Amanda Huggankis

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I now have a walk through date of Dec 30th at 1pm. After we go through, they give me the keys, and I can move in any time after that. That's next Sunday already! I guess I should start packing my shit.

I'm going to use the rest of that day to clean the place thoroughly. Steam clean carpets, hang shower curtain, install the cable, diagnose the washer dryer situation, stock toilet paper, trash bags, etc.

Hire an oversized dumpster and start throwing everything away immediately!!!

Make sure there's no cement in the sewer pipe.:p:

There's another tenant in the same house, so I am assuming that the plumbing is operational. Also, no need to throw things out, as I've been living in a single room for 2.5 years. I have the things I wanted from the house in Elverson in Amanda's basement, Mom's attic and shed. I will be able to take my time about this.

I should only need help with the wardrobes and dresser. everything else is one man carry. I'm borrowing the NV Cargo van from work, and I have a hand truck.

Sounds like a clean move.

Wow.

Yeah....wow

Moving today

Good luck!

moving sucks. Good luck and have some pizza.

Get your internet service back on soon!

It's been on since sunday. I had Spence set it up. I had to buy a wireless router, though.

I moved in officially today. I'm about to crawl into bed. New sheets, so freshly showered and exhausted from moving.

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Wishing you much comfort and happiness in your new home!

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So how much later did you sleep this morning since your work is now like two blocks away?

Yey! Hope it's a happy home for you Jim :) That bed looks uber comfy!

Striped sheets are the only way to go. They help when you're trying to figure out which is the little end and which is the longer end. I KNOW it seems like it would be obvious but with sheets being so deep now (to accomodate mattress toppers, etc) sometimes it's hard to tell. Stripes lead the way.

Good for you, Jim!

slept through my alarm.... woke up at 8:30. out the door at 8:41. Parking lot at 8:47.

fucking win.

Congrats on your move ... all the best in your new place. Six minutes from work? Definite win.

Gonna be a big lifestyle change now! What to do with all this new free time?

Indeed. Maybe I'll learn to play guitar.

this is the organ that was left here:

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Maybe you'll learn to play the organ?

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I'd suggest that he mastered the organ 25 or 30 odd years ago.

Bet that's worth a few bob...

Probably not. Many old/vintage musical instruments need (a lot of) money spent on 'em to be made playable again and they may not have been all that good in the first place (even a Wurlitzer ...). This one doesn't look old enough (yet) to be of interest to the specialist collector. Let's hope it survives the next ten years or so ...

I wouldn't feel right selling it. I figure it belongs to the land lady.... But I don't mind having it to play and or put picture frames on. I think it's cool.

Oh goodness, i wasn't suggesting you sell it! Just that it looked like the sort of thing that people find in dusty attics, or garages that turn out to be worth thousands.

It's certainly cool! I thought it was in a shared hallway - but you mean it's in your flat (= apartment)? Ver-ry co-ol! Lucky you!

My dad had something similar when I was a kid...

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I can't wait until he visits. I'm gonna make him play it.

Why Jim, what a huge organ you have! :D

I never played. But I took piano lessons at a Wurlitzer place as a kid.

That looks like a nice one. It has lots of stops. Each stop controls a single voice that the organ knows how to make.

On electric organs like yours, they are the colored levers. In the big church organs they are knobs. Push them in to stop the sound (hence the name). Pull them out allow that voice to play. If you had all the stops out, the organ would be set to go as loud as it could go. This is what it means to "Pull out all the stops."

Is that you in the pic?


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I find this post helpful. Thanks! I had it figured backwards.

Yes, limey...thats me.

Cute! Meanwhile, I am the proud owner of an American Organ ...


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This is why I love the Cellar.

Jim ... I have your housewarming gift here somewhere, but I'm sure as hell not mailing it... ifyaknowwhatImean.

Dude. stop over on sunday. It will be my first full day here with the kids and amanda. We're gonna be unpacking and what not all day. I'm gonna do a video tour...you can be in it!

Holy crap the world is a tiny place. I spent an awful winter in Haddonfield once. The only saving grace was the little bar just over *there* in Cherry Hill.

Nice place Jim!

This morning, I went and bought a used washer dryer set for $325. Nice refurbished Maytags....they even match!

When I installed the washer, I realized that the plumber who put the new water supply lines in put in two cold water supplies. Doh! He will be out tomorrow to fix that and a slight leak on the cold water knob. The dryer came with the wrong kind of power cord, so that went on the growing list of things I need.

