Lining things up.

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I spent the last night at the condo again. I pretty much did all the packing that I could do for the time being. This morning I saw Luke and was on standby while he slept and Liz had a meeting, just in case he woke up. He didn’t and I left to go to the bank and Home Depot in Franklin before heading to Columbia. There I bought some exterior trim and also paint for the outside of the house. At the farm I checked out my dad’s tile work and then got to work myself. I cleared all around the outside of the house in preparation for painting tomorrow. Then I got on the tractor and moved a bunch of dirt that was in the way of where the deck will go. That was lots of fun. I also dug up a lot more nice limestone rocks. After dark I went to Big Box and TSC. Now I’m back at the house and it’s freezing. Tomorrow is supposed to be reasonably warm, but I know the morning will start cold. Hopefully I can get a lot of painting done.

Packing up.

Posted on by David Maxwell

I started the day with a 6am trip to Home Depot. I wanted to get some heavy duty plastic tubs, but despite the app saying that they had 392 of the size that I wanted in stock, I couldn’t find any. So I bought more cardboard boxes in all three sizes at a much cheaper price. Fortunately I was out early enough to beat traffic. I spent most of the day putting things in boxes. It turns out that we (and by that I mean Liz and Luke) have a lot more stuff than I realized. The kitchen items in particular took a while of tedious wrapping and boxing. I made good progress though. I think I am done packing until Sunday, when I hope to come up with a trailer and haul a lot of stuff down to the farm. Tonight I’m staying at the condo again as I need to go by the bank in the morning, and will also watch Luke while Liz has a meeting.

The Little Man did pretty well today. He napped great and didn’t fuss much. My mother came over to watch him for a few hours while I packed and he behaved well for her too. He ate peas and peaches as well as oatmeal. I read to him a bit and he played on the floor a lot.

Buried by paperwork.

Posted on by David Maxwell

Well today was pretty much the opposite of a lazy Sunday. I spent most of the day updating my accounting for the house project. By that I mean sorting through seven months of receipts. I hadn’t input any into my spreadsheet since April. Needless to say I had quite a mess on my hands. I think that everything is pretty well organized now though. I just wish that I hadn’t spent so much money on all this house stuff! We are a bit over budget. After finishing that I started packing a little bit. Fortunately I don’t have a ton of stuff here. I went out to Lowe’s for more cardboard boxes but they were out of medium and large. Tomorrow I will try to go to Home Depot and get some plastic bins. I will be babysitting Luke for most of the day at the condo. Hopefully I can do some packing while he naps. He was in a pretty good mood today. I played with him just a little, but was primarily focused on working.

Little Man braves the cold.

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It was a pretty relaxing day. It feels like I spent most of it on the computer working on house stuff. Bit I did manage to read to Luke and play with him a bit. We also took him with us to Lowe’s as we looked at appliances. Also it was bath night. He seems to be enjoying that more and more. I left the condo a little after seven, stopped at Home Depot on Franklin for a propane heater and a piece of backer board, then came down to the farm.