This weekend my fabulous other half helped me with the many house projects that befall us here, some so laden with ironicness (is that a word?) that we just have to laugh. While we were outside hanging the new side door light, Krista, dripping from the shower, appears holding a mysterious object saying "This fell out while I was in the shower." It turns out the object was the built in ceramic 1962 soap dish from her shower. It just randomly gave way and fell out. Back to Lowe's for the second time, where some fantastic men (one a shopper himself) talked us through how to reinstall it (plaster of paris and 100% silicone caulking). Lowe's is head and shoulders above Home Depot. So this weekend "we" (and by "we" I mean Bryan while I supervised and generally got in the way, unless I was being helpful and holding the flashlight):
- Put up a new outside light
- Re-installed the soap dish
- Mastered the rented carpet cleaner and cleaned the carpets and rugs
- Replaced 2 bulb fixtures that were broken in the attic and basement
- Tried to put new rails on a drawer (but we need one more Lowe's trip for a bracket)
We celebrated all of the successful projects with a yummy dinner at Dinosaur Barbecue. Just to sum up the house horrors, we also found out last week that the furnace has a crack in it and we need AN ENTIRELY NEW FURNACE. Please pray that this house sells quickly before more things break. It went back on the market with a new realtor on Friday.
On the up side, we did do some fun things this weekend. Friday night we did the Light the Night walk to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Bryan's best friend had non-hodgkins lymphoma in his early 20's (and is now doing well), and it's always nice to support causes that resonate personally. It's neat because it is done at night and everyone gets a lighted balloon. This is a horrible picture, but shows a couple of the lights in the dark.
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| From Sept 2007 |
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| From Sept 2007 |
Saturday Bryan, Krista and I went to the Hilton Apple Fest. Admittedly it was a bit disappointing as there were few apple things there. It was very odd! But they DID have Kelly's non-pasturized apple cider, which is just heavenly. Even better, it comes in these really cute little sippy things.
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| From Sept 2007 |
But despite the non-appleness of the Apple Fest, the weather was beautiful and it was nice to get out and wander and eat yummy fair food. Next weekend we're off to Toronto, so I'm sure I'll at least have some fun pictures from that.
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quick question, how did the rented carpet cleaner do? did it lift stains? we need to clean our carpets and I'm going back and forth about whether to do it ourselves or pay someone to come in and do it professionally. Thoughts??
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