I think I found my new home!

WernherVonTrapp · 05-30-13, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Thanks!

Yep. And hopefully my last.

That's what I thought when I bought my first town house. Then, Life threw some changes at me that were beyond my control and I discovered about something called equity. Then, all of a sudden, one thing lead to another and I found myself buying another house in an area I thought I'd never live in.

CaptainHaplo · 05-30-13, 04:00 PM

Blast - my bid on one place just got sidetracked - it was a backup but the deal went through with the original buyers.

Still looking for mine. Modular on land (and a basement) looks better and better....

frau kaleun · 05-30-13, 09:41 PM

Okay guys when do I stop feeling tired?

I had a dentist appt early this afternoon up in Hamiton so I decided that since I would be in the neighborhood I would drop the carpet cleaner off at my sister's afterwards and then go shopping with my Menards gift card since the only location nearby is up that way as well.

Was mostly looking for a lamp for the office but couldn't find anything I liked so since there was also a Target up there I took my Target gift card over there but couldn't find anything I wanted in there either.

Then since there was a Panera next door and I also had a Panera gift card I stopped in there to get some takeout for dinner. When I was getting back in the car I noticed that my left front tire looked low, which I'd noticed last week as well but just kinda forgot about with everything else going on. So I decided to swing by my Tires Plus on the way home to have them check the air.

Well, the mech right away noticed that I had a nail in that tire, lol, which certainly explained why I kept thinking it looked low, cuz the air was very slowly leaking out and probably had been for a couple weeks or who knows how long. They were about a half hour from closing with no other customers and he said he could get it all patched up right then if I wanted to wait... so I ate my dinner in the Tires Plus waiting room. Didn't take him very long and I know it was good that I stopped because it did turn out there was a problem but, man, by the time I walked out of there I was just dead. I think I would've been LESS tired if I'd stayed home all day unpacking boxes.

Anyhow the day wasn't a total loss shopping-wise, as I did find a couple things at Menards to use my gift card on:

On the left, some snips to snip off the little bit of my outside range hood vent flap that is getting blocked by a brick and thus not allowing it to flap open all the way to vent the fan in the kitchen. At least I *hope* those will do the job, as my BiL said a pair of tin snips is all it would take and the label says "Tinner Snips" but what do I know, lol. Anyway they are supposed to cut sheet metal so they should get the job done whenever I can be arsed to drag the stepladder out there and do it.

The items on the right were the find of the day, as they change one of the banes of my existence - namely, this:

the unwieldy, uncooperative coaxial cable outlet and accompanying cable that insists on sticking several inches out from the wall - into this:

The other and much bigger accomplishment of the past 24 hours is that I started unpacking books and piling them on the two cases I've already got, which has freed up space in the living room considerably.

Around noon today I was this far along:

And after I got home and recovered a bit I buckled down and started again and got to here:

That's about 21 boxes unpacked so far. They're deep cases so the books are shoved in three deep in places and they are still completely unsorted, but at least they're out of boxes and off the floor and the boxes have been broken down and can be stored flat somewhere for the time being.

Also put a couple small temporary old cases in place to stack DVDs, once I get to them (they're somewhere behind the boxes of books, lol) until I get some permanent storage in place:

And now I'm gonna get caught up on "Mad Men" and then... I don't know what, but collapsing into bed sounds like a good idea.

Sailor Steve · 05-31-13, 01:34 AM

Congratulations on another day well spent. With all those books on their sides, how do you get one off the bottom? If I did that the one I was looking for would always be on the bottom.

Jimbuna · 05-31-13, 07:31 AM

A couple more jobs done

Wolferz · 05-31-13, 07:34 AM

A lot of those books appear to be paperbacks. Those don't react well to vertical storage.
I still want to watch...
Getting things doon with Frau Kaleun.

frau kaleun · 05-31-13, 08:09 AM

The books aren't going to stay that way. I just wanted to get as many as possible off the floor and out of boxes, so I packed them in there any which way temporarily. That's like two dozen boxes that are no longer taking up space in another room. Now I've actually got space to start moving things around more freely and unpack other stuff.

