Hello again… long time, no see. Things have been a bit busy since our last chat. We did, in fact, get keys to the house on June 13th, but we didn’t wait until the end of July to move. Through a bit of serendipity and hard work, we moved a full month earlier than planned. We also lost Jean outside for two full weeks during that time and had family visiting for a long weekend, so things have been hectic. I won’t go into either much more than to say we’ve been on autopilot and a bit of an emotional roller coaster.

Other than unpacking all of the living areas, there hasn’t been much development on the house. We’d hoped to get appliances in before us; nope. We’ve decided on what we want, however we’ll need to upgrade the wiring to be safe. While we’re at it, we’ve decided to replace all the knob and tube in the house… as well as add a few outlets and swap over all two prong outlets to three prong. This is as big a deal as it sounds and, due to the robust housing market, isn’t scheduled to start until September. Once that’s done, we’ll get new appliances in and actually paint a bunch of the rooms. In the meantime, we’re still trying to unload a bunch of furniture from the old house and the new that we didn’t have time to sell before moving.

My natural inclination is to list all the things we’ve done and want to do to do the house. Truth be told, I think that obsessive version of me is dying a slow death. I still like everything to have its place, but I no longer feel the need to tell you we’ve installed shelving, new towel rods, rewired all the TV/internet services, fixed the dishwasher, installed new locks, put together all new bedroom furniture, replaced a shower head, mowed the lawn (first time in nearly three years), and hung curtains. Uhh, oops.