House O' Fun ! ! ! !

Um.
Yeah.
Clean my foot !
They may have taken their shit out of the house but it was FAR from clean !
HOWEVER !
Thanks to countless hours and elbow grease put in over the past couple of days and I've managed to accomplish the following:

1.
No more cat pee smell ! ! ! !
This is MOST important as there is little more heinous than the rank odor of cat pee hitting you in the face the second you get into the house. The culprit? The area rugs in the foyer and laundry room. The solution? Yanking those fuckers up and chucking them followed by a good scrubbing to the floor.

2.
The bathrooms aren't skanky anymore !
Problem #1 - Why the hell they CARPETED the bathrooms is beyond me.
Though the bathrooms are VERY yellow they had SO much potential PLUS the floors weren't crap. Solution ? Yanked those fuckers up and chucked them out followed by a good scrubbing to the floor.
Problem #2 - Two part....the tub itself was NASTY and the shower curtain covered in mildew.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
K.
So the tub had those stupid flowers stuck all over it. The problem? They were probably put down when the house was built back in '73 ! AND ! When the previous owners didn't bother to CLEAN there was quite a bit of mildew and soap scum. It took me like 3 hours of scrubbing to get those things off, the tub clean and the shower walls/tile clean. YUCK !
That gross shower curtain was yanked down (rod and all) first thing before ANY cleaning started.
So.
The question is...what does my bathroom look like now?
Well.
You'll just have to WAIT to see pictures !
All I'm going to say is that it's tre CUTE ! ! ! ! !

3.
ATTACK OF THE DISGUSING CARPETS ! ! ! !
J's dad is letting us use his carpet shampooer/steamer.
OHMYGOD !
The filth that was our w/w carpeting ! ! ! !
BUT !
NO MORE ! ! ! ! ! !
We figure we'll go over them one more time after we paint....just for good measure !

4.
Sticky kitchen floors, cabinets, ect.
Um.
Yeah.
And they thought THAT was clean !?!?!??!?!
DOUBLE YUCK ! ! ! !
I was on my hands and knees on the day of the closing (that night at least) with a scrub brush scouring the floor.
"Cinderelly, Cinderelly, night and day it's Cinderelly !"

5.
Filthy Hardwood flooring.
Yeah.
MURPHY'S OIL SOAP IS THE BEST ! ! ! !
All nice and clean now ! ! ! ! ! !

6.
Powerwashing 101
J's dad is also letting us borrow a powerwasher he's borrowing from his neighbor. The back of the house and our deck has now officially been de-skanked. Like, the deck before...if it was wet....your feet would slide around on compliments of the MOLD all over the surface. NOW? Well...your feet go NOWHERE ! WHOO HOO ! ! ! So nice and clean ! ! ! ! !

7.
Misc.
O.k.
Because I'm getting tired of typing, I'm just going to throw everything else here.
Dusting - DONE
Guest bed set up - DONE
Contact papering - Started
Paint colors - Picked out
New dishwasher and oven - Being delievered TUESDAY ! ! ! ! ! !



I'm sure there's more but I can't think of it now....
We've been to Lowes more times than I can count and we'll be going back there again today.

One more week of living in two places and prepping the new house....then we can start to settle in ! ! ! I CAN'T WAIT ! ! ! ! !

More updates to follow and pictures too ! ! ! !

SQUEEE?!

Hmmm...
So....
Tomorrow's a big day in the land of Liz and J.
Know why?
Because tomorrow we close on our HOUSE !

I'm partly nervous but partly excited too.....
It'll be SO weird to walk in there tomorrow night and start making it ours.....

WHOO HOO !

I won.
That is all....
I frickin' won.
And I feel good.

Living Among The Boxes

Wow.
Weekend was chock-full of packing.
Well....almost.
Does all night Friday and most of yesterday add up to "chock-full"?
Happily, I think I may very well be able to finish up getting the god-awful attic packed by the end of the week. There is just SO much up there ! And it surprising to see just how much stuff I used to have in my old apartment that I STILL haven't unpacked since I moved in with J.
J has COMPLETELY deconstructed the computer room...and it's SCARY to go in there. For as long as we've been together I've NEVER seen the room like that. All of the desks are in pieces and there's only 1...YES ! ONE !....computer up and running.

Now.
We just need the dumbass sellers to get off of their butts and finish up their end of the deal so we can close !
Origianlly we were supposed to be moving on the 28th of this month (closing on the 27th) but at the rate we're going we'll be lucky to close by Christmas !
That being the case, this whole living out of boxes thing is going to be getting REALLY old REALLY quick ...even more than usual.

We went to bed around midnight ... and I woke up considerably later than my usual 6:15....yet I'm STILL exhausted and have been toying with the idea of using a sick day. I could tell them I hurt my back while packing and that I want to take the day to lay low. However, that god-damned work ethic of mine won't allow for it. We have WAY too much going on these days for me to take a sick day...and "the man" has been so good about taking everything in stride. One can never really tell what will set him off....and I'd like to NOT find out that my taking a sick day is one of those things.

sigh

Don't want to go to work.

Must pry self out of cozy robe, shove cat off lap, and go get ready to face yet another Monday in hell.

Hopefully it will go quickly.

Um....Yeah.....

Well.
The date has been set.
Tuesday night.
5:30 pm.
And I'm already getting nervous.
Why am I nervous here????
I shouldn't be !
I'm the one in the right here !
I'm the one who's addressing the issue.
SHE'S in the wrong and this is to ensure that I point that out !
So why am I nervous????
Why do I doubt myself so much???

At her first response I thougt he was right about her being dumb.
But as we went back and forth, via e-mail, I realized that one of two things happened.
Either she's not as dumb as she likes to play like she is ...
OR
Someone's talked to her and explained that when you have a friend with a girlfriend...and that girlfriend is requesing a private audience with you that MAYBE it's not a good thing and it's got nothing to do with having a "girl's night out" with her.

Now I just have to figure out how to begin the conversation when Tuesday at 5:30 gets here.
That, and I need to ensure that I cover EVERYTHING.

So, I guess that means it's time for me to put my little thinking cap on and start making a list...and then make sure I remember what's ON that list so when the time comes I don't leave ANYTHING out.

Sigh

A Girl With A Mouth, From The South

Yeah.
That would be me . . . .
And welcome to my blog !
As this is my first entry, there isn't much to say yet . . .
But oh !
I assure you that will change quickly enough !
I am in a crazy time in my life right now and am positive there will be PLENTY to post in the future . . .
And so, I'll close with another "Welcome" and close up shop for now.