Just wanted to take a second to congratulate and give good wishes to a few people:
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Yes, I know it’s been forever since I’ve had a meaningful blog post. Here’s just a small list of what’s been keeping me busy:
- New furnace
- Painting the living room, dining room, kitchen, and upstairs bathroom
- Landscaping, gardening, and general yard work
- Taking three classes
- Leading a few huge projects at work that will last through Q1 2008
- Cathedral council, youth group, and church things
- My sister’s announced move to Atlanta and her engagement
- Visting Home Depot, Lowes, Costco, or Target multiple times a day to get things I need
- Getting a new roof
I’m sure that’s not an all inclusive list, but that’s been my life for the last month. Pictures of some of the finished rooms will be posted soon!
This is one of the reasons I love my job.
I have to laugh every time I see one of those Home Depot commercials. You know the ones where some extremely friendly, very knowledgeable and helpful associate helps the customer. Maybe it’s just every Home Depot I’ve been to, but nothing could be farther from the truth.
To me, most Home Depot associates don’t seem very friendly, almost like they’d rather light themselves on fire than stop to answer a question. And rarely do I find someone knowledgeable about their products. I find more help myself online.
I always thought there was something illegal about false advertising. Oh well, I guess it doesn’t apply to Home Depot.
My heart and prayers go out to all those who were affected by the tragedy at Virginia Tech today. I count myself lucky that one of my very good friends was unharmed in the incident.
So last week was moving week. The actual move date was last Saturday, during the Easter weekend blizzard. Luckily it wasn’t too bad and the movers did a great job just like the last time we used them.
So far it’s rather surreal to actually know that we own a home. After renting for so long, it still sometimes feels as if this belongs to someone else. But I’m sure that will pass soon enough. 
I had all last week off just to work on cleaning, unpacking, painting, and shopping for house stuff. Although I must say I got a very good deal at Lowe’s for all my out door yard and garden items.
We painted the dining room and I have to say I’m very pleased with the color. Once we’re finished unpacking in there I’ll be sure to post pictures. Only seven more rooms to paint.
After I arrived at the apartment building after work, I pushed the button to call the elevator. In walks a pizza guy and we both proceed to get on the elevator. Now our elevators in this building have been having quite a few technical issues as of late.
So there I am in the elevator with the pizza guy thinking to myself, “hey, at least if we get stuck, there’s pizza to eat”. He then gets off his floor, the doors close and off I go. When it reaches my floor the doors opened and there I was mid-floor, outer doors closed trapped between floors.
I push the button for another floor, same thing. I did this 3 more times. Darn it, I thought, I wish this would have happened when the pizza guy was here.
I pushed ground and finally I was released from the elevator. Thankfully we’re moving on Saturday.
Having never owned a home before, there are so many things that need to be purchased. Lawn and garden equipment, home maintenance tools, and more furniture top the list.
This weekend Adam and I went shopping for a new washer and dryer. The house currently has them, but they’re old and we really wanted a more efficient front loading washer. We got an outstanding deal at Home Depot with delivery scheduled soon after we move in.
Staying in the realm of being environmentally friendly, we purchased an electric lawn mower. It’s smaller, but it’s perfect for our yard which itself is small. It also means less hassle than dealing with gas and oil, less polution from exhaust, and it’s so much quieter.
It’s amazing to think of all the other things that we still need to buy. Luckily I had considered all this earlier, but it’s easy to see how people can get in over their heads if they don’t think about it.
Daylight saving time is here, three weeks early. I absolutely love when we get to move the clocks forward an hour. There’s just something about having that extra daylight in the evening that makes me feel happy. Perhaps it’s the anticipation of Spring.
Only 4 weeks until we move into our new house and still so much to do to get ready.
With all the danger of global warming and dwindling energy supplies, it’s good to see a multitude of innovative organizations sprouting up to help individuals and businesses do something about it. This is especially true considering the government seems to be in neutral on the issue.
Carbonfund.org is one such group. You can make a yearly donation which will allow you to offset your personal carbon impact. Of course since Carbonfund.org is also a registered non-profit, your contribution is tax deductible and often eligible for employer matching programs.
I’m proud to say that Adam and I made a contribution to offset our carbon usage for a year and plan to do so going forward. Reducing your impact where possible and offsetting what you can’t is one small step in the long journey against global warming.