Wooot!!!

My toilet flushes!!!
Chinook, a beautiful red husky, came to live with me this evening. I think he and I are going to be good friends, as long as I can manage to keep him dry. This little boy doesn't like the water.

Update

Cherry Bombs- thank you for all the kind words- you guys are the best- and yes the next cherry bomb party, my housewarming, will be here- so if y'all will be in the area let me know-I know BCB and McB are kayaking to Hawaii but the invite is open for the rest of the Cherry Bombs. We're having a cream can and a few kegs of beer at my place September 2. I hear Scope Dope and a few of the other furiners asking what a cream can is. Gotta admit, didn't have a clue when I got here. You take the cream can (large metal can used by farmer 40-70 years ago to take cream and milk to market) and fill it full of sausages, potatos, corn on the cob and other good things, throw in a beer, cook it over fire until it steams, and then have a grand old time. Oh, and since I only have one lawn chair you'd better bring your own, I don't think we'll all fit.

bathroom floor got all the old carpet and vinyl up- the really hard part was the previous owner was staple gun happy with the carpet padding. Didn't think I was ever going to get the staples dug out. Got the 1/4" ply wood layed down and screwed in. And since there were no shut offs for the sink those got installed. Then the fun began. The portland cement based floor laymant that is used to even things out got mixed. After multiple batches, and multiple attempts at smoothing, I have a floor that is ready for the next step, the application of peel and stick tile. Which is tomorrow's job. Along with putting back the toilet in my one bathroom house. And, hopefully, finding the cable for my camera.

pics

So, I gave up on blogger and went to photobucket to host images.


The front of the new house. It's not as green now as it was then. I'm too cheap to water the grass that often.







Looking from the front door, through the living room to the kitchen.


This is the way the bathroom looked when I purchased it. the shower curtain was dark, there were two yucky storage units, the medicine chest was a cheap laminate item, the towel bar was dirty wood. It is 4 foot wide, ten feet long, and has 9.5/10 feet ceilings- It's like being in the belly of a snake.



Okay, all together now say, "Craft Room." It's going to be such fun. I can barely wait to get all my stuff organized. And I can spill glitter and no one is going to get grumpy. Wooot!!



You can't really tell from this photo, but the back patio area (the lower roof) is large and covered. The backyard itself is large and weed covered. I've got to get the weeds knocked down soon. Since I have a chain link fence in the back the weeds are visisble and this could get me a ticket from the weed patrol if I don't get on with it.

Blogger doesn't get milk tonight

Blogger is copping attitude. I am trying to finally post some pics, and it keeps telling me I have cookie issues. I've gone in and changed the setting to allow blogger to set cookies but it still isn't happy. I don't really like allowing just anyone and their trained monkey to set cookies on my computer. Guess I'm off to find a geek to see if there is a compromise between what I want and what they want.

So, I went over to blogger help- after reading some, "It worked for me when..." posts I nuked cookies which didn't work, I restricted cookies, I cleared the cache, I allowed all cookies- I did everything my poor little brain can think of and still no images.

the floor goes on

Got up the carpet and the pad- the dirt under the pad was horrible. The carpet was gross. The bad news is that the floor itself seems to be rotted under the vinyl flooring next to the tub. The rest seems to be in good shape. So, now the question is: Do I ignore it? Do I cut it out and re build the floor? Do I have faith that the repairs that are visible as part of the basement ceiling are done well and that the tub won't fall through into my crafting or that I won't fall through into my crafting? I think the area under the tub is sturdy, it's just the wood floor in front of the tub at the corners that are yucky. Too many decisions. I need beer or wine or vodka and some brainless conversation. Off to find my favorite lushes.

Bathroom carpet

Floor Okay, the bathroom carpet is up- the stuff was stuck to the carpet in the kitchen- so now my kitchen carpet is just going to hang there, worse it has a nail strip under it, oh well. I'm getting ready to tear out the carpet padding and nail strips. Too much fun. The old flooring under the carpet is gross. I now need to decide how gross. If it's only a little gross I can just use a little floor float to even things up. If it's as gross as I'm thinking it might be then I get to go get 1/4" plywood and relay the floor. Yuck.

Fridge The fridge doesn't stink anymore. The metal shelves cleaned up pretty good after soaking in bleach water overnight. The plastic shelves are in fairly good shape after soaking over night. The drawers went into the bleach water last night and are still there. I'm going to throw them and the plastic shelves into the truck and take them to the car wash tomorrow. It has more pressure than the garden hose and will get the dead stuff that's stuck in the tracks out.

pix lost a cable in the move. I'm going to try to figure out how to make everything play nice with each other later, right now it's still kinda warm in here.

Fridge Parts

Okay, I've spent quite some time this afternoon working on the fridge and its associated parts. The end result is they still stink, but I'm getting there, or my nose is becoming numb. I'm going to leave some of the parts soaking in a trash can of bleach water for a few hours and I'll see what they're like when I get home tonight. Hopefully that and the baking soda in the fridge itself will do wonders for making it all happy and sweet.

It's the little things

Builder Boy was one of the many people who helped me move this weekend. (Yes, I know, I owe y'all big.) After getting most of the stuff from there to here we went shopping. (I think I melted the debit card.) But the important thing is that I now have door handles/locks that no one else has the key for. It really is the little things that make it feel like it's yours, and you're not just visiting.

Tonight I got a fridge for free, well almost free. It needs some cleaning, but for the price of a scrub brush, some bleach, and some baking soda it's mine!

Home Sweat Home

So, I did it. After years of renting I finally decided to become an adult and buy a house. What was I thinking? This is expensive! Luckily I have friends with tools and knowledge so I should be able to get through this okay.

The first project is the bathroom. I figured it would never be dryer or easier to paint than after sitting empty for a few months. What started out as a quick paint job has turned into a nightmare. But this too shall pass.