After some effort, was able to get all of the broken old bits out of the way with the help of a blowtorch, saws-all (gotta love power tools) and two heavy duty pipe wrenches. This was the first point in the operation that I began to think I might actually be capable of fixing this problem without digging up the front yard and replacing the entire thing with a new pipe as the plumbers had suggested would be required. They also mentioned that, provided I had dug then entire trench to a depth of 6 inches below the pipe, and 24 inches wide before they came out, it would still cost at least $600 to replace the pipe.

One or both of our sweet innocent little (bastard) kitties had decided that she really liked the carpet in our new bedroom - as a pisser unfortunately. A little investigation shows why - evidentially there have been other kitties in that carpet’s past that have had similar inclinations. In any case, we aren’t big wall […]

We’ve moved in! Covad won’t be out to complete the DSL line (which will suck anyway - 16,000 ft from teh C.O.) so I’ve been pretty much offline since Saturday. I’ve been keeping myself pretty well preoccupied with real world projects such as unpacking, building work benches for the garage, cleaning, etc.

Need I say more?
Tell me how sorry you are for me here!
Listening to:
Sit Right Down from the album “Jamaican Monkey Man” by Toots and the Maytals
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Lesson of the day: Spend $300,000, sign nearly 2 inches of paperwork -get a free $2 pen!
Yes, we did it. The paper work is signed, dated, notarized, packaged and shipped. Believe it or not - I’m about to own a freaking house.
We’ll probably get the keys on Tuesday! Anyone know a good electrician in the […]

Finally! the docs arrived on the closing agent’s desk at about 4:30pm Friday. She has graciously offered to come into the office tomorrow (Saturday) morning to meet with us and sign the paperwork. I just realized, but this means I might actually.. you know.. OWN A HOUSE next week.
… wow
Anyway, nobody involved has been particularly […]

Our closing agent has generously offered to stay late tonight for us to sign assuming our lenders can figure out how to properly spell our name today. We may be running over there at the last possible minute - how fun.
Current Mood (a la LJ): Anxious
Listening to:
KUOW High Bandwidth Stream
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Everything has been falling into place along the way. We are working on scheduling a closing date!
Here are some photos.. it’s small, but we love it.

Listening to:
White Plains from the album “Cellar Door” by John Vanderslice
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