little updating. The kitchen and bathroom need modernizing, but that can come later \u2013 everything works just fine for now.<\/p>\n
The time creeps closer, my children. We will actually be able to have people over to our<\/i> place for a change, and believe me, our place is designed for having fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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