Monday, August 27, 2007

D-Day: Friday


It's been a while since the last post but when you hear what we've been up to, you'll understand why. We move in on Friday - this Friday - 3 days from now. While I wouldn't say the house is 'homey' quite yet, we've made a lot of progress, with the help of Craig's parents to make it at least habitable. Most notably, we have running water (including HOT water) and a working toilet. These were the prerequisites for move-in. The only ones, as you'll see. Some added benefits are the overhead lights that Craig's dad installed, the clean kitchen courtesy of Mrs. Williams and the (almost) flat yard (joint effort - mostly Craig). As usual, Craig never ceases to amaze me with what he can pull off with little or no prior experience. Re-routing all the plumping for the main floor and not a single leak -- not too bad.

This week will be spent packing up our current apartment which is a feat in itself. It's amazing how much crap you can collect in only a little over 2 years. I'll really miss our apartment (besides just a warm bed, carpeting and solid walls:). I'll miss having the water right out our back door and the Eastlake Zoo tavern right up the street. Of course I'll also miss the cheap rent. We found out last week, though, that in the next couple of months they're turning our building into condos so everyone will need to move out anyway. I guess you can say this was perfect timing...

Monday, August 6, 2007

ALASKA!

Our trip to Alaska was such a great getaway from the stress of the house. While we could have gone camping in the middle of the Sahara and still enjoyed just avoiding physical labor for a week, Alaska was an exceptionally beautiful and relaxing place to go. Craig and I agree that dog sledding in Juneau was the best part, but that laying around, napping on lounge chairs was a close second. And of course spending quality time with the whole family :)

House lowered, vacation over.

The house was lowered exactly 48 hrs before we left for Alaska last Friday. In preparation, my role was to make sure no one parked in front of our house. So I actually accomplished making the house look even more ghetto then it usually does by adding caution tape and a spray painted sign.

Great news, though - everything turned out OK, the street was clear and the house successfully lowered. Take a look. Alaska pictures next...