In the past twenty days we* have:
- picked up N and my dad from the airport
- cleaned the old place
- moved into our new home
- invested a small fortune into a local home improvement store (or two) over the course of no less than 10 trips
- felt what it’s like to own more tools than ever before
- met our wonderful neighbor, UJ, who’s like a character out of a story
- painted nearly every interior wall–covering a myriad of colors with warm vanilla and the drab bedroom walls with a lovely blue (our room) and a soft, bright green (the guest/future kids’ room)
- picked up flooring
- two trips to IK.EA, including two restaurant visits
- removed carpet, padding, carpet strips and staples in the living and dining room floors to reveal hardwoods underneath
- found what appears to be the remnants of a grow operation in the basement
- had the sewer company come out and clear the mainline drain of gravel
- cleaned the gutters
- removed moss from the roofs
- bought our beautiful dining table (from CL) and brought it home
- assembled 8 chairs
- hosted Thanksgiving dinner
- had our new bed delivered
- spent a day with just my dad
- Ni left
- new flooring in the kitchen, both bathrooms and the area leading to/into the laundry room
- replaced the sink in the downstairs bathroom
- rebuilt, resealed and reinstalled both toilets
- replaced the mailbox and fixed the stand
- replaced light fixtures in both bathrooms and both kitchen lights with lovely new fixtures
- moved everything from storage to the house (mainly the garage)
- installed new locks on both doors
- put a lock on the garage door
- put a pull cord on the back gate
- free.cycled a bunch of the stuff we took out, including the carpet
- hosted another family dinner
- got Kai back from my family
- enjoyed Kai enjoying the huge yard – daily!
- my dad left
- new flooring in the basement media room and family room (5/6th complete due to shortage of flooring materials)
- picked up the rest of the flooring
- Na left
- painted our bedroom closet
- set-up the “big computer”
Non-house/family related:
- Changed roles on the ppd bod, from membership to cont. ed
- Attended an amazing (and short!) homebirth
- Attended a great dou.la holiday party
- Wrote a collaborative paper for my History.of.Feminisms class
- Attended my last classes of the quarter
- Wrote a paper/play based on a discussion of my work with three theorists**
- Publicized a burles.que fundraiser
(More details, pictures and coherent post to come, once the quarter ends…)
*”we” refers to a combination of my dad, C, Na, Ni and various other family and friends
**Hall, Anzadula and Butler