New house!

Yesterday we spent our first night at the new house. We came home to find the bed made, which was really a little bit spooky! I finally realized that the cleaners that our landlord had hired must have come again... I suppose it was nice to have a freshly made bed, even if it will never get made again!

During the day Kurt had to go to PG&E and get our demolition permit signed -- they had to verify that they had turned off the gas. Later that day he made some copies of our plans to leave for our contractor to take to the city.


After work we went to our old house to pack up some stuff and take advantage of the last bit of DSL. We moved all the computer equipment to the new house, but DSL wasn't yet hooked up. A night without internet! It was very discombobulating.


We left early for work since there was no way to compute from home. We left our demo permit and the plans for Mike. After work, when we stopped by the house, he had put the tree protection up. We're just waiting for one thing -- the Environmental Quality "J" number -- before