I’ve started moving into the new pad. Ruthie and I were moving boxes and the dining room table yesterday. It was hot. I hope it’s not so hot this coming weekend :\ That’s when we’re moving the big stuff. I might see if I can try to move some of the smaller big stuff this week, though (recliners, shelves, etc).

I’ve been lookin’ around for some bookcases, but hadn’t had much luck. All of the furniture stores had outrageous prices. At least I think $800 is a wee to much for two shelves–even if they are rather nice. Even Ashley Furniture had jack, which really surprised me. I may have found a local unfinished furniture store that might have some cool stuff, though. It’d be better than some laminate cases from Wal-Mart or Target.

Anyhoo, other than that, nothing much has been goin’ down. The Stargates have a really interesting plot that’s shaping up, centering around the Ori–although we haven’t really seen much of them since the season premiere. Since that and Robot Chicken are pretty much the only TV I watch on a consistent basis…ugh. I need to watch more. lol.

So, I am finally a homeowner. Closing went flawlessly. The buyer agent and I did our final final walkthrough this morning at 7:30. The house was completely empty, save for some shelving in the living room (for surround sound speakers, which I want anyway), and some shelving and hooks in the garage–which are definitely very much appreciated.

I was going to try to move a few boxes today with Ruthie and Weber, but the rain kept us just a wee bit away from that. We’ll probably try again tomorrow, although it looks like rain tomorrow, too *sigh* We did go around to Home Depot and Lowes to find a new deadbolt. The ones on the rest of the house are Yale, and we couldn’t find that brand there. Heck, maybe you don’t need the same brand of lock if you’re going to re-key. I don’t know.

Anyhoo, I be tired. I go to sleep now.

So, Ruthie and I go with the Realtor tonight to the house for the final walkthrough. The people haven’t even frickin’ moved out yet. It looks like things are packed in boxes, the furniture is mostly still out in their original places, but there’s a U-Haul truck out front. Basically, it looked like they had to load up the truck. But, damn. Closing is tomorrow morning at 9…or it’s supposed to be *fumes*

If they do clear out by tomorrow morning, they’re going to have to be working all night at it.

Tomorrow morning will therefore be the final final walkthrough at about 7:30. Closing is at 9. I am not a happy camper 😛

Two words…pillow pants…

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Another weekend, another LAN. It wasn’t too frickin’ bad, except for the heat. Even in air conditioning, it’s pretty stinkin’ hot…especially when you have a bunch of geeks clustered around hot computers all day and night. It seems that we’ve gotten to the hotter point of the summer already. It’s 97 today, with a helluva lot of humidity. I need a swim 😛

Cubs won last night. Normally, I wouldn’t be so excited about a Cubs victory, except that they seem to be losing so much this season *le sigh* Poor Cubbies.

I’ve named the kitten Wrigley. He and Penny seem to be getting along a good bit better nowadays. They were horsing around with each other this morning, tackling each other like mad. I think that they’ll be smashing together. I’ll probably bring him in to the vet this week for a check-up and shots that I know he’ll need.

Closing is going to be on the 28th, less than two from weeks now. I need to do some major cleanup around my place this week. I’m not really concerned about getting the security deposit back from the apartment, because I’ve heard people have really gotten screwed royally by them. I have a feeling that even if I got the place spotless by professionals, they’d probably find some reason not to give me the deposit. I pretty much count those deposits as black-holish as rent itself.

So, cleanup will be getting rid of stuff I haven’t used in a long time. I’ll probably start packing up little stuff like books and all that good stuff.

Crazy stuff has been going on in the Middle East of-late. Israel has been pounding the hell out of Hezbollah in Lebanon. Potentially scary stuff, that’s for sure. I have a feeling we’re in store for more violence than any of us here in the States could ever imagine. I hope I’m wrong.

Discovery comes back tomorrow. I wish the crew well and hope they get home safe.

I’m watching Field of Dreams for the first time in years. It’s a helluva tear-jerker at the end.

On a brighter note, here’re some more house pics, for those who might be interested. I went through it again today with the parents.

Enough pictures to make ya sick

Better quality images…

So, I got a new kitten tonight. He’s about 7 or 8 weeks old–not sure exactly how old, but I’m sure a trip to the vet will probably determine fairly closely.

The friends who gave him to me called him Ewok-face, because of his poofy face. So, I was pondering calling him Wicket, for obvious Star Wars-type reasons.

I put up the question to all of you…What should his name be? The pic is pretty grainy, because I took it on my phone. I’ll find my camera when I’m not so tired and take a nice high-res photo of his mug.