Recently in The House Category

One of the big things that really tied us to our new home is the huge silver maple in the backyard. Recently we needed to have it trimmed so that giant limbs didn't come crashing down on our house or our neighbor's house. We've lost a lot of shade, but gained some piece of mind that our tree is healthy and will last longer because of what we had done.

Before	After

What do you get with two trips to Lowe's, three trips to Home Depot, and $150?

Good question.

Yeah, I know...the part that really sucks is that most of them need to be ripped to mp3.

This bad boy ought to help with the unpacking. It will hold 1,500 compact discs. I should even have space for a few hundred more once all my CD are in the rack. We'll see though.

• 1 Whilrpool® fridge
• 2 "kitchen" sized rubbish bins
• 1 Rubbermaid® garbage can
• 1 tube of sealant type goo to fix the leaky shower
• 1 touch sensitive lamp
• 1 50ft garden hose
• 2 spray nozzles (to go with the hose obviously)
• 1 hook for my towel in the bathroom
• 1 60 watt light bulb
• SBC®/Yahoo!® DSL for 12 months

The list of stuff that we still need to buy is three times this length. Luckily it doesn't include any more major appliances. Is it time for the House Warming Party™ yet?

See, it's funny because I am getting SBC/Yahoo DSL...hopefully a better line filter will do the trick.

Update: SBC tech guys say it could take "up to 10 days" to reach full speed. We shall see...we shall see.

The big move happened this weekend. DSL isn't installed yet, but it should be in by Friday. We're getting a fridge delivered today. We are going to try and do without cable for a while, but I don't know how much longer I can go without The Daily Show or Sports Center. We can't find the hoses for the clothes washer, our wine glasses, shelves to the big book case, and a box of contact lenses. The last three we lost in the last move and we thought we would find them in this move. We aren't done unpacking yet, but it isn't looking like we are going to find them.