The Days After The Closing 7/9- 7/12

by Sunday evening I had moved three small bookcases and numerous boxes of books into the basement area of the house.

On Saturday, 7/11, I bought a $158 lawn mower at Walmart on the eve of a brutal thunderstorm (it passed us by). Grave doubts about whether the machine would start after adding oil and gas, but it turned right over when I mowed the lawn the next morning. I was really movings, and it took a solid hour (hot and sunny- high 80's with a fair degree of humidity).

Also, on Saturday I jammed the lock from the breezeway to the kitchen. The deadbolt seems to work fine, it's the knob lock that seems to jam. I bought a new lock at Walmart when I purchased the lawn mower. I also bought a chain to lock up the mower (I had to return this on Sunday because the links were too narrow to accommodate the width of the lock), and a plastic gas can.

Ernest Cummings, the handyman from Waverly, was supposed to paint the door on Friday, but I cancelled because severe storms were predicted for the area. Very threatening in the Springfield area, but not much fell, and he said that Waverly got a couple of inches in just and hour. He says that he would like at  least two days for the paint to dry, and he's hoping he can paint on Wednesday. I told him that he could leave the door 'up' even if it did rain, and he seemed to feel that this would work. He seems committed, and I still think he's and honest guy and legitimately concerned about the quality of the work.

I left the key in the mail box and Eric and Anderson Construction will begin work tomorrow morning (Mo 7/13). He's going to replace the lock for the door which I also bought when I got the lawn mower on Saturday. Then, they'll remove the living room carpet. Hope the floor is in good condition, but I'm going to go the the 'hardwood look' regardless.