An Update on the Money Pit

I'm not neglecting the blog...but we did close on the house on Tuesday, and we've been busy since then.

We've got the painting done, and thanks to our intensive study of Trading Spaces and Extreme Makeover Home Edition, we think we did a pretty decent job. We have accent trim and artsy accent walls...and we did it all ourselves!

We're going to eventually paint and wallpaper the kitchen and bathrooms, but not right now...everything in due time (and money...).

Speaking of money...we're going through it like water...thanks to moldy asbestos tiling that we didn't know was under the carpet. The new carpet was supposed to be installed tomorrow, but now they're not coming until Tuesday, and asked us to hire a contractor to get rid of the tile and mold. Liz, Barb, and Doug took this as a challenge, and ripped all of the tiling up themselves, and bleached the floor. Tomorrow, they are sealing the floor, and filling a couple of cracks with concrete.

Because the carpet won't be in until Tuesday, we had to postpone the delivery of our furniture to next Friday. Cable's coming on Saturday, which is also the day Harry Potter comes out. We had originally set a goal of moving in mid-July, so it looks like that is exactly how it's working out.

I'll mass email everyone our new address and phone number, but that's pretty much all that's going on right now. Liz starts summer school on Monday for two weeks, and then we're coming down south at the end of July to visit.

More to come as the moving in saga continues...