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Life Update

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The house is continuing to come along, slowly but surely. The carpets are in, the wood floors are being finished, and the appliances should be arriving early next week. This weekend, we’ll be moving in many things from my parents’ garage. Some things will probably be in their actual location, but many things will likely end up being in our garage.

Also this weekend is Charlton Baptist Church’s Free Market. Jessi and I will be helping out there. Stop by there in the morning, say hello, and pick up something free.

Next weekend (Sept. 24 and 25th) is the Magic Ravnica: City of Guilds prerelease. We’ll be going to the one in Connecticut on Saturday, and I’ll be judging there. We haven’t decided whether or not to go to the Boston one on Sunday. (Connecticut’s is only on Saturday, while Boston’s is both days.)

Al…most… there…

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The phone company managed to put in one pole today (Horray!), but they still need to replace the one across the street that will connect to it.

But some progress has been made, at least.

Carpeting/Linoleum should be arriving this week. Finishing up the wood flooring is blocked on getting power. (Apparently the extension cord to my parents’ house isn’t enough for powering their big sanding machines, or something.)

House building update

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The inside is mostly (if not all) painted and stained, and the doors, moulding, stairs, and walls all look wonderful.

The septic system is now in, and our front yard has been leveled to about the configuration it will end up in. They’ve also started reconfiguring the side yard by the stream, making the stream more visible from the porch.

The carpeting people are supposed to measure things this week, although I don’t know if they already have. The kitchen countertops should be arriving sometime soon as well.

So, there’s a lot of progress happening, and it keeps on looking better and better. We are, of course, still waiting for the utility pole to appear.

House Building Update

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We now have a large hole in our front yard. It looks like the septic tank itself is there, although there’s still a lot of room dug up for the drain field that is yet to be put in. (I think they need an inspection from the town before they can put that in and cover everything up.)

Most of the woodwork (stairs, doors, moulding around doors and windows) has been stained to match the cabinets. They look really nice.

We picked out some flooring last weekend, and we’ll be going back this weekend to finalize choices and order it.

We’re still waiting for a utility pole to grow in the corner of my parents’ yard.