The apartment saga continues...
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mik3capToday I spent a few hours at the new place with Tom. He was all bundled up, and after a bit we both realized it was far too cold... turned out that we had run out of oil again. I had to call the oil company and then go down there in person to fill out my credit application in order to get them to come out today - but come out they did! Our oil tank is full, the apartment is toasty, and the new digital / programmable thermostat is installed and running! Huzzah!!
Tom and I also played with our cable box and TiVo set up today - we weren't getting all the channels, so I had to redo the guided setup again. Unfortunately I was a klutz and hit the switch on the power strip by accident (oops) in the middle of it. It screwed up the cable box, so I had to fiddle with it all and repeat setup again to get it working right. We still weren't getting a couple of channels - but then Tom tweaked something on the cable box to tell it to find all of its channels itself, and then everything fixed itself. Yay! Now I don't have to worry about missing any TV shows. I do still have to move my TV and speakers though... before Wednesday actually, because that's when Jim and Christina's new TV comes in. At some point I have to get a receiver so I can actually use my speakers... and I'll also need to get an entertainment center to house all of this stuff and our various game consoles (lots of stuff to buy).
So far we've been able to run the fridge, a laptop, a few lights, and the TiVo, TV, VCR, and cable box without blowing fuses or having other electrical problems. This bodes well, but I'm still worried about our power supply. The landlord promised that the wiring would be the first thing he would fix, but it remains to be seen whether or not he'll come through for us. He's spending a lot of money fixing pipes... water and gas plumbing. I think he plans to do some of the wiring himself, but I'm worried about whether or not he'll have the dough to pay for it all.
I mopped my bedroom floor with Murphy's oil soap - my room looks so wonderful now! I still have to clean off the floor molding with some formula 409, and I have to pick up some nice heavy curtains for the windows to keep the heat in. I need to get a little table lamp too (more to buy!).
The next major project is cleaning the bathroom... I've scraped all the flaking paint off of the ceiling in there; now I have to use some 409 on the walls to make them less dingy. After that comes the cleansing of the tub, sink, and toilet... and then, finally, the floor. Although it's such a nasty mess that I doubt it's going to come out very clean; I'll probably end up getting a nice long set of bath mats to cover up most of the floor (so many things to buy, will it never end??). The only other updating I plan to do around the apartment is to scrape the rest of the flaking paint off the ceilings and wash the floors.
About another week, I think. It'll be completely liveable by then, and I will take that first luxurious bath with lavender bath salts in that glorious claw foot tub. Mmm.
Tom and I also played with our cable box and TiVo set up today - we weren't getting all the channels, so I had to redo the guided setup again. Unfortunately I was a klutz and hit the switch on the power strip by accident (oops) in the middle of it. It screwed up the cable box, so I had to fiddle with it all and repeat setup again to get it working right. We still weren't getting a couple of channels - but then Tom tweaked something on the cable box to tell it to find all of its channels itself, and then everything fixed itself. Yay! Now I don't have to worry about missing any TV shows. I do still have to move my TV and speakers though... before Wednesday actually, because that's when Jim and Christina's new TV comes in. At some point I have to get a receiver so I can actually use my speakers... and I'll also need to get an entertainment center to house all of this stuff and our various game consoles (lots of stuff to buy).
So far we've been able to run the fridge, a laptop, a few lights, and the TiVo, TV, VCR, and cable box without blowing fuses or having other electrical problems. This bodes well, but I'm still worried about our power supply. The landlord promised that the wiring would be the first thing he would fix, but it remains to be seen whether or not he'll come through for us. He's spending a lot of money fixing pipes... water and gas plumbing. I think he plans to do some of the wiring himself, but I'm worried about whether or not he'll have the dough to pay for it all.
I mopped my bedroom floor with Murphy's oil soap - my room looks so wonderful now! I still have to clean off the floor molding with some formula 409, and I have to pick up some nice heavy curtains for the windows to keep the heat in. I need to get a little table lamp too (more to buy!).
The next major project is cleaning the bathroom... I've scraped all the flaking paint off of the ceiling in there; now I have to use some 409 on the walls to make them less dingy. After that comes the cleansing of the tub, sink, and toilet... and then, finally, the floor. Although it's such a nasty mess that I doubt it's going to come out very clean; I'll probably end up getting a nice long set of bath mats to cover up most of the floor (so many things to buy, will it never end??). The only other updating I plan to do around the apartment is to scrape the rest of the flaking paint off the ceilings and wash the floors.
About another week, I think. It'll be completely liveable by then, and I will take that first luxurious bath with lavender bath salts in that glorious claw foot tub. Mmm.
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Hey
on 2003-01-07 07:28 am (UTC)You have a claw foot tub????
Oooh!
Can I come over?
Re: Hey
on 2003-01-07 07:44 am (UTC)I can't wait to use it myself. This friend of mine back in CT gave me these lavender bath salts - she's starting a company that makes soap and salts and creams and stuff and re-uses consumer jars and bottles (direct recycling). Planetary Solutions... I made the logos for her, so she gave me some samples and owes me a nice dinner next time I'm down there.
I keep telling Tom that our apartment is a chick magnet between the decor, antique furniture, and claw foot tub - he believed me after La fell for the place.