The house continues to be a challenge. May I show you the picture of what is going to be our new abode in less than 8 days?
Please note the blue tarp, it’s all the rage in Florida now, soon to be in Mississippi & Louisiana too.
So we'll be moving into a home with part of the roof missing & some of the walls not quite all there (kinda like me right now) and a blue tarp flapping in the breeze.
But I continue to pack with no place to move anything just yet..
Does this sound even remotely like the plans I had?
On a positive note we do have running water (cold only at this point), it was hooked up today & we do have electric. The septic tank is in but not hooked up yet. So we hold it....
NiMo assured me we'll have gas by the time we move in. This is a good thing because the only heat source will be one vent free gas fireplace for the four rooms we'll be living in. The radiant heat flooring can't be started until the house is totally buttoned up.
The floors are concrete & will not be able to have the hardwoods put down until sometime close to Thanksgiving, since the radiant heat needs to run a few weeks to be sure all the moisture is out of the concrete before you lay the floor. The floors are covered with construction debris, mud, drywall goop & who knows what else. How the heck do you clean them? Barefoot will not be an option for awhile I'm thinking.
But none of this is as bad as the fact that I now have to cook dinner. Every night!!!!!
Can you believe it??? I can deal with the rest of it, but cooking?
I foolishly in a moment of weakness offered to help with dinner, since Tom doesn't get in until 7 most nights & by the time he has a cocktail, makes a few phone calls, showers & makes dinner, it’s getting quite late. “Help” is quite a subjective term. Somehow dinner every night is now MY responsibility!
So being the trooper that I am, I went out & bought a crock pot & a crock pot cookbook.
Well the “Dinner meal time solution for the busy cook” is a crock of s#%t
(no pun intended), someone has to get up every morning & chop & slice & dice & brown & assemble all those “Quick & Easy “ ingredients in to the damn pot. So we can have a “Quick, Easy & Tasty Meal on the Table in Minutes”! Poppycock!! My husband is still alive & 20 pounds lighter. I rest my case.
Other than that, nothing terribly new or exciting. Doesn't look like we'll be celebrating Columbus day anywhere this year but in our own new world.
We miss you guys & love you~stay in touch; we'll update you when we can.
Lots of Love & Hugs & Kisses-
Martha the Crotchety Crock Potter & Tom the Tool Man
Have been for over a week now, moved in last Thursday, the 29th of Sept. We spent the night with no heat, no hot water and no doors. It was a crisp 49 degrees when we got up Friday morning (INSIDE), the day of our closing.
We sold the house on my birthday, closed on Tom’s birthday. Quite the presents this year!
New address is 208 County Route 37 Central Square, NY 13036.
Same phone number.
Things were a bit of a rush since we are about a month behind schedule on the new house, the last couple of days before the move, everything that was packed in boxes was shoved anywhere in sections of the new house that were dry. Can't find a darn thing now.
Today is the 8th and we still have no heat, no hot water and only a couple of doors. But we're in!
The couple that bought our house is wonderful & we've been showering over there. They've had us over for dinner twice now. They start with cocktail hour @ 5 & dinner @ 6, anyone that knows us knows that’s a bit early for us (like right after lunch); but it’s a small sacrifice for a home cooked meal and hot water to wash your hands in.
There are still sections of the house that the walls & roof are not finished yet. It was a brisk 55 degrees in our bedroom this morning.
I've hung old curtains over the door ways in the section of the house we're living in, which helps. The biggest problem with no doors (besides the fact that it's cold) is the neighbor’s cat coming to visit in the middle of the night. He & MJ do not seem to get along. So take a couple of peacefully sleeping people, throw in two hissing, spitting cats at 2 or 3 in the morning and it doesn't make for such a quiet night. We've had 3 of these so far.
On a positive note, we do have a gas stove now, the gas was installed yesterday. So we may have heat & hot water by Monday if everything gets hooked up. More good news….my new washer & dryer were delivered, I can't use them yet, but they're here & I can look at them!
On Wednesday we had quite the experience, we brought in a scissor lift. I wish you could have seen the crew driving this contraption in thru the front door (one of the ones that isn't installed yet obviously) and down the hallway & into the family room. The lift goes 26 feet in the air. This picture gives you a good idea of what I'm talking about. Along with a visual of the section of the roof that’s missing. The weather men were predicting up to 2 inches of rain yesterday so the framers tarped the roof.
Well that's the update for now, we'll keep you posted. I'm sure you'll hear me no matter where you are when we get the heat & hot water on.
In the mean time, don't hesitate to stop in for a "House-in-Progress Tour" & feel free to bring a hot cup of coffee or a hot meal. "Hot" being the operative word here.
Martha & Tom
