We are just a shade over 24 hours now before we are homeowners! Or to look at it another way, deep in debt 🙂 The optimistic me prefers the former, and Missy and I are both very much looking forward to having our own place, a house we can truly turn into OUR home.
We haven’t even closed yet, and we’ve already spent over $2,000 on “stuff” we need, and we are not done yet. Most of this was on construction materials for my office (which I often slip and call my bedroom) and basement foyer, but some is also for paint, pictures, computer networking, tools, and other items needed to truly turn this house into our home, with our own taste, etc. We will start our journey tomorrow afternoon, right after closing.
My dad will arrive tomorrow, construction will start on Friday, and I will post pictures here of our progress. We lost (literally, it disappeared) our new Kodak camera we bought on Woot a while back, but I scored a nice cheap camera from a guy on Craigslist and bought it this morning. Stuff that I ordered online from CablesForLess and NewEgg are supposed to arrive via UPS later today, and UBC will be delivering all the building materials first thing Friday morning. It is going to get real busy here real quick, but I am ready for it and VERY much looking forward to this work.
At the Workflow.com company meeting last week, I discovered my personality type, ESTJ. Translated that means I am Extroverted, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging. I am a guardian, a level-headed, do it right, well planned and on time type of person. Let’s see how well that holds up 🙂 Just to prove the test valid, I have created self-imposed deadlines for the construction:
Day 1 (Friday) – Framing and Electrical. Missy’s uncle Pat is an electrician and is going to stop by Friday after work to hook up our wiring to the service, and of course check my work. So the real deadline for this is actually about 5:30 PM Friday, not midnight 🙂
Day 2 – Hang all drywall and mud.
Day 3 – Sand mud, paint everything, hang ceiling fan and light. Start wood laminate floor installation in free time 🙂
Day 4 – Finish wood laminate floor, paint and install all trim. Have a beer, go to Ho-Chunk with dad, etc.
Day 5 (Tuesday) – This is my last day off work for about 2 weeks. Tie off all loose ends, unpack, organize, complete move, wire the network, etc. In bed by 4:00 PM 🙂
So that’s the plan. Hear God laughing?
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