| | ... WTH does that mean, you say? Well... for those of you who have kept up with my wonderful fiancée's Xanga blog, you know. For those of you who don't... I'M A HOMEOWNER NOW! 
Yep... I still can't believe it. By the grace of God, D & I have moved into our house. We're still settling in, but it's great. We've done A LOT so far... We've gotten the home phone, cable, utilities, & Verizon FiOS service activated and changed over to our names... we bought a TV stand from Ikea for the living room, which we'll slowly but surely add to... we bought two desks & a smaller TV stand from Ikea for the office and set them up... we bought some replacement ceiling light fixtures for some ceiling lights in the hallways & stairways... the house is really beginning to come together. I can't wait until we're really settled in and we actually have some folks over. And I REALLY can't wait until I can really cook in our kitchen. I think our next small-scale cosmetic goals will be to replace the ceiling fans in the bedrooms and the lighting fixture over the dining room table, and to paint all the rooms (the only colors we've decided on so far are the living room, office, and guest bedroom). After that, we'll most likely move on to getting a futon, desk chairs & a floor mat for the office; getting a dresser for the master bedroom; removing the crappy shelving in the master bedroom closets and replacing it with something more sturdy; replacing the range hood in the kitchen with an over-the-range microwave; and getting the other 3 pieces for the entertainment center from Ikea for the living room, Then, we can move onto the big stuff - changing the flooring in the foyer / kitchen / bathrooms (thanks Mom!), buying a bed for the guest bedroom, buying a large-screen LCD tv for the living room, etc. Oh! And don't let me forget that I have to get to Home Depot and get support hangers for the deck joists and install them! Sheesh... so much to being a homeowner. The Black Family Reunion... ugh... great festival, bad coordination. If you went to the festival as a patron, there was a lot to do, so I'd be surprised if you said you didn't have a good time. As a performer, however... the be treated the way they treated me... I just don't know what to say. All the misinformation beforehand, the miscommunication the day of, etc. All I can do now is look forward to this Saturday's performance at the Festival on H Street and hope it's better-organized. What in the blue hell is happening to my Redskins? Where is Saunders' high-powered offense that is supposed to complement Antwaan Randle El, Brandon Lloyd, and Santana Moss? What is happening to the defensive secondary? I understand they're getting used to a new (and extremely extensive) offensive playbook. 0-4 in the preseason doesn't mean anything. But a 19-16 loss at home to the Vikings and an abysmal 27-10 loss to the Cowboys on the road? Maybe it's just one of those seasons... *sigh* Cowboy fans... go ahead and get your little snide comments in, because I know you want to.. *LOL* Yesterday was a trying day for me. I stayed home for the FiOS install. After seeing D off yesterday morning, I napped until the Verizon installer came to do the FiOS install. He did his thing and was done in about 2 hours. After he finishes, I decide to finish my laundry and install the last hallway light fixture (we bought 4 and D helped me replace 3 already). It took me 45 minutes of flipping switches on the breaker to figure out that the hallway light fixture on the top floor is wired to the same breaker as the furnace... UGH! I walk all the way up to the 3rd floor, get the old fixture off, attempt to install the frame for the new fixture but I just can't reach it. So I walk all the way to the 1st floor to get the ladder, bring it all the way up to the 3rd floor, and finish installing the frame, bulb & cover for the light. I walk all the way to the 1st floor, put the ladder away, and decide to finish setting up stuff in the office. But lo and behold... D's computer won't turn on! My computer comes on fine but hers won't. And, the TV (plugged into the same wall receptacle) won't turn on either! So I first check the breaker to make sure all switches are in the ON position. Never mind that they're labeled WRONG... ugh... but ANYWAY... I find the breaker switch for the outlets in the room and turn it off and on multiple times, and the wall receptacle that my computer is plugged into is fine but the other one is still dead. By this time, I'm highly frustrated and I don't know what to do. I called my best friend Chris and explain the problem. After having me test the breaker switch and checking both outlets on the receptacle, he asked me if I had any GFCI receptacles in the house. I remembered that there were two on the second level - one in the kitchen, one in the guest bathroom. I checked the one in the guest bathroom, and sure enough, the RESET button was protruding. I pressed it, went back downstairs, checked D's computer... it worked fine. What a day... and after all that, I played Madden NFL 2007 on my PC... Redskins vs. Cowboys... THREE TIMES... beat them the first time, 37-32... other two games, they wiped the floor with me. *smh* Not a very cool end to a trying day... but at least I got some cleaning done in the kitchen... and seeing D when she came home...  |
