month six um list

Light fixtures: check!

-light bulbs: um, put it on the list...

Hardware for cabinets: check!

-small screws for hardware: um, put it on the list...

Towel Rod is too big.

-um, return it

New towel rod for bathroom: check!

-screws to put it onto a cement wall: um, put it on the list...

Order counter top: check!

-3 week wait: um, set up temporary counter...

Add installing counter top to list: check!

The list moves on and we move in. Finishing all of this miscellaneous stuff will get us into one very functional room in our house for the winter. Yippee! We will be living in our home (Yippee again), with a small kitchen, full bathroom, and a roof above. Well sort of, the roofer has pushed us back to December! For now we are at least covered until he arrives with the standing seam. Tilt started a job elsewhere today. He has been working only on our house since May.

Six months ago we dug a hole in the ground. Today we are moving into the house. The apartment space we will be living in is a completed comfortable little space while the rest of the house is still under construction.

This change of pace on the building has me thinking of a garden. I think there may still be time to spread out some of the top soil to create a garden space for planting next spring. I will put that on the list!

Cheapo Depot

November 6 2010. Home Depot. Enter (with 3 year old):

10 minutes spent on basic cheapo Christmas crap; snow globes, crappy plastic ones that do not gently let snow fall on the occupants when you shake them, plastic globes that slam the occupants with bits of snow foam at an uncomfortable pace to a digital sounding tune (secretly I enjoyed the pelting of Cinderella, but was a bit dismayed at the hammering of Snoopy).

30 minutes spent exploring tile options for a cement bathroom wall in our basement; the first choice I made was not in stock and after checking with an employee I learn that they will not get anymore

10 minutes: bathroom break... runny nose break... "I want to drink from the water fountain" "There is no water fountain here, I will buy some when we leave" "waattteeer fooountaaain (tears, pained face, tears)" Walking back I see the water fountain. Ug. Sorry. Yes there is a water fountain. Ug. Wipe tears.

15 minutes: Leaving the drama behind. we are back to the tiles. Overwhelmed. Pick one quick and put 16 tile sheets in cart. Go to front of store. Go Back. What am I doing? I hate tan. Put the tan tiles back. Push cart back to entrance.

10 minutes spent on snow globes and holiday crap. Once again K was mesmerized once again by the commercial singing of Tiger, Mickey, Rudolph and a hat (singing "Grandma got run..."). Uggg Uggg Uggg

25 minute drive home: Bathroom wall is still concrete. Kid really thinks snow globes rock.

I had another visit to Home Depot today with similar results, only we were looking for a light fixture. I left with only light bulbs (and digital Christmas in my head). Fortunately it is only the Home Depot trips that are so fruitless. Going direct to the plumbing supply store and the hardware/lumber stores Tilt has accounts with is much better. We are progressing quite well to get us into the basement for the winter. We have been painting walls, and finishing up carpentry to get us in a finished space. The propane was delivered to heat the house and the final plumbing fixtures will go in soon. We may be a bit late for the kitchen counter, but Dad built a temporary one for now. Tilt is busy doing a final sanding on the posts in the space tonight. I am looking forward to seeing them tomorrow! Oh yeah and we canned the tile idea anyway. Wainscot is already drying on the wall.