The girls have been working hard to get the upstairs ready. Tonight, they decided to start painting!
The East and West walls, plus the ceilings, will be this grey green. The North and South walls will be in a red.
Hard to believe these walls were washed with TSP.
The Re-farmer
Today, I started on the master bedroom.
Wow.
I focused first on the “linen” closet. There was also a row of shelves with cloths I wanted to empty.
Part way through, as I pulled items down from higher in the closet, I was perplexed by the sound if things hitting the carpet, like rain. I eventually clued in that it was mouse shit.
Joy. I guess I should have been wearing mask and gloves.
Feels like a long day today… and it’s not even 7pm as I start this.
We did a whole lot of water heating this morning to be able to wash up. I dug around a cupboard and found a stock pot. After cleaning out the dead bugs, it was a big help in getting decent quantities of water heated.
It’s actually a good pot. Part of a newer set. A cannibalized set, seeing as how there seems to be only one lid, and I’m not even sure that’s part of the set.
I now have two pots to cook with, along with the frying pans my husband and daughter bought. Yay!
There have been some other finds along the way. We have generally been avoiding the kitchen cupboards as much as possible. My older daughter spotted this today.
We have ghosts in a jar in our cupboard?
It’s a magical fairyland out there this morning.
We managed to all make the trip into The City today. Unfortunately, my husband misunderstood our breaker issues and didn’t realize it wasn’t on anymore. He showered. The water got so cold, it was painful.
Growing up in the house, I remember before the New Part was built, and we had no running water. So I can at least appreciate we don’t have to haul water from the pump shack every day. We can easily, if inconveniently, heat water for bathing. Theoretically, we can go to my brother’s place. He has generously offered the use of his shower. None of us are quite ready to travel the quarter mile to infringe on him, though. It would be too difficult for my husband, anyhow. Especially since he has not been able to fill one of his prescriptions for pain meds. There has been a screw up on his insurance and until it gets fixed, we can’t afford it. This makes any outing, like today’s, incredibly difficult. But he got to see his dad. So he was willing. He just stayed in the van for the rest of the trip.
The girls bought their paint and supplies for the upstairs. Some more hauling, patching and scrubbing the walls, and they are ready to go.
We got a Costco trip in, too, so we are stocked up for the next while. I even got more filters for the fish tank. They will last long enough for our 90 gallon tank to get here. During packing, a part of the big filter’s hose assembly broke, so we won’t be able to set it up completely until I find someplace that stocks the brand.
After discussion, we have decided we can be ready enough to have our stuff delivered by around the eighth. Originally, we were thinking the eleventh or so. However, we really need our stuff. One pot cooking and having only one useable kitchen knife – barely – is getting a bit much. Plus, it will be nice to have the rest of our clothing. And our own beds! I’ve been sleeping on the couch lately. My husband is spasming and twitching from pain so much in his sleep, he needs the whole bed.
Meanwhile, I just have to share another cat picture. I fed the outside cars before we left, and they did this.
For some reason, they all crowded around the one bowl and ignored the other. Lol
Now that we have internet, I am going to try and share some video I took in another post. Uploads on satellite are notoriously slow, so if you don’t see the video post, that’s because it failed! 😅
The Re-farmer
We had hot water today. We did. All day.
When I went to wash up before bed, it was ice cold. So I checked the new breaker. It was tripped.
I went to flip it on again, there was a huge spark in the panel, and it immediately tripped again.
I left it.
Damn.
The Re-farmer
I am now posting this using our new internet connection!
The top speed is supposed to be 10mbps, but the guy says average is 6-8mbps. My husband has a speed tested on his phone.
He was getting 14.
Yay!
We still need to be careful, as our plan maxes out at 100g of data per month. So no World of Warcraft. But my daughter will be able to upload her art.
Now we can reduce the extremely expensive data plan on our phones that we were using to connect with (only my husband’s LG phone got a strong enough connection for the WiFi hot spot).
No more waving our phones around in the corner of the living room, trying to get a signal.
I’m so excited! Finally!!!
The Re-farmer
During the drive over, our poor jade plant suffered from the cold. Most of the leaves shriveled and before long, entire branches started falling off.
But, there is hope for it yet.
The Re-farmer
Today will be our third attempt to get internet. The installer should be here within the next hour or so.
With the living room carpet done, we have started to put things where we intend them to stay. The tv still needs to be set up again, though that will be changed when our console arrives. I just cleared the table it was on, of my big umbrella tree. Before I even put it down, the table became occupied. Lol
Mine, now.
Also, it turns out we almost have satellite tv.
We got an unexpected visit from my brother to work on our hot water problem. It took much longer than anticipated. We actually had sparks flying in the breaker panel and the hot water tank. Continue reading