AVGWarhawk · 05-31-13, 08:25 AM

Ah, a new episode of "Following Frau. The Book Debacle."

Sailor Steve · 05-31-13, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

A lot of those books appear to be paperbacks. Those don't react well to vertical storage.

Hmm. I always stack 'em upright. Then again I have so many there's no space for them to sag or anything.

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

The books aren't going to stay that way.

Ah. Now I begin to have a glimmer of understanding.

Only a glimmer, though.

05-30-13, 04:00 PM	#2
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Blast - my bid on one place just got sidetracked - it was a backup but the deal went through with the original buyers. Still looking for mine. Modular on land (and a basement) looks better and better.... __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

05-31-13, 01:34 AM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Congratulations on another day well spent. With all those books on their sides, how do you get one off the bottom? If I did that the one I was looking for would always be on the bottom. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-31-13, 07:31 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A couple more jobs done __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-31-13, 07:34 AM	#6
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	A lot of those books appear to be paperbacks. Those don't react well to vertical storage. I still want to watch... Getting things doon with Frau Kaleun. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

05-31-13, 08:25 AM	#8
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Ah, a new episode of "Following Frau. The Book Debacle." __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-30-13, 09:41 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	Okay guys when do I stop feeling tired? I had a dentist appt early this afternoon up in Hamiton so I decided that since I would be in the neighborhood I would drop the carpet cleaner off at my sister's afterwards and then go shopping with my Menards gift card since the only location nearby is up that way as well. Was mostly looking for a lamp for the office but couldn't find anything I liked so since there was also a Target up there I took my Target gift card over there but couldn't find anything I wanted in there either. Then since there was a Panera next door and I also had a Panera gift card I stopped in there to get some takeout for dinner. When I was getting back in the car I noticed that my left front tire looked low, which I'd noticed last week as well but just kinda forgot about with everything else going on. So I decided to swing by my Tires Plus on the way home to have them check the air. Well, the mech right away noticed that I had a nail in that tire, lol, which certainly explained why I kept thinking it looked low, cuz the air was very slowly leaking out and probably had been for a couple weeks or who knows how long. They were about a half hour from closing with no other customers and he said he could get it all patched up right then if I wanted to wait... so I ate my dinner in the Tires Plus waiting room. Didn't take him very long and I know it was good that I stopped because it did turn out there was a problem but, man, by the time I walked out of there I was just dead. I think I would've been LESS tired if I'd stayed home all day unpacking boxes. Anyhow the day wasn't a total loss shopping-wise, as I did find a couple things at Menards to use my gift card on: On the left, some snips to snip off the little bit of my outside range hood vent flap that is getting blocked by a brick and thus not allowing it to flap open all the way to vent the fan in the kitchen. At least I hope those will do the job, as my BiL said a pair of tin snips is all it would take and the label says "Tinner Snips" but what do I know, lol. Anyway they are supposed to cut sheet metal so they should get the job done whenever I can be arsed to drag the stepladder out there and do it. The items on the right were the find of the day, as they change one of the banes of my existence - namely, this: the unwieldy, uncooperative coaxial cable outlet and accompanying cable that insists on sticking several inches out from the wall - into this: The other and much bigger accomplishment of the past 24 hours is that I started unpacking books and piling them on the two cases I've already got, which has freed up space in the living room considerably. Around noon today I was this far along: And after I got home and recovered a bit I buckled down and started again and got to here: That's about 21 boxes unpacked so far. They're deep cases so the books are shoved in three deep in places and they are still completely unsorted, but at least they're out of boxes and off the floor and the boxes have been broken down and can be stored flat somewhere for the time being. Also put a couple small temporary old cases in place to stack DVDs, once I get to them (they're somewhere behind the boxes of books, lol) until I get some permanent storage in place: And now I'm gonna get caught up on "Mad Men" and then... I don't know what, but collapsing into bed sounds like a good idea.

05-31-13, 08:09 AM	#7
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	The books aren't going to stay that way. I just wanted to get as many as possible off the floor and out of boxes, so I packed them in there any which way temporarily. That's like two dozen boxes that are no longer taking up space in another room. Now I've actually got space to start moving things around more freely and unpack other stuff.