I think I found my new home!

Sailor Steve · 05-03-13, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

My sister gets her schedule for the rest of the month today, so we'll be able to decide which weekend we're gonna move the furniture and other big items that will require a truck of some kind.

Only one weekend? I assume there is no TH Maxx or Hobby Lobby along the way.

frau kaleun · 05-03-13, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Only one weekend? I assume there is no TH Maxx or Hobby Lobby along the way.

No, but there IS a giant antiques mall. We may have to put blinders on her or something.

I hope to be living out of the condo already and have most, if not all, of the smaller boxable stuff moved over. So if we're lucky it'll just be the furniture and maybe a few heavy items that I can't move by myself.

When they moved into their current home the three of us moved everything in one day, and that was a lot more furniture than what will be going to the condo. The couch, mattress, box springs, my current desk, and probably a couple of the more beat-up cheap bookshelves will go straight to the dumpster at the apt complex.

And there will be very little if any furniture to haul up to the second floor of the condo - since I plan to buy new bedroom furniture I'm not even putting what I have now in the master bedroom. It'll get stowed in what we'll continue to refer to as the "dining room" when my sister is listening, until I can figure out what I'm going to do with it. I may try to sell it or I may just donate it to whatever reputable charity is willing to come haul it away.

frau kaleun · 05-03-13, 12:32 PM

Just scheduled a "move of service" with the local phone company, which is also my ISP. Was able to do it all online which was nice, then someone called me within 30 minutes to confirm everything and verify that I did not want home phone service in the new location.

I get the first month free, except for the 2.99 monthly rental on the router/modem - used to be the basic modems came free with the service, but now they make you pick a wired or wireless router and make you pay for it. I got wired as I already have a good wireless router and will just use that if I want wireless for streaming to the TV or whatever.

Sadly even though I requested a self-installation I still had to schedule a time for an installer to come out, I confirmed the necessity of this with the rep who called me... apparently that place never had internet service through the phone company so they have to do something to enable it or so they say. Whatevs, at least there'll be someone there to make sure I do have internet when I'm supposed to. Service at the apartment will be disconnected at the same time it's activated at the condo.

Scary thing is - I know from the previous owner that she never had cable service at that address, which means she didn't get internet from Time Warner. Now I know that she wasn't getting it from the phone company either, unless she was still on dialup.

Anyway - just the internet will cost me about $20 less a month than what I've been paying for internet + phone service at the apartment so that's good. That will make up for the extra $20 in cable box rentals if I decide to add a couple TVs to the condo somewhere down the line.

Altho I think my "promotional" rate for digital cable is about to expire so who knows what that bill is going to be. OTOH I might get in on another promotion when I move the service. Better yet I should just see if I can start fresh with a new account at the new address and pretend to be a new customer, lol. Then I can just cancel the old service outright and return those boxes, one of which needs to be replaced anyway.

The downside with regard to internet service is that the soonest they can get a tech out there to activate it is on 5/18. Well, they could've done it sooner on a weekday and it would be no problem to leave the office and run down there - it's only about 5 minutes away - but I'd rather do it on a Saturday when I'm going to be there all day anyway, it's just less stressful that way.

frau kaleun · 05-03-13, 08:44 PM

Whew - didn't get home til almost 9 but I did get a lot done! But first things first:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...8&postcount=36

Now it's really starting to look like MY place.

Finished cleaning the carpets upstairs, finally, so that's out of the way. Then I got to work on the desk. And I thought the file cabinet had a lot of hardware! But the instructions for the desk were much better so it went pretty well. Sides, bottom and desktop ready to assemble in no time.

Rear "leg" and sides for lower middle shelf attached to bottom shelf:

And by the way, THIS is how all hardware for home assembly products should be packaged. No sorting through a bunch of different stuff looking for the three or four different bits you need for a particular part of the job. Instead the exact items needed for every step were packaged like this:

That in itself probably shaved a half hour or more off the assembly time. And now for the big side panels and desktop!

But, you are asking yourselves, can our wee little Frau possibly get this behemoth standing upright all by her lonesome?

Pffffffffft. Of course she can.

Just the smaller, lighter pieces of the hutch to finish now, along with the keyboard drawer and backing for the shelves.

I stopped there because even with the lamp it was getting too dark to work any more, and I didn't want to attach the hutch pieces - I just want to see exactly where they are going to fit onto the desktop so I know where to put the grommets for wire management. Also didn't tack on the back panel for the lower middle shelf - I'll want to put a hole for wires in that as well because I plan to sit my subwoofer there.

