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Elspode · 07-23-2006, 11:27 PM

We have the house. The owner and her elderly parents (yeah, seriously...this woman's children and friends hosed her out so badly with the help she was expecting, she was crying telling us about it. Her mom and dad must have been at least eighty. We kept offering to help, and she kept putting us off) loaded up the last of anything she was going to take at about 6:30, and drove off as Mrs Elspode and I were earnestly scrubbing the bathrooms and kitchen counters. We were left with a bounty of boxes (about ten times more than we actually need. To think, we actually went out and bought a stack of boxes last week. Sheesh), a bunch of decent wood planks and such, a stack of cinderblocks and bricks in the back yard, and a pile of appliance manuals and phonebooks. Also, about twenty odd keys to the doors and padlocks of the place.

Tomorrow, if I don't have to kill any of my coworkers, I will sign the closing papers at some point during the day. We have now moved over six carloads of the "small stuff", as well as cleaning supplies and whatnot. Our coven met on our new front porch (more a front patio, truth be known) this evening, and we determined where our new coven space would be. We will be holding all open Sabbat rituals at our new place from now on out, so we had a lot of details to discuss. After all, hosting upwards of fifty people eight times a year takes some logistics. Mrs Elspode and I have a pretty good idea of where everything is going to go when the furniture gets moved next weekend.

The moving truck is reserved, address changes have been submitted, cable/Internet/phone goes in tomorrow, utilities have been in our names since Friday, POD is delivered tomorrow, youngest son has already bought the paint for his room (it seems he doesn't care for pink for some reason) and started taping the trim this afternoon...busy, busy, busy.

I have indoor pics to show you all, but I'm headed for bed soon as I have a hellish day tomorrow at work.

This is all pretty exciting for a guy who has essentially lived in the same place for over 35 years.

07-23-2006, 11:27 PM	#127
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	We have the house. The owner and her elderly parents (yeah, seriously...this woman's children and friends hosed her out so badly with the help she was expecting, she was crying telling us about it. Her mom and dad must have been at least eighty. We kept offering to help, and she kept putting us off) loaded up the last of anything she was going to take at about 6:30, and drove off as Mrs Elspode and I were earnestly scrubbing the bathrooms and kitchen counters. We were left with a bounty of boxes (about ten times more than we actually need. To think, we actually went out and bought a stack of boxes last week. Sheesh), a bunch of decent wood planks and such, a stack of cinderblocks and bricks in the back yard, and a pile of appliance manuals and phonebooks. Also, about twenty odd keys to the doors and padlocks of the place. Tomorrow, if I don't have to kill any of my coworkers, I will sign the closing papers at some point during the day. We have now moved over six carloads of the "small stuff", as well as cleaning supplies and whatnot. Our coven met on our new front porch (more a front patio, truth be known) this evening, and we determined where our new coven space would be. We will be holding all open Sabbat rituals at our new place from now on out, so we had a lot of details to discuss. After all, hosting upwards of fifty people eight times a year takes some logistics. Mrs Elspode and I have a pretty good idea of where everything is going to go when the furniture gets moved next weekend. The moving truck is reserved, address changes have been submitted, cable/Internet/phone goes in tomorrow, utilities have been in our names since Friday, POD is delivered tomorrow, youngest son has already bought the paint for his room (it seems he doesn't care for pink for some reason) and started taping the trim this afternoon...busy, busy, busy. I have indoor pics to show you all, but I'm headed for bed soon as I have a hellish day tomorrow at work. This is all pretty exciting for a guy who has essentially lived in the same place for over 35 years. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog