Saturday, August 13, 2005
Ain't No Cure...For The Summertime Blues
Well, I have managed to let summer completely pass by. These past few weeks have been extremely busy with working on the house we're moving in to. We've gotten a lot done, and have become very familiar with all of the product offerings at our local Lowe's store. First of all we bought some new lighting that our son Jonathan helped us install. I have been working very hard in the kitchen and pantry also. The pantry had been overrun with mice, so I've been doing a lot of cleaning and sanitizing, and...catching mice. We are also painting and remodeling the other rooms in the house. We want to get things pretty much the way we want them before moving in. Otherwise we'll never get it done.
We bought some Italian leather furniture for the living room. The lighter color makes the room look bigger. We also bought a chrome home theater system and added a black & chrome tv stand and speakers. On one wall we also have a piano and organ that have been there for many years. The piano will need to be tuned, and I have been working with the organ to get it back in playing shape. I opened the back and removed the remains of three dead mice and used some electronic component cleaner to clear out the dust. I am now just turning it on everytime I'm over, so that it gets used to being on and warming up. I tried playing it a few months ago, and it overheated a little. I just have to be patient with it, but I think that it will eventually be able to handle someone playing it.
The computer room is now a very nice beige color with a seascape border. We made some desks out of some old shelves and cabinets, so now we have Nintendo and Atari set up on one wall for children when they come over to visit. We also put together some white oak computer desks for when we get our computers moved over. I'm still looking for a nice set of bookshelves to finish out the room. We also have repainted a guest bedroom. This one has red carpet, so we painted it "air pink". This will have a butterfly/dragonfly decor, and we will be moving over the bedroom suite soon. This will also let us sleep over some on weekends so that we can get more work done.
There are two more rooms to remodel before we completely move in. We're trying to find someone to help us with replacing a ceiling fan and then we will be able to paint the next room. Once that's done, we are moving the bedroom suite out of the master bedroom and we can work on it. The floor needs to be jacked up because one of the walls seems to be settling in a little too much. Then we also have the matter of replacing the bathtub in the main bathroom. First of all, the roof needs to be patched in that general vicinity. We have found someone who will do that for us next month after the temperatures cool down. Miss Odessa had started remodeling the bathroom and there are wall panels in the garage that are ready to put up as soon as we replace the tub.
The swimming pool area is mostly ready. Marvin cleaned out the pool and we have been swimming quite a bit this summer. We moved all of our videotapes out to the area near the pool table. It took a couple of nights, because she had around 1500 tapes, 30 alone were of the first Gulf War. She continuously taped a satellite station that sent information back to the States. We will also be bringing over about 200 tapes of our own. I have already migrated my houseplants to the pool area along the sliding glass doors. I am planning to add some bamboo blinds to give it sort of a tropical look. We are trying to find someone who might be able to fix the pinball machines, and will probably add some more games like air hockey out in that area.
There's still a lot to be done, but we've made a lot of progress and should be able to get moved in within the next couple of months. Then our next mission is to prepare our house for selling. I see a lot of yard sales in my future...
We bought some Italian leather furniture for the living room. The lighter color makes the room look bigger. We also bought a chrome home theater system and added a black & chrome tv stand and speakers. On one wall we also have a piano and organ that have been there for many years. The piano will need to be tuned, and I have been working with the organ to get it back in playing shape. I opened the back and removed the remains of three dead mice and used some electronic component cleaner to clear out the dust. I am now just turning it on everytime I'm over, so that it gets used to being on and warming up. I tried playing it a few months ago, and it overheated a little. I just have to be patient with it, but I think that it will eventually be able to handle someone playing it.
The computer room is now a very nice beige color with a seascape border. We made some desks out of some old shelves and cabinets, so now we have Nintendo and Atari set up on one wall for children when they come over to visit. We also put together some white oak computer desks for when we get our computers moved over. I'm still looking for a nice set of bookshelves to finish out the room. We also have repainted a guest bedroom. This one has red carpet, so we painted it "air pink". This will have a butterfly/dragonfly decor, and we will be moving over the bedroom suite soon. This will also let us sleep over some on weekends so that we can get more work done.
There are two more rooms to remodel before we completely move in. We're trying to find someone to help us with replacing a ceiling fan and then we will be able to paint the next room. Once that's done, we are moving the bedroom suite out of the master bedroom and we can work on it. The floor needs to be jacked up because one of the walls seems to be settling in a little too much. Then we also have the matter of replacing the bathtub in the main bathroom. First of all, the roof needs to be patched in that general vicinity. We have found someone who will do that for us next month after the temperatures cool down. Miss Odessa had started remodeling the bathroom and there are wall panels in the garage that are ready to put up as soon as we replace the tub.
The swimming pool area is mostly ready. Marvin cleaned out the pool and we have been swimming quite a bit this summer. We moved all of our videotapes out to the area near the pool table. It took a couple of nights, because she had around 1500 tapes, 30 alone were of the first Gulf War. She continuously taped a satellite station that sent information back to the States. We will also be bringing over about 200 tapes of our own. I have already migrated my houseplants to the pool area along the sliding glass doors. I am planning to add some bamboo blinds to give it sort of a tropical look. We are trying to find someone who might be able to fix the pinball machines, and will probably add some more games like air hockey out in that area.
There's still a lot to be done, but we've made a lot of progress and should be able to get moved in within the next couple of months. Then our next mission is to prepare our house for selling. I see a lot of yard sales in my future...