All of which means that our next episode of This Old Condo might very well be...

HW3 · 05-03-13, 10:24 PM

Looking good frau kaleun!

Wolferz · 05-04-13, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

All of which means that our next episode of This Old Condo might very well be...

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>GASP!<
>cringe<

I'm on the edge of my seat. I hope there isn't blood. I hate when there's blood.

We have faith in you, Frau.

Sailor Steve · 05-04-13, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

grommets for wire management.

Wire management? What's that?

WernherVonTrapp · 05-04-13, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Wire management? What's that?

That's what zip-ties and colored electrical tape are for.

Sailor Steve · 05-04-13, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

That's what zip-ties and colored electrical tape are for.

You practice torture and incarceration on poor defenseless cables?

They were born to run free! To tangle themselves with joy and abandon. One of the highlights of my life is swearing at the tangled mess, trying to get one wire free without dumping the entire system onto the floor.

Jimbuna · 05-04-13, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

That's what zip-ties and colored electrical tape are for.

Bloody right

Coming along nicely

05-03-13, 10:24 PM	#5
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05-03-13, 12:32 PM	#3
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Just scheduled a "move of service" with the local phone company, which is also my ISP. Was able to do it all online which was nice, then someone called me within 30 minutes to confirm everything and verify that I did not want home phone service in the new location. I get the first month free, except for the 2.99 monthly rental on the router/modem - used to be the basic modems came free with the service, but now they make you pick a wired or wireless router and make you pay for it. I got wired as I already have a good wireless router and will just use that if I want wireless for streaming to the TV or whatever. Sadly even though I requested a self-installation I still had to schedule a time for an installer to come out, I confirmed the necessity of this with the rep who called me... apparently that place never had internet service through the phone company so they have to do something to enable it or so they say. Whatevs, at least there'll be someone there to make sure I do have internet when I'm supposed to. Service at the apartment will be disconnected at the same time it's activated at the condo. Scary thing is - I know from the previous owner that she never had cable service at that address, which means she didn't get internet from Time Warner. Now I know that she wasn't getting it from the phone company either, unless she was still on dialup. Anyway - just the internet will cost me about $20 less a month than what I've been paying for internet + phone service at the apartment so that's good. That will make up for the extra $20 in cable box rentals if I decide to add a couple TVs to the condo somewhere down the line. Altho I think my "promotional" rate for digital cable is about to expire so who knows what that bill is going to be. OTOH I might get in on another promotion when I move the service. Better yet I should just see if I can start fresh with a new account at the new address and pretend to be a new customer, lol. Then I can just cancel the old service outright and return those boxes, one of which needs to be replaced anyway. The downside with regard to internet service is that the soonest they can get a tech out there to activate it is on 5/18. Well, they could've done it sooner on a weekday and it would be no problem to leave the office and run down there - it's only about 5 minutes away - but I'd rather do it on a Saturday when I'm going to be there all day anyway, it's just less stressful that way.

05-03-13, 08:44 PM	#4
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Whew - didn't get home til almost 9 but I did get a lot done! But first things first: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...8&postcount=36 Now it's really starting to look like MY place. Finished cleaning the carpets upstairs, finally, so that's out of the way. Then I got to work on the desk. And I thought the file cabinet had a lot of hardware! But the instructions for the desk were much better so it went pretty well. Sides, bottom and desktop ready to assemble in no time. Rear "leg" and sides for lower middle shelf attached to bottom shelf: And by the way, THIS is how all hardware for home assembly products should be packaged. No sorting through a bunch of different stuff looking for the three or four different bits you need for a particular part of the job. Instead the exact items needed for every step were packaged like this: That in itself probably shaved a half hour or more off the assembly time. And now for the big side panels and desktop! But, you are asking yourselves, can our wee little Frau possibly get this behemoth standing upright all by her lonesome? Pffffffffft. Of course she can. Just the smaller, lighter pieces of the hutch to finish now, along with the keyboard drawer and backing for the shelves. I stopped there because even with the lamp it was getting too dark to work any more, and I didn't want to attach the hutch pieces - I just want to see exactly where they are going to fit onto the desktop so I know where to put the grommets for wire management. Also didn't tack on the back panel for the lower middle shelf - I'll want to put a hole for wires in that as well because I plan to sit my subwoofer there. All of which means that our next episode of This Old Condo might very well be...