Then I went and collected my woodworking tools from where I built that deck. My new drill was missing, but Bruce has since located it. He was using it at one of his stores.

Then I had to go home(moms), drop off the van and borrow moms car so I could pick the kids up...went to Lowes for the dryer cord.....Back to moms, then amanda brought pizza over and we ate it.

Then I finished packing up my room, and loading the van with that stuff and the tools I had in her barn and shed.... Sat down for maybe 15 minutes, watched the closing scenes of Hunger games, and it was time to take the kids home again (10:30)

Amanda took them home, and I drove my ass back to NJ and unloaded the van. I'm fucking pooped. Yeungling time.

Moveing SUCKS !!!!

It usually is the worst thing evar.... but this time... there was no rush... plus I had help most of the time... It really wasn't that bad! two full days of it, and now I't just getting it all set up, which is fun....

also I'm totally excited about having my own digs.

Naughty Zip. Bad Zip. No Beer.

Cool Jim. I may have to make a road trip. It sounds like a slice of heaven, not to mention a beautiful gal who delivers pizza! Holy shit, does it get better than that?

Yeeeeah!!!

Presented unironically, because I always play this in a new place:

All the better to ... organize ... you with.

So the handy man came, and after looking at the pipes, insisted that it was, in fact connected correctly. Must be the washing machine. He kept interrupting me when I tried to explain that I had tried the washer with all possible connection combinations, and run the hot water through the sink and felt the pipes....

He disconnected and reconnected the dishwasher for some reason and left his assistant here doing I don't know what for another hour. The assistant comes up and tells me it's all back together and should work, and this is the hot supply line.

So I say, ok, turn the cold off. Now open the hot. Now fill the washer with hot. Feel that water? Thats cold.

Lets turn the sink on hot, and go down and feel the pipes.


Oh, yeah. Youre right. This one is cold too. Calls the boss, argues with him, and leaves saying the boss will be back shortly to fix it himself.

Cocks.

Tap tap tap



Thats my toe tapping. Dude is making me late for my nap.

Mother. Fucker.

dude is still absent.

And I just ran the dishwasher...cold too.


So I cancel it, and start hearing noise from the basement. Water splashing.

Fucker left the drain pipe disconnected.

Guess I was due...this has been going too smoothly.....

Now the douche canoe won't be back until weds. plick.

thats your down stairs shower

Even by stereotypical tradie standards, that's pretty shitty work.

Sorry I just saw this... My mom turned 78 today. Had to do B-Day with her.
Definitely gonna catch up soon though.

After reading about the plumbing issues, maybe I'm not that sorry. ;)

yeah... probably would have been a pretty bad host today. The guy that invented e-juanics ( remember the quote list and the cash year's check?) dropped by today though. He helped while I switched the power cord on the dryer. I dropped one of the tiny little 8mm nuts (that hold the individual segments of that cord on to the contacts of the dryer) into the body of the goddamned dryer. I had to tape the contact cable in until I can get out to replace that nut.

I did enough laundry to get me through until weds in cold water, and washed our dishes by hand...not that there was a lot. We had Chinee on paper plates. just soup bowls and coffee mugs really.

Ha - memories being made ...
I got some tools for Christmas. Ready to help out when you are.

Water situation was fixed tuesday. Washer and dishwasher are fully operational. Yay. The kids will be over for their first sleep over tomorrow night. Amanda will pick them up and they should be here when I get home from work.

Thats huge, to me. I got the twin bed assembled this evening, and tested the air mattress. Check check. I also hit 2 different good wills and found a nice set of 8 dinner plates and 5-7" plates that match...white with a blue ring... Plus a wrought iron lamp, a shade for another lamp, a pot rack, a couple of pots, and a thing to put my wooden spoons in.

I hung a coat rack, did a bunch of laundry, dishes, and had 3 hot dogs. Sunday, I'm going to hang my old signs in the kitchen, replace the dead bolt and fix the front door hinges.

I need a chest to store sheets and blankets, and a bakers rack. Most of all, I need to get a couch. And maybe a love seat. Id like to find a love seat sleep sofa so I dont have to use the air mattress.

I did shoot a quick video tour, but have not taken the time to edit it as yet. Suppose I should get on that.

Sounds great! Isn't if fab fixing up a place the way you like it?! And the kids coming for a sleepover, too! I can feel your thrill from here!

Sounds great, Jim. So much done, plans in hand, and the kids coming to sleep over - have a great weekend!

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