OK. Now that it has been explained what it is that we're doing, lets shift to the nitty-gritty state of affairs that have consumed our lives since we actually decidedto try and pull this off. As proud home owners of a 106 year old house in SLC, and since the equity from our fine abode is financing this trip(see photo of the cash cow on the right), let it be known that we've been slaving away like a madmen for the past month and a half to get things in order so that we can rent the place while we're gone.
During this time we've installed a new hot water cooler (thank you brother), replaced some plumbing in the dungeon (compliments of Wayne the unreliable plumber), hoisted a swamp cooler to the top of our two story house (by ourselves) and installed it, and trenched the back yard and installed sprinklers. The fun doesn't stop there, especially since we're t-minus two months and counting until departure, and far, far, far from being ready. I won't continue with the boring details of chores and slave labor in the yard--but there is a long list of stuff that still needs to happen. I think we've done more improvements on the house in the past 4 weeks than we did the entire summer of '06. Funny how we're making the place nicer and more reliable, just so we can leave. If any of you are looking for something fun to do on the weekends--well, you know where we live.
During this time we've installed a new hot water cooler (thank you brother), replaced some plumbing in the dungeon (compliments of Wayne the unreliable plumber), hoisted a swamp cooler to the top of our two story house (by ourselves) and installed it, and trenched the back yard and installed sprinklers. The fun doesn't stop there, especially since we're t-minus two months and counting until departure, and far, far, far from being ready. I won't continue with the boring details of chores and slave labor in the yard--but there is a long list of stuff that still needs to happen. I think we've done more improvements on the house in the past 4 weeks than we did the entire summer of '06. Funny how we're making the place nicer and more reliable, just so we can leave. If any of you are looking for something fun to do on the weekends--well, you know where we live.
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