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Name: Scott
Country: United States
State: Tennessee
Birthday: 9/19/1966
Gender: Male
Interests: Bukowski, Burroughs, Ferlinghetti, Kerouac, Harry Potter, HR Giger, Poppy Z Brite, Dead Can Dance, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Die Form, Love Spirals, Faith & the Muse, My Dying Bride, London After Midnight, Shadow Project, Theatre of Tragedy, Project Pitchfork, Type O, Skinny Puppy, Disturbed, Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, Front 242, ClockDVA, Thrill Kill Kult, Sinatra
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| Flooring, Etc.Well, our new house renovations are nearly done! New siding where it needs to go. Interior all painted up nice and new. And now the floors are about 98% complete, with the crew scheduled to finish tomorrow after lunch.
Here's my take. The siding was a bit tricky, and maybe we should have hired a professional contractor. My dad came down from Knoxville and did most of it, although I did help, and it took a lot more time and energy than expected. Still, thanks Dad. Then, we hired a professional painter to paint the upstairs -- 15 foot cathedral ceilings and all. He did a great job. After he finished, Jen and my parents painted the downstairs. Looks good too. Finally, the flooring... I'm not totally satisfied. For one thing, there's been miscommunication between management and the crew doing it, because of some stupid feud they've got going on between them. It's slowed things down. Additionally, they were supposed to start last Monday and be finished by Thursday. However, they didn't start until Wednesday, much to my irritation. Further, the manager is trying to tack on more money to what we owe due to not putting some stuff on the invoice -- this, after charging us $600 more on our down payment than he originally told us. I'm not pleased. Finally, the bamboo floor looks good, but I'm reserving judgment until it's been there and settled a bit. I want to walk on it in different shoes and see if I hear anything. I shouldn't. Meanwhile, the carpeting wasn't what I had seen beforehand or what I expected. It's OK, but it's not what I originally wanted. So, I'm pretty ticked with this company, which was supposed to be the biggest and best in the Chattanooga area. We'll see this week what transpires, I guess, but I'm about ready to rip that manager a new asshole!
Anyway, our new furniture arrives July 7, I believe, and then we actually finally move in July 15!!! My parents are coming down to help us pack boxes for several days before the movers arrive, which will be a tremendous help. I've paid to have movers pack us twice and it's more than doubled the cost each time, and last time, they screwed some things up and items were lost and broken as a result. I hope this goes fairly smoothly. I'm worried a little about how much damage will occur when they try and get items up the stairs. We do have touch up paint though.
We felt like we needed a new vacuum cleaner for the new carpeting, so yesterday, I went to Sears with my Consumer Reports in hand, and a print out of their 2 day sale prices. The top two vacuum cleaners in Consumer Reports were both Kenmores, a Sears brand, so I got to buy the top model for $100 off!!! Sweet.
We still have a lot to do. We need to get rid of some things before we move, and we need to figure out what to do with our existing dresser and entertainment center, since we bought new ones. I don't think we can just leave them here.
Meanwhile, my job is still a massive timesuck with various projects. Part of life, I suppose. I hope everyone is having a good weekend. Cheers!
(PS: Jen hopes to take pics pretty soon. I'd love to post some here.)
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| Ouch!Ok, around the time of my last update, I began getting a headache. Now, I've been getting them almost daily for months now, and that's not cool, but I haven't been to a doctor about it, because they would just send me to a neurologist who would send me for tests, and it would be one big expensive mess that would accomplish nothing at all. Anyway, this headache started around 5 AM Wednesday. And got worse. A lot worse. Turned into a migraine from hell. And nothing helped it. Usually I start out with Advil or Motrin before moving on to prescription migraine medication, these days, Treximet. I've used several in the past. Well, I was so bad off Thursday, Jen kept me home from work because I couldn't see to drive. I was completely incapacitated. My migraine lasted over 50 straight hours!!! Finally, this morning, I feel like I'm pretty much back to normal -- for the time being, anyway. What a hassle. And my parents, rather than throwing sympathy at me, wanted me to determine what the cause was. Like I f***ing knew! If I knew that, then maybe I could do something about it. Duh! They mean well though. I guess that's it for now. There's more I could write about, like the new floors in our house or something like that, but I'll save it for another time. Cheers!
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| We Are Now Homeowners!!!Hell, yeah! We are finally, finally, finally first time homeowners, as of yesterday, a little after 4:30 PM. The dreaded closing was actually a breeze. Sure, a lot of paperwork, but it went well. The sellers were nice, and things went smoothly. Then, we drove all the way out to the new townhouse in heavy rush hour traffic and got all of the locks changed. For $226. Small price to pay for peace of mind. Celebratory drink and dinner afterwords. YAY!!!
Since so many of you have been asking for pics, I'm going to post one, and just one, for the time being. It's a frontal shot of the townhouse. Jen is actually the photographer of the family, and I believe she wants to wait to take interior shots until after we've painted the entire thing, replaced some carpet with hardwood floors and other carpets with Berber carpet, replace some lighting, etc. We should actually take some before and after shots, I think. Anyway, here it is:
Now, I admit, it's not necessarily as "pretty" as that last house on which we put an offer. The one with the jerk who wouldn't budge an inch off the list price. But this place is ROOMY! Three absolutely HUGE bedrooms and three full bathrooms, a monster-sized living room with an open dining room and kitchen. Granite counter tops there. Two bay windows. Full homeowner warranty. Sweet! And it's ours, all ours. (Actually, it's the bank's, since we're going to be paying on it for the next 30 years, but we got locked into a sweet interest rate!)
Well, I guess that's about it for now. Thanks so much for all of the support and encouragement these past several months. It's really appreciated. Cheers!
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| Senior Citizen?OMG, I'm a senior citizen!!! Jen
& I went to Hardees for breakfast and I got a small coffee. We
later looked at the receipt and saw that, without having been asked, I
was charged for a SENIOR coffee! Geez, I'm "only" 42 years old & I
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| Could This Be The House For Us?Well, the other three houses are now out of the picture. One is just too much work. The next, too much cost in replacing carpet, etc. The final one, the one I liked, has a fantastic exterior -- the koi pond and the jacuzzi along with everything else -- but the interior isn't that special. Pity.
However, I think I found a house that could be the one for us! It's not that big, which frustrates me a little, but it's a one story rancher, all brick, with virtually all hardwood floors, decent sized bedrooms (three beds, two baths), a lovely kitchen with new everything, a den with a gas fireplace, a porch, a laundry room that's fairly spacious, and a beautifully redone attached two car garage. It's got a huge front lawn and sits in a cul de sac in a nice neighborhood. Its walls are neutral colored and it's well lit. Here are some pics:
The front of the house. Lawn. Trees. Nice area.
Living room and dining room.
Everything in this house, including the entire kitchen, has been totally redone!
Another view of the kitchen.
Here's the den's gas fireplace. Note the berber carpet, the only carpet in the house.
All in all, not too shabby. It's not perfect, but it does fit most of our preferences. Everyone loved it, although it's still smaller than I would prefer. It's also had over $81,000 in improvements (!!!), so it's priced a little higher than we would prefer. Still, if we offer something in our range, they might take it and so, here's hoping, eh? Cheers!
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