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Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Moved.
We're finished moving! Finally! The basketball hoop's up, and the place is a mess. I'm sore, Rachel's sore, and I'm worried about the walk-through inspection to happen today. But once I'm done with that, we can concentrate on making this place as awesome as possible!

The housewarming party should be in about two weeks.

To-Do List:
  • Front yard:
    • Hang Sun sculpture
    • Pull weeds
    • Sweep up trash
    • Get a trash can lid
    • Get a porch lamp cover
  • Front room:
    • Paint entertainment center
    • Set up computer
    • Set up desk
    • Hang my paintings
    • Decide on other decor
    • Set up entertainment center
    • Mop
    • Hang red curtain
    • Replace fan light bulbs
    • Dust fan
    • Make/hang bookshelves
    • Vacuum rug
    • Strip couch
    • Paint couch
    • Upholster couch
    • Buy 9V battery
    • Fill hole(s) in grout
  • Kitchen
    • Mop
    • Put away food
    • Decide on and hang decorations
    • Organize and put away cleaning supplies
    • Get slip-covers for chairs
  • Bedroom
    • Finish putting away clothes
    • Fix window that won't close
    • Decide on and hang decorations
    • Set up speakers
    • Sort and get rid of old/non-fitting clothes
  • Back yard
    • Trim both trees
    • Set up a trellis along the gate
    • Set up a barrier for the washer and dryer
    • Put tape down to define basketball 'key'
    • Fix Christmas lights
    • Pull weeds
    • Trim bushes
    • Hang lamp
    • Throw away desk
    • Trim hanging vines
  • Side yard/parking areas
    • Trim bushes
    • Weed out dead branches, bushes
    • Pull out weeds
    • Clear out trash
    • Organize storage
    • Put locks on storage
    • Figure out trellis replacement
  • Other
    • Train cats to use litterbox outside
    • Patch holes in walls

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posted by Steve @ 11:02 AM   0 comments
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Endings and Beginnings
I had a lovely 27th birthday party, and have come to understand that my favorite kind of get-together/party involves about 3-10 of my friends. I'll have to remember that when we have our housewarming party in about 3 weeks.

A beginning: our time here in this apartment is coming to an end, and we're doing it the right way: giving ourselves a week and a half to move. The new place is a duplex with covered parking right outside the door, and enough room for a basketball hoop and a garden in the back yard. It also has laundry machines, thank God.

An end: I picked up the seventh and final Harry Potter book at midnight on my birthday. I didn't go to sleep - I stayed up until about 10am reading, slept for four hours, and woke up to finish the book. I'm still recovering, a bit, but my impression is favorable. Before judging it properly, though, I'm going to re-read the entire series once we've moved (the other books are packed up already).

A beginning: I bought an expensive PDA/phone, the Treo 755p. It replaces my old phone, a Sanyo SCO-7200, which I will honestly miss (still have to donate it to a recycling service). It was a beast, and survived more falls than I care to think about. I'll have to be much more careful with my new phone. The idea with the new phone is that I will be able to keep myself organized, and also have directions on me while traveling (it has Google maps).

An end: we're not slackin' anymore, and finally starting to keep proper records. We're going to take an inventory of everything we have for our insurance. Believe me, it's amazing how much stuff one has, especially all the ancillary stuff. Imagine how much it would cost to replace just the stuff you use in the bathroom (razors, shampoo, scrubber, toothbrush, toothpaste, etc.). This also involves keeping track of important receipts and warranties.

A beginning: I'm about halfway through organizing my photo archive. Once I'm finished, I'll be posting them onto various stock photo websites and hopefully I'll make a couple bucks here and there.

An ending: the process of getting the truck all fixed up is basically over, now that it's re-wired, if Saguaro Auto gets the thing to pass emissions (we'll find out tomorrow). At this point, we've pretty much redone everything. Of course, there's a lot of glaring problems: the passenger door doesn't lock, the dash is completely torn apart, and it needs to have the rust blasted out of the bed. But these things don't have any effect on how it runs, and that makes me very happy. Or it will, if it passes emissions...

A beginning: Rachel and I now have full insurance (dental, visual, medical) and an active 401k from Bookman's. It's the first time I've had that since I was a military dependent, and even then, because I had no car, I never took advantage of it because I couldn't get clear across town. I'll be getting a physical soon, and go to the first dental appointment I've had in ages.

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posted by Steve @ 11:26 PM   0 comments
Monday, July 02, 2007
Prescott for the 4th
Yay! Rachel and I are going to Prescott for the 4th of July. We'll eat great food, see the in-laws, help build their new house, and rewire the truck. It's going to be great to see them and get so much done. I know that a working vacation is just what I need.

Meantime, I'm going out in a bit to check out where our next place is. I'm sad that we're moving, not because I'm particularly attached to this place, but because I've yet to live in the same place for more than roughly a year since I moved out to college - in 1998. That means this will be my 12th place in 10 years, including Okinawa.

Still, we've got enough money to be able to rent both places for a week or two, and so will be able to catalogue every last thing we own (!), partly to get rid of things we don't want or need, partly because getting rid of things will make the move easier, and also for home insurance purposes.

Oh, and this time, I have a nice camera to bring!

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posted by Steve @ 2:00 PM   0 comments
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Back.
Rachel and I have finally moved into our new, temporary digs. It's just until August when, hopefully, I'll be working full time as a teacher. Meantime, send me a message on IM, an email or whatever.

Also, I'm going back to my other MySpace account to do journalling. This wasn't really supposed to be a personal thing ... it's supposed to be for my music, so now that the Basis fiasco is coming to a conclusion through the lawyers, I'm going back there. But I'm not leaving you. Just returning to normal life. If you wanna contact me, there's email, MySpace, IM, etc.

Cheers
Steve

Currently listening :
Eyes Open
By Snow Patrol

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