In need of a Money Tree...

Anyone know where I can find one?

So still have some stuff to move into the house, but we have hit some obstacles. The water was finally been turned on, but once on we figured out we had some pretty good leaks in the pipe. Luckily, they were outside, but we had 3. One was in the front that Chadd was able to fix and 2 were in the pipe going from the house to the garage apartment. Chadd was able to fix one of those, but the small one is still going, so we have to turn the water off everytime we leave.

While over there on Friday, half of the electrical throughout the house quit working, We thought that maybe the it got wet and shorted out, but none of the breakers were flipped. So no telling, but they still don't work. On Sunday we got a call from the security alarm people during Harry Potter. At first we thought the house was broken into, but turns out it lost connectivity. We went over to the house and the plug that the alarm is plugged into no longer works, so we had to run an extension cord to the closet where it is hooked up. Very high class. :)

I think we should just put in a new circuit breaker/main switch thing. We will need more amps anyway, as I think we just have 100 amps going to the house right now. No idea what this will cost. I looked up what rewiring a whole house would cost and that looks to be like 12,000 or so. Not in the budget at the moment, but maybe we can get a new panel for under 2 and rewire a room at a time. We need to put insulation in all the outside walls anyways.

In other news, the AC in my car went out on Friday also, so maybe it is just not meant for me to be cool. The AC condenser froze up and he said he had never seen a condenser freeze up like that with only 60000 miles. Figures. Estimated price - $1000.

Anyone need any yard or computer work done? I'll work for car/electrical work. :)

Moving Sucks

Chadd has decided that we are never moving again. According to him, he can be buried under the floorboards. I think that is a large statement to make, especially since we have yet to actually move in. I would summise that it would be better to say that we will never move again in the months of July and August in Texas. I have said that before even, but apparently it was forgotten somewhere along the way. This is doubly important, if said house that you are moving into does not have air conditioning. Let this be a lesson to everyone, moving in the surmmer sucks!

We have however put a pretty good dent in moving everything. We had a moving company move all of the big furniture out of storage, so that was very helpful and not as expensive as I would have presumed. The week before that, Kyle, Misty, and Jan helped us move most of the boxes out of storage and this weekend, Jr helped us move a lot of boxes out of mom's attic. We still have some stuff in the attic, and lots of stuff in the hallway, and a little bit of furniture left in the living room. We might be able to polish it off next weekend if we're lucky. We have a lot of stuff it turns out, and I am so excited to see it again! I missed all my things!

My biggest issue is the lack of AC. Chadd said he might move in without it, but it is a no go for me. We brought one of the air conditioners that Gary is letting us borrow over, but we haven't tried to plug it in yet. I don't know how that is going to go. Hopefully we won't have to get a new circuit board before they work, or that is going to be expensive. Most of the wiring we should be able to do ourselves, but that one we are going to have to bring in a certified electrician. Boo.

Now if we can only get the water on.....