More cleaning. More unpacking.
More cleaning. More unpacking.
We even went back to my husband's parents' house today to try to undo the damage that 6 weeks, 2 transitional adults, a hairy cat and a hairy dog will do. And I learned something. My pets are ambitious. Their "shed ratio" increases with house size. In the old condo, the cat was content with one chair in the living room and a bench in the bedroom. In my husband's parents' house? The cat was a fat, fuzzy, gray "Goldilocks-wanna be". This chair is too big. This chair is too small. This one is too warm. This one is too cool. And around and around. We lint-brushed cat hair off of each chair in the entire house, I think. Enough to make a new cat. And it doesn't help that our cat has hair the consistency of cotton candy. Enough said.
We've gotten many requests for pictures of the creatures. Here they are:
Coco and Dave the Cat
We are squeezed onto the one (relatively) clean floor of the new house and still are unpacking. And yes, there is still more stuff in A's parents' garage and basement. Mostly books. Because we cannot find the fasteners that put the shelves on the 8 bookcases that we own. We put them in a "safe place" before we left the condo. Which means that they are at the bottom of one of many boxes.
Lastly, it is 85 to 90 degrees in Chicago this week. Which should be okay because we have two large window A/C units on this floor. When the owner was leaving, she (probably guiltily) took us aside and explained that they were "a little unreliable". We were puzzled. We had tried them out during the inspection--we knew they worked. But now we know better. As in the entire front of the house (2 A/C units, living room, sunroom, entry way, dining room, front half of basement) is on ONE circuit breaker. Oh. As in we can have one A/C unit on AND use the portable phone. But add a light or TV to that combination and we are plunged into a sweaty, dark nightmare. Have we told you that all of the windows on the first floor are painted, stained and (in the kitchen) GLUED shut?
We don't have any massive monthly assessments anymore though. And our washer and dryer are in the same building that we are in. Life is good.
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Comments
Yes, life is good. You've got a beautiful, unique home with a lot of character to it. I'm glad to watch you bringing it back to life. Such a neat piece of history shouldn't be neglected.
The first summer after we bought our house, our casement windows were also painted shut and our central air couldn't even cool the inside of a refrigerator. We ended up living at my hubby's grandmother's house for 3 months until we could afford to replace the windows and A/C. Nomadic living ain't what it's cracked up to be, is it?
Posted by: kitschywoman | July 4, 2003 9:49 PM
You really are making progress! Everything looks cozy, warm, inviting and CLEAN. I am definitely "intrigued" by your saga and can't wait till the next installment. This is better than the Harry Potter series.
One puzzling thing about your website: Why can't we read the prior weeks' diaries? The beginning of the story is gone? Or am I missing something?
Regards, and good luck
Gina
p.s. What kind of cat has cotton candy hair? My guess is a Persian? Our Norwegian Forest Cats have cotton candy undercoats, with a long, coarse overcoat.
Posted by: Gina | July 4, 2003 9:50 PM
Gina...the older postings beyond the last five move to the archive. You can go to each week using the 'Archive' links along the upper right side of the page (below the photo of our house).
Sorry if its confusing...I'm still hoping to improve this site alot. Thanks for visiting, though.
To your ps...Dave the Cat is a combination of American Ragdoll and Maine Coon. We'll be share to post a Dave picture soon.
Posted by: Jeanne | July 4, 2003 9:51 PM
FYI, to make the site navigation less confusing I've added a "View Archives" link to the bottom of the home page...
Posted by: Aaron | July 4, 2003 9:51 PM
Wow...Dave the Cat and Coco the Dog will get swelled heads from being made famous on the boards. Here they are...Dave's cotton-candy hair cannot be fully appreciated until you are wearing black, spotless wool slacks...
Posted by: Jeanne | July 4, 2003 9:52 PM