One Year Later

[sailorzeo]

It's been a year since Matt and I left NC for AZ. In that year:

--Matt started working at 2Wire
--I started as a supervisor at OfficeMax
--We removed the popcorn ceilings and nasty orange carpet from the house.
--We painted the kitchen, living room, entranceway, hallway, floor and guest bedroom.
--We replaced the thermostat with a digital, programmable one
--We bought 2 queen beds
--I found out I was gluten intolerant
--We replaced the locks on the house
--We replaced the dishwasher
--We had new cable drops put in to replace the cable coming in through the bathroom window
--We celebrated our third anniversary
--I became a baptised Jehovah's Witness
--Matt's mom came out and stayed with us for a month
--Matt and I had our first real vacation/first cruise
--I left OfficeMax for 2Wire
--I left 2Wire for AlphaGraphics
--My Dante-cat ripped out one of his back claws, requiring $300 worth of vet bills.
--We've had a total of seven flat tires and bought six new ones

All in all, we didn't get as much work on the house done as we wanted to, Matt hasn't progressed in his job as much as he wanted to, and we've spent a lot more on the vehicles than we wanted to. But, I'm now in a job I enjoy again (all the good things about the job at OMax with none of the negative aspects), we have plans set about the house next year, we've gotten a taste of vacation and enjoyed it, and we know we can sort-of handle houseguests.

Things to do before April (when we get our next houseguests):

--paint the master bedroom, closet, and two bathrooms (colors are now picked out)
--get a bedframe and new bedding for the master bedroom
--take down the shutters and put up curtains in the master bedroom
--get ceiling fans/lights installed in the bedrooms
--curtains in the guest bedroom
--finish pulling up the linoleum in the kitchen, paint the kitchen floor

If we can get at least that much accomplished by then, I'll be happy.

Things I would LIKE to have done by April, but probably won't happen:

--FLOORING!!
--moulding and trim in the guest bedroom
--new garage door (installed properly so it WORKS)

If we can at least get those done by the end of the year, I'll be happy.

Comments

[stephaniejane2.livejournal.com]

SEVEN flat tires??? what the heck! are the roads made of nails down there or what?

[sailorzeo.livejournal.com]

Let's see if I can remember all seven, in order:

1. Back driver's tire on the pickup, fixed.
2. Back passenger tire on the pickup, fixed.
3-4. BOTH back tires on the pickup, at same time, replaced. (Matt had to call me collect from the gas station down the road to come get him and the tires. Good thing I'd called in sick to work that day)
5-6. Front passenger tire on the wagon, SPARE tire on wagon. Replaced all four tires on wagon at this point.
7. Rear driver tire on wagon (razor blade in tires). Fixed (was almost too big to fix, though).

To be fair, all the tires were old, and the Mazda wagon tires were getting ready to be replaced anyway.