.jeri.

Hey guys!

Well, all our stuff is now in the new condo (with the exception of a few fridge items I accidentally left behind)! Thanks to the help of Paul, Cyndi, Ryan, Amy, Rob, Dee, my sister, Ric's parents, and the piano movers, we managed to get everything inside. And that was no small feat, considering it's a two-story place, the media cabinet from the bedroom was too large to fit through the bedroom door (so it went over the patio wall), and the desk had to be unassembled to make it upstairs.

Now we just have to put it all away, but not until we're done painting in certain areas. I've been working on trim in the office so that we can get that room together, and then we can put some boxes in that room while we figure out the configuration of the living room. The bedroom is all painted and just needs the media cabinet top to be put back on. The downstairs bathroom needs a second coat of paint on the walls and a fresh coat on the cabinet. The kitchen cabinets need sanded and painted, with new hardware. The upstairs bathroom needs everything re-painted. The hallways, office, living room, and bathroom all need painted trim. So yeah. I have a lot of painting to do.

We knew when we bought the place that the dishwasher was crap. Our inspector even said it wasn't in working order, but the sellers claimed it was. We said "whatever" and didn't push it, since the sellers didn't have any money to be buying replacement appliances. Part of the reason we bought the place was because the asking price was well below the norm for a place of this size. So a little bit of extra spending didn't scare us. As a result, we need to buy a new dishwasher. We also knew the water heater was 22 years old, so that needs replacing as well. Lastly, we need to get a washer and dryer set. We were going to wait to buy some of it, but the dishwasher is nasty and needs replacing now. And the water heater seems to have a bit of a drip-leak, which indicates it doesn't have long until it commits suicide, so we should just avoid water damage and replace it asap. And we have a 10% coupon for any purchase at Lowe's. Basically, it's now or 6 months from now, but all of it needs to be purchased, so we're just gonna do it now. Bye, bye, money! Lowe's is totally making bank off of us this month.

Up this week: painting, of course. I think we're going to head out to Disneyland for Valentine's Day, since we were too busy to think about making plans. And our gifts to each other will be so romantic: we've each promised to buy each other something for fixing up the condo. Haha.

Pictures to come later on, as we make more progress.