Wednesday, June 16, 2004
We're in. The house is ours, and pretty much all of our stuff is there now. The appliances were delivered by Future Shop - effecient and pain free. The only hitch is that the hoses for the washing machine that the vendors had were still in place. The connectors had rusted to the taps and so we're using them instead of our new hoses, at least until we get around to using C-L-R or WD-40. The latter is best I think, as it'll penetrate the rust rather than acting on the surface only. So the washing machine taps drip... Sleep Country Canada ("#Why buy a mattress anywhere else?") delivered our king sized bed - great stuff. Rogers arrived and cabled us up - BB at home now, though the PCs don't appear to be picking up DHCP leases for some reason. The loaner laptop from work operates OK though. Hmm. Leons cocked up yet again - broke a piece of furniture so we're one down and they can't deliver again for two weeks. Coupled with the pain of trying to buy this stuff, I doubt we'll be walking into a Leon's any time soon.
The phone works, the TV works, and our stuff arrived from England. The delivery guys were supposed to unpack and set up, but had no tools, so they unpacked some stuff, and set up a couple of things, but two of our dining room chairs have had a leg snapped off, one PC won't turn on (I think the mobo is cracked), I fixed the filing cabinet that was broken, and there are still a dozen or so boxes yet to unpack. I'll have to file a claim under the insurance cover we have, and hope that we get paid.
We have no chairs (other than four dining room chairs), as our couches/loveseats arrive in about a month or so. They have to be made to order, so I think this weekend, or maybe tonight, we'll be going to Canadian Tire or Zellers and buying a set of patio chairs. $40 each I think, and they'll go well outside on the decking after we're through using them to watch TV inside.
A bookcase (or two) is on the shopping list as well, and a computer desk and chair. We already went out and bought a coffee machine, curtains for the bedroom, a kettle, step ladder, rubbish bins, a phone, an answering machine, a power extension cord and plenty of other stuff that I can't recall right now.
This morning I noticed that neighbours(*) had put out their rubbish, so we put ours out before leaving for work at 6.45am. The council instructions to residents are to make sure rubbish is kerbside by 7am on collection day. Just in time, as the refuse truck was pulling into our road as we drove away.
Not seen too much wildlife on the drive to work, though a heron flew over the farm when I dropped Deb off this morning. Our house has plenty of wildlife around it though. We regularly see chipmunks ("chippies") and small rabbits. I photographed a chippie on the Saturday morning (our first morning), and there are lots of birds in our back garden. Once the PCs are set up I'll install the printer, which doubles as a memory card reader, and upload to my photos folder all the images I have stored on the camera. Then I'll post a couple here :)
(*) Jane, please note the spelling :)
The phone works, the TV works, and our stuff arrived from England. The delivery guys were supposed to unpack and set up, but had no tools, so they unpacked some stuff, and set up a couple of things, but two of our dining room chairs have had a leg snapped off, one PC won't turn on (I think the mobo is cracked), I fixed the filing cabinet that was broken, and there are still a dozen or so boxes yet to unpack. I'll have to file a claim under the insurance cover we have, and hope that we get paid.
We have no chairs (other than four dining room chairs), as our couches/loveseats arrive in about a month or so. They have to be made to order, so I think this weekend, or maybe tonight, we'll be going to Canadian Tire or Zellers and buying a set of patio chairs. $40 each I think, and they'll go well outside on the decking after we're through using them to watch TV inside.
A bookcase (or two) is on the shopping list as well, and a computer desk and chair. We already went out and bought a coffee machine, curtains for the bedroom, a kettle, step ladder, rubbish bins, a phone, an answering machine, a power extension cord and plenty of other stuff that I can't recall right now.
This morning I noticed that neighbours(*) had put out their rubbish, so we put ours out before leaving for work at 6.45am. The council instructions to residents are to make sure rubbish is kerbside by 7am on collection day. Just in time, as the refuse truck was pulling into our road as we drove away.
Not seen too much wildlife on the drive to work, though a heron flew over the farm when I dropped Deb off this morning. Our house has plenty of wildlife around it though. We regularly see chipmunks ("chippies") and small rabbits. I photographed a chippie on the Saturday morning (our first morning), and there are lots of birds in our back garden. Once the PCs are set up I'll install the printer, which doubles as a memory card reader, and upload to my photos folder all the images I have stored on the camera. Then I'll post a couple here :)
(*) Jane, please note the spelling :)
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