March 22, 2010

I added some new links to the previous post. I will attempt to add more as the day (maybe week) progresses.

March 21, 2010

When you buy a house near the holidays, there's tons of stuff to do and no time to do it. So, here's a list of stuff (roughly chronological) that has occurred since my last post...

• Replaced the old water heater.
• Replaced the locks.
• Replaced the toilets
• Hung blackout curtains in the master bedroom
• Bought a new vaccuum cleaner
• Hung pictures on the wall (wedding, etc)
• Painted post by front door, painted decorative post over the garage, painted decorative post next to the front window (all Mrs. splorp!'s handywork)
• Bought a new washer and dryer
• Had to fly back to Ohio for a short visit (my grandmother passed away)
• Hosted Christmas dinner for Mrs. splorp's parents, sister, 2 aunts and her cousin (with his wife and 4 kids)
• Replaced a gate latch and hung a shower rod with attached towel bar (all showers seem to be made for people under 5' 10")
• Patched small bad section on the roof (ye olde father in law did that for us)
• Caulked around the windows (Mrs. splorp and her dad did that while I was at work
• Got rid of the jungle gym/swingset (Mrs. splorp!'s old boss came by on a Saturday and took it apart and hauled it away (he has kids)
• Put up floating shelves in the computer room
• Bought a kitchen island from Ikea (and, of course, had to put it together)
• Hung 36" Samsung Touch of Color TV on the wall in the computer room
• Bought a cool ottoman that holds all my Rock Band guitars and drums
• Bought a TV credenza/entertainment center thingy
• Bought a dog (D'Artagnan , Dart for short)
• Bought a kiddie gate to keep the dog in the kitchen, as well as his bed and numerous toys
• Ripped out disgusting cat-scented carpet beneath the kitchen cabinet a previous owner had installed on top of said carpet (Mrs. splorp! handled much of it)
• Ripped out shelf from kitchen cabinet and installed retractable trash can (for recycling)
• Bought huge plastic composting thingy
• Installed ceiling fan in the master bedroom with the assistance of the generous (with his time and knowledge) father in law, Dave
• Bought 3 trees - orange, nectarine and a mutant apple tree (5 branches, each with their own separarate variety)
• Installed an exhaust fan in both the master bathroom (with a light) and the hall bathroom (replaced the jet-engine sounding one)
• Drilled hole in kitchen beneath phone to pull electric cord through to prevent Dart from chewing that up (he already killed a lamp and extension cord)
• Set up planter box in the backyard
• Installed fencing in the backyard because Dart likes to: eat trees and dig in the planter. Also enclosed the orange tree (it's separate from the other two trees) with the same type of fencing

I'll be providing pictures of a lot of this stuff in the near future. Like, maybe tomorrow.

Below is Harley Quinn, our Green-Cheeked Conure


Harley Quinn in November 2005

To the left, you’ll see Drusilla,
the Vampire Parakeet, named after
a character on Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
because she bit like a vampire.
She passed away on 12/20/04.