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catsittingstill) wrote2009-02-14 07:27 am
catsittingstill) wrote2009-02-14 07:27 am
Camp is becoming more homelike
Well, we're mostly moved. There are a few bookcases that still need to be packed out, and most of the contents of the attic, and the carport (especially the canoe and bike stuff) but we're most of the way to being cleaned out of the old place, and we have till the end of the month to be packed out and gone, so I'd say we're comfortably ahead of schedule.
The new place is gradually becoming more homelike. The glorious addition of DSL (the modem wasn't supposed to arrive until yesterday but it actually arrived two days early) was a big improvement over the dialup ghetto we were living in before. Getting our desks assembled in the office so that we had a place to sit was also a quantum jump in homelikeness. Moving the rest of the kitchen (who'd have thought we'd miss the condiments and the dishwashing stuff so much? But the one day we didn't have them, we did.) was another jump.
Thank goodness for the paper "insta-curtains" they had at Lowes. They're basically this accordion-pleated paper stuff with an adhesive strip on the top pleat--cut to width with an exacto knife, peal the cover strip off the adhesive, and stick to the top of the window frame. They have two clips (a bit like clothespins) to hold them up and out of the way during the day, and at night you take the clips off and they accordion down to cover the windows so the neighbors can't see you wandering around in your pajamas. And they cost a trifle over 3$ each, which considering how many windows this house has, is a Very Good Thing. Eventually I will need to replace them with something real, but at least I don't have to worry about it right now.
There have been little surprises, like discovering that one of the garage windows was on the verge of falling out, but so far they've all been fixable.
And today I go pick up the used washer and dryer I bought in Knoxville. I wonder how hard they are to hook up?
The new place is gradually becoming more homelike. The glorious addition of DSL (the modem wasn't supposed to arrive until yesterday but it actually arrived two days early) was a big improvement over the dialup ghetto we were living in before. Getting our desks assembled in the office so that we had a place to sit was also a quantum jump in homelikeness. Moving the rest of the kitchen (who'd have thought we'd miss the condiments and the dishwashing stuff so much? But the one day we didn't have them, we did.) was another jump.
Thank goodness for the paper "insta-curtains" they had at Lowes. They're basically this accordion-pleated paper stuff with an adhesive strip on the top pleat--cut to width with an exacto knife, peal the cover strip off the adhesive, and stick to the top of the window frame. They have two clips (a bit like clothespins) to hold them up and out of the way during the day, and at night you take the clips off and they accordion down to cover the windows so the neighbors can't see you wandering around in your pajamas. And they cost a trifle over 3$ each, which considering how many windows this house has, is a Very Good Thing. Eventually I will need to replace them with something real, but at least I don't have to worry about it right now.
There have been little surprises, like discovering that one of the garage windows was on the verge of falling out, but so far they've all been fixable.
And today I go pick up the used washer and dryer I bought in Knoxville. I wonder how hard they are to hook up?
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There's a shutoff valve for the whole house in the crawlspace; if I remember right it's even a regular (outdoor) faucet handle rather than needing a wrench. But the downside is the shutoff is at the absolute opposite end of the crawlspace from the crawlspace entry...
There's also a place by the road it can be turned off; I think that one requires a wrench. I should probably figure out if one of the wrenches in Toolbox 1 (metal/electrical/bike) can do the job or whether I need to buy one.
Turned out no semblance of hoses came with the washer so I went to Lowes and bought some; I spotted the nice ones reinforced with braided wire and sprung the extra 12$ for them since I heard they were less likely to fail.
Thanks for the suggestions!