Kitchen woes

We thought that things were actually going quite well in our modified kitchen. We have a hot plate, a microwave, an electric griddle, and a george forman grill. Unfortunately, we've discovered that we can't run two appliances at the same time. So J's trying to boil hot dogs and microwave popcorn, and the power went out.

I guess we only get one outlet at a time!

In the Middle Pic

Here's the living room today. Still being sorted out, and due for the second washing, but still better than before.

BEFORE Pics

This photo was taken after some of the clutter had been removed by family members, but before we moved in.

The second photo is during my cleaning process-- really just to show you the dust, cat hair, dirt. I still can't take a clean photo for all the dust in the air.

moved

It's been a very long and stressful summer, but in the past 30 days we have accomplished:
1. surgery for J
2. waiting on J hand and foot before surgery, and trying to keep him from doing to much while in recovery
3. packed up the house
4. moved into J's grandma's empty house--- empty of people, but not crap.
5. am cleaning said house to a livable condition
6. done absolutely nothing on my diss, risking the wrath of She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Forgotten
7. successfully juggled the bills (but I'm sad that this means more of the student loan will clean off debt-to-people vs. credit debt).

I'm hiding in my office today, thanks to grades being due, and intend to prolong this visit so I don't have to be there when J's friends move the fridges around between the two houses. I don't want to be asked to help. But J can't lift anything, so I should be there, but oh well. I just can't deal with more moving.

If I was awake and smart, I would have brought the camera cable to upload pictures to this computer, so I could share some of what I've accomplished. But I'm not. So here's a short list:

1. I cleaned the vacuum out 4 times yesterday from cat hair. It's a pet hair Bissell too.
2. My hands permanentely smell like Murphy's wood oil soap.
3. I can't stand CAD.
4. My belongings are now mostly in storage.
5. There's a beautiful upright piano at the house, that I polished last night. It's out of tune, and belongs to CAD supposedly, but she never took lessons. Dammit I will not ask permission to touch it!
6. Have you ever spent a Saturday vacuuming roach poop out of closets?
7. We have no stove at the house, so will live on microwave, crock pot, and toaster meals. Oh, and the kitchen sink doesn't work, so dishes have to be cleaned in the bathroom sink.
8. Speaking of bathrooms, one has a working toilet, and one was a shower. The Shower room has a toilet that's falling through the floor. CAD's son left a crap in that toilet a year ago. She refused to have him come over and clean it. Guess what I had to do.
9. I would use stronger words for CAD if I had the strength. I can't stand her.
10. It is a three bedroom house, however two rooms are packed 5 feet tall with junk cleaned out of one bedroom, the kitchen, and living area. The pest man says that he can't gaurantee his treatments because of all the crap. And tree limbs on the roof.
11. We cannot use one closet due to a weak floor (termite damage).
12. Cable is connected now, and we look forward to starting our journey into TrueBlood.
13. An example of the packrat, bi-polar shopping sprees CAD did with Grandma's money- 3 computer desks, 1 in the box, stored at the house.

I'll say more later, but I'm too tired. Atleast Jack is doing better, and should soon be off the pain meds. I think his scar is healing well, and we'll see the doc next wednesday. I want his permission for conjugal activities.

I should be very grateful that I have the best motivator for finishing schoolwork, staying at school, and going to the gym-- I don't want to go home for more than sleeping and well, eating cold foods. Oh, and no rent, don't forget the free rent (not really free because we have to start paying back J's mom for all the money we borrowed this summer).