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July 8th, 2009
06:31 pm - Minor Accomplishments
Got an offer of a bed at a con, so bought tickets and a registration. And plans for next year with a different con. I'll pack for the con this weekend tomorrow, as I'm taking the car (and I have a second key to loan to whoever is driving my car).
Started the lawnmower. Apparently part of my problem was not realizing how high tech this one is, so I didn't know about the deadman's switch. Or how to use the self propelled part. At least it is new enough that I can start it without needing to use my legs, because I couldn't hold down the dead man's switch and crouch down.
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July 5th, 2009
08:16 pm - Housewarming, Plan 2
Saturday, July 18, at 4 pm until people all leave. I'll provide plates, silverware and cups. Also soda (MD, whatever else is around), beer and whatever's in the liquor cabinet (possibly a ameretto sampling later). Also, will have propane grill (if someone can volunteer to help grill. I have done little and Lawnchair is veggie and out of practice). I will try to have chips and snacks.
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July 4th, 2009
07:18 pm - Small Blessings
4th of July makes me happy I have cats and not dogs. Grep's stopped even bothering to wake up for the firecrackers.
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July 2nd, 2009
01:31 pm - Modern Housewife
Move is done, keys are in. We'll see how much damage deposit we get back. I get to start job hunting soon. Not happy. But not this week.
Busy day today. Emptied the dishwasher, put dirty dishes in. Started laundry. Sorted fabric stash (a bit). About to sew ties on the bedroom door curtain (lets cats through, but keeps AC in).
So have Rush playing Tom Sawyer. On Rockband.
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June 18th, 2009
01:23 pm - Temperture is 92 and I Have No AC
The electrician is back, swapping out our circuit breaker. Glad we got it done quickly, because it turns out we've been stealing power for our central air. We knew it skipped the circuit breaker box and went straight to the meter box, but we thought it was on our side of the meter. Yeah.
I've been trying to amuse myself in low energy ways (to stay cool) that don't require power. Thankfully I have a laptop and my neighbor's wireless. Mostly been reading. I'm proud of myself, I fixed the zipper on my travel backpack. Turned out to be a lot easier than I expected (no missing teeth, slider had somehow come off one side).
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June 17th, 2009
09:31 pm - Three Random Things
Housewarming Party is being moved back a week. I've agreed to go to Tokyo in Tulsa on the 10th, and won't be around. It would be mean of me to plan a party and then leave it all to Lawnchair. More details closer.
I'm ready to make an order to Dharma for silk. Any one else local want anything?
I love paperbackswap. Its a great way to get rid of books because I know that they're going to someone who wants them. And I get credits for books I want. Most importantly, you can wishlist books. It is a great way to get semi obscure out of print midlist books without constantly hitting the used book store. I sent out six books yesterday (most of a series to one person), and found out someone is getting rid of Paratwa (books 1 and 2 of the trilogy are easy to find, book 3 not so much).
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08:14 pm - Gotta Admit
I love a good AMV. So here's Tenchi to Pretty Fly for a Rabbi.
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June 12th, 2009
10:22 pm - In the News
Yep, that's my ship. Taking out the Chinese subs with sonar.
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11:14 am - Living in the City
Yesterday evening, I was surfing the internet while Lawnchair ate dinner. First I heard sirens, and commented that I hear them more often here than the old house as we're closer to major streets. Then I heard a helo, and commented that I hoped the two noises weren't related. About 15 minutes later, I was outside and saw the helo take off from playground a few blocks away. Finally, I noticed a firetruck with its lights on redirecting traffic.
So if you're going to bike, please wear your helmet. Potholes don't respect anyone, and you might just survive long enough to be airlifted because of your second near fatal bike accident.
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June 11th, 2009
08:59 pm - Drinking Again
Good: Mixed Berry Cordial tastes nummy with a bit of Screech (dark rum).
Bad: Out of Mixed Berry Cordial. I wonder if the rasberry I made today would taste good with rum? Or making the cordial with dark rum?
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June 6th, 2009
01:45 pm - Still At It
Lawnchair hauled the washer and dryer over this morning. Of course, it started to rain just as we got back to new house, and managed to rain just long enough for us to get everything in. I also got my Cindys, and trimmed some bushes so the electricians can work next week.
One of the good bits of moving is that it gets me to sort and clean stuff. Today I got rid of the extra spices (do I need three large jars of parsley, all of which are at least four years old? No) and washed down my spice rack (I have a lazy susan with my most commonly used spices next to the stove, the rest is up on shelves next to the stove). I now live within walking distance to hippy grocery and they have bulk spices, so I refilled some the spices we were out of (chili, rosemary and ground cloves). I remembered that I didn't actually get all the spices from the old house, so more tomorrow.
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June 5th, 2009
08:25 pm - Six Months and a Week
Since I got married and bought the house, respectively. I think house buying is more serious. We're about 2/3s moved in. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) verminiusrex helped with the table and desk of doom last night. Kitchen is probably the most of what's left, though Lawnchair's computer corner is going to take quite a bit of work. But it is really starting to look like a home, while the old place is looking sad, dirty and small. I do not deserve the place we got.
Who's interested in coming by for a housewarming on July 11? I'll make snacks.
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June 3rd, 2009
11:20 am - Slow Day
I should be over packing up more stuff, but I'm not feeling up to it. Doing more slow unpacking of stuff I've already hauled over. You'll be happy to know the liquor cabinet has been established (in the nice glass fronted cabinet in the kitchen, so every one can see I enjoy buying hard alcohol). Should do bathroom stuff next, but I'm thinking a nap.
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June 1st, 2009
10:50 am - Should Be Unpacking
Today's task is to sort through my clothes and put them away. I'm also taking this as the time to swap my wardrobe from winter clothes to summer (put away sweaters, unpack thin skirts and dresses). However, the upstairs is the hottest part of the house, and today will be a warm one. So I just shut up the windows and turned on the central. Figure I might as well try it out. Rest of the week should be cooler.
Meanwhile, decided to check out the wikipedia article on SCA. Most of the photos are from Northshield, and so include Mistress of Doom several times and a couple others I recognize in the background.
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May 31st, 2009
12:21 pm - Starting to Look Like Someone Lives Here
Hauled over a load last night and another this morning. Planned system to move one room at a time got nixed after wet floor debacle, now just hauling over a truck load of stuff twice a day (during the coolest times, summer has started) and unpacking during the heat. Most of the dressers are over and about half the clothes.
My library is going to be awesome. All the books other than the paperbacks are over. Wall to the left (south) of the doorway is hardcovers. Manga and hardcovers are the west wall, with space for a futon in between them below the window (reading spot or guests). North and east walls will be paperbacks. There's even room for a fifth shelf of paperbacks, and a spot for a small shelf or table under the north window.
I've started a list of furniture to look for this summer (note to locals who are moving/cleaning or spot something awesome). Wardrobe (costumes, fabric), couches (preferable two), sauder bookshelf (preferably white, sauder because I know how to maximize it for space), coffee table (blond wood, not ugly), futon (Lawnchair wants one for his office) and probably other stuff. Fairly ridiculous list, and NFM showed me why I'd rather get it used.
Cats are mostly used to new place now. I think having more of their stuff around helps. They don't like getting locked in the lower half, but it really helps with moving in large stuff (furniture is moved straight to the rooms, but most boxes are being moved to the garage for sorting during the hot part of the day).
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May 30th, 2009
03:33 pm - Blow by Blow
Went to Nebraska Furniture Mart (not actually in NE) for a bed. Was amazed how much a mattress is new, but got one (and not the absolute cheapest, but the slightly more one that they kept trying to tell us was a good deal. It felt right to me). We discussed craigslisting, but I didn't want to deal with hauling it into the house. Lawnchair twisted his ankle the last time he tried to move in a queen sized mattress back when we first moved in together in 2000. Damn it, I'm getting a mattress that has never been used before. And a box spring.
Lawnchair packed up one of his dressers into trash bags this morning when he was over at old place. Neither of us thought of the 'nip slugs he kept with his socks. Bear figured it out (though he did remove the slug without spreading laundry all over. Bear's in a better mood. Tempted to try it with my pillow turtle (Lju is still hiding under my pillow. But she moves around with it ontop of her).
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11:11 am - Moving Update
Brought a load of furniture and stuff in this morning. I've been unpacking/sorting while Lawnchair is dealing with old house and landlord (he wanted to do some cleaning of the rest of the house before she got there). Also brought over Lju and Barry.
Barry managed to find the same corner that all the others had, between a wall and one of the desks that was left behind. Unlike Grep, he wasn't able to turn around. Now that I've shifted the desk over so he could out, he's been wandering a bit. He seemed to be a fan of the garage. I took Lju over to the bed for some cuddling (learned that they do better on the bit of the house that smells like home) and she's now hiding under my pillow. Spent twenty minutes looking for Grep after we brought over stuff and found her on top of the kitchen cabinets. She can make her way down when she's ready.
I've got one bookshelf unpacked (manga/to read/to give away). Also got most of the DVDs on the shelf. Wiped off my wrought iron knicknacks/fountains and they look good on the mantle (for now). Next up is the nonfiction shelves. And cuddling cats.
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May 29th, 2009
08:26 pm - First Problem Found
And the good news it isn't with the house we just bought. Bad news is my nice Persian rug is ruined.
First things to be moved into the new place are cats (Grep and Grok, other two will come later) and a bed to sleep on for tonight. As we were hauling the bottom futon pad to the truck, I noticed a nasty mildew smell and then found the mildew spot. Decided then not to haul that one to the new place. Went back to the bedroom to check out what happened. Found that the little futon pad was nasty. Pulled it up and found the bedroom rug was nasty, followed by my nice rug (carefully hidden away to be safe from the cats), and the hardwood floor.
Decided to walk away before it all hit (still hasn't). I'm buying a bed tomorrow (we'd talked about it, but I'm sure now.) We're also going over with landlord to document it all (she's going to have to claim this on insurance, if I can find the paperwork I'm going to try to get money for the rug).
Umm.. fuck?
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01:49 pm - I am a House Owner
The foundation work is already done. Kitchen is clean, and we're off to go pick up new locks. And lunch.
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May 28th, 2009
06:14 pm - Life Lessons
I apparently have strong opinions about the taste of Mountain Dew, and don't much like it changed. Or in other words, MD throwback is not for me. Ick.
House tomorrow. We picked up the downpayment check and had our final walkthrough this afternoon. We introduced ourselves to some of the neighbors to the east of the house. Two nice older couples, one of which have been married for less than two years (widowed high school friends). Foundation guys just called with an opening, so it looks like our issues will be dealt with quickly. Umm.. otherwise, I'm nervous and excited.
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