By John, Annie, Lucy and the Woof-Woofs at 3:46 PM
There are many adventures reguarding this home purchase, and I'm sure many more to come. I figured I'd detail the things that have happened so far, because I like to keep all of you informed... all three of you.
Wednesday(10/31/07)
I did the final walk through on the house. Just to check things out and get a feel for what kind of work we had ahead of us. Annie and I brought some of our things over and left them in a back bedroom. And that was it for the first night.
Thursday(11/01/07)
After work I went home and packed up some things for painting the house. My dad and I drove over to the house where Annie and her Mom where busy cleaning and moving Annie's stuff into the house. After looking around to know how much paint to get my dad and I drove to Lowes to buy some paint and a few other things. Once we got back we puttyed up the holes in the walls in the master bedroom and then taped off the trim. After that I spent about 2.5 hours edging out the room (painting around the trim and in the corners, etc.) Then an hour using a roller to paint the majority of the walls. I got done with that at about 12:30am so we cleaned up and left.
Friday(11/02/07)
I got up early to drive to the bank to get a cashier's check for the down payment. Went to the drive through at the bank where they told me they don't do cashier's checks through the drive through. They told me I'd have to come inside to get it and that they don't open the inside till 9am. Btw my closing on the house was at 9am, 20mins away. So I called the title company and explained it to them, then waiting to get the check. Finally get in and they screwed up printing the check the first time. They stamped it so that the signature for the bank was halfway off the check. So after printing it a second time I was out the door and on my way to the title company.
After I got to the title company I spent about 45 minutes signing my life away. I signed probably around 50 documents, half of which I had already signed before. Gave them the check and let them make a photocopy of my driver's license, and that was that. I had offically bought the house.
After a brief stop at my parents' house to pick up my painting clothes I drove back to my house(so nice to say that) and meet Annie at my sister there. While I was off signing stuff my sister had put the second coat of paint in teh master bed room and Annie had been taping off the living and dining rooms. After telling them that everything had gone fine I drove down to Rothman to buy the furniture that Annie and I had picked out last weekend. That took about another hour and then I was on my way back to the house.
When I got back the girls were out getting lunch so I spent some time on the phone trying to get ahold of a few of the utility companies to get service hooked up in my name. Didn't get anybody before they got back so I gave up.
After lunch I started edging the living room and hallway while they finished up taping and then rollering the parts of the living room that I hadn't gotten to yet. At about 4 my parents showed up and my dad started painting the kitchen and dining room. We probably were painting till about 9 or so, then we cleaned up what we could and left for the night. We decided before we left that the living room and the accent wall(red wall) needed second coats so we left the plastic down and everything.
Saturday(11/03/07)
So got up early then my dad and I rented a truck. He drove it to Annie's mom's house and I drove my car there. Chris and Kahre met us there and we packed up her stuff. Then we drove up to the storage locker and filled the truck.
Once back at our house we unpacked the truck and then Annie and our Moms spent their time cleaning and moving the boxes around. They ended up cleaning all of our kitchen stuff. While us guys(even my brother showed up) went back to the locker to empty it out. While we are there unloading stuff theres a family moving things either in or out of a different locker a little bit farther down the parking lot. I say either moving in or out, because they spent way more time yelling at each other than actually working. As Chris said, "not only do we get to help you move we get to watch an episode of Springer while we do it." So we wrap that up and I go inside the office and cancel the lease on the locker.
We get back and unload then take a break for lunch. Afterwards my dad and I take the truck back to his house to unload some stuff that was in the locker that they are keeping. Then we take the truck back to Uhaul. Once back at the house Kerry (the previous owner) shows up to help us move the washer and dryer that is in our house across the street to his in-laws and then move their washer and dryer into our basement. Those things are very heavy and are a pain in the ass to carry up and down steps. We had straps that would go underneath the appliance with loops on the end that you would put your arms through to pick it up. My forearms where so scratched up it looked like I spent all day doing heroin.
The rest of the day we spent unpacking things and hanging drapes. My mom and I put the second coat of paint on the living room and accent wall. Then we passed out.
Sunday(11/04/07) thru Now
After church it was a day of unpacking more stuff and doing some minor house work. More drapes were hung and more things cleaned. The washer and dryer were hooked up and testing to make sure that there were no leaks. We fixed a leaking faucet outside and shut off another one for the winter.
Monday morning I called to get all the utilities hooked up in my name. Turns out that while I was on hold with the gas company they came out to my house and turned the gas off. Then they tell me that Thursday morning is the soonest they can turn it back on. So that's three nights of freezing temperatures with no heat and no hot water. So yeah... Fuck you Laclede.
We still have boxes every where and I still haven't cleaned any of the basement. I plan on starting that this weekend then I can paint the room that will be my office. Once that is finished I'll be setting up my PCs, bookshelves, stereo, etc. in there. Then I can focus on getting our extra things packed up and stored in the corner of the basement.
Finally
I have to say a huge thank you to our families and Kahre and Plink. Without you we'd still be moving things in from the locker. Seriously I can't thank you all enough.
If you've managed to make it this far then either I'm not nearly as boring as I thought or you are a masochist. I understand that this whole entry is boring and rather dry, but there is a good reason for that. I suck at writing. I'll also let this prove that occasionally I do post personal entries here, and not only things related to my programming adventures.
Now that things are relatively settled you'll all have to stop by and have a beer or two... So I can put you to work. =)