The Delivery Is On And All Is Well

by | Feb 17, 2014 | Life

I’m posting twice in a day because things change quickly. I recently received yet another call – automated, this time, from Temco – to tell me that our appliances would be delivered tomorrow. Thinking this might be in error because of the...

Don’t Put Your Dishwasher and Range in the Same Order

by | Feb 17, 2014 | Life

Life lesson learned. We went to Home Depot a while ago and put in an order for a Whirlpool dishwasher and a GE range. We put them on the same order and were told that they could be delivered to the condo tomorrow – February 18th. The appliances would come from...

Smooth Ceilings and Paint and Water Lines and…!

by | Feb 12, 2014 | Life

February 8th: Day 4 The ceiling is scraped and the walls are being painted! But we didn’t know that they had started to paint, so we didn’t get a chance to tell them which walls we would like to be the accent walls. The colors we chose are Cracked Pepper...

Is This Real Life? A Prelude to Renovation

by | Feb 5, 2014 | Life

Oh my goodness, you guys. It’s finally out there. Everyone knows. We finally have the keys. And the renovation starts today. I’ve been daydreaming lately about our address change announcements. I want them to be adorable. Artsy. Typewriter-y. Is it...

Going UP!… to Homeownership

by | Feb 3, 2014 | Life

It’s hard to believe the day is finally here! We are getting the keys to our condo this afternoon. Is that why the day is passing so slowly? Only a few people know about the house right now, and we’ve always prefaced the news with “but it’s not...