Bi-i-i-i-i-ig project done

When we thought we were going to have renters, we just moved all the boxes over and put them in the upstairs rooms. Then it got hot. And I had hives from the dust that was also up there. So they just sat. But in the back of my mind I knew I had to do something about the mess or Dad wouldn’t be able to wire the upstairs, which has to be done before he can close in the ceiling with the evil dust.

So, today was cool and I attacked the project. What I thought would take me several days took from about 10:15 until 3:45, with a short break for lunch. I ended up with 85 boxes cataloged and stored. I had already started the project, though, so I didn’t do all 85 today. Probably about 40. I would label it with a number and a description, log it in the computer, then put it away. A lot of them went in the room with the desk, then the rest of them got stacked in an organized fashion in the same room I was in. As I was doing it, I was sorting out things we didn’t want or need any more and throwing them in boxes for Goodwill or a garage sale.

Anyway, I’m glad to be done and to know that we are ready to do wiring any time Dad is ready.  He put up a new mailbox post at 126, since he’d backed into the old one and broke it off. He also cleaned off a bunch of stuff and put it by the curb for sale. Odd stuff like the extra playset slide, flower garden edging, a couple trailer tail lights, etc.  He put out his old accordian and the guy down the street bought it for $10 (actually an IOU for now!)

We have some people who want the house, but we haven’t checked their references yet. We are a bit hesitant, since they have been bankrupt once and the only one with a job is the pregnant girlfriend. The neighbors don’t want us to rent it to them because they want it to still be available when their house sells and they have to move. But I don’t think their house is going to sell very soon and we need the income.