David has been working more outside lately, we've been told the rainy season is right around the corner, followed by the Sort-Of-Cold season and he wants to get as much done as possible. David is not someone who does a project from start to finish, he starts about 20 projects and bounces around, I suppose it keeps boredom at bay. Right now he's working on the windows, the siding, the roof, the porch, the bathroom, the yard, the molding, the plumbing and the closets. The windows are almost done, we're waiting for one more to finish the side. The originals were huge single paned plate glass which sucks on so many levels. David ordered all of them back in May but this has been complicated by a few things. A) The Home Depot here stinks, apparently being able to find your ass with both hands is not a requirement to work there. They spend most of their time misplacing, misunderstanding and re-ordering all your stuff on a daily basis. This ONE last window has misordered, not ordered and lost - I'm hoping it gets here before I'm cremated. But other things have been done and the house is moving right along.
After David found the second septic tank the guy came and finished replacing the floats and stuff. The septic systems here are weird - you have a tank, a leech field, another tank and a sand field. The tanks have floats in them like your toilet and when it gets high enough in tank #1 it kicks on the pump and it all goes through the system. It should have all been laid out on a county map but the person that installed it didn't and then the second tank got covered, etc.... but it's all straightened out now. The yard is looking better too, the grass is growing back finally!! and as the berries ripen and get picked David's cutting back the vines. There's an area I'm planning on planting bushes in the fall, the cat lady was also good at burying her garbage - I cannot express the delight we felt when we dug up two large bags of dirty diapers amongst other things - but the one area we are continuing to turn up flotsam so there will be decorative plants there.
We have been shopping for things we need, I found a discount building supply and since David is now a frequent flyer the guy is starting to give him breaks on the prices. We go to the Restore alot - we got our bedroom door with the frame for $20, all the windows for the garage and one for upstairs or a total of about $75 (four windows), yesterday we picked up matching shaker style nightstands for $5 apiece for the bedroom. Can we afford new and more expensive stuff? Of course we can! But why would we if we can get the same things for a true fraction of the amount? And just an FYI - after we went to the Restore we hit the antique stores and I saw the same EXACT night stand, for $40, it pays to look. We're still looking for a coffee table and a small entertainment stand ( I have a $5 wooden box with a table cloth for the TV now), we need a heating system, want a wood stove, we need cabinets and cabinet doors, the list is still there. But after almost 3 months I'm happy to report it's no longer growing on a daily basis.
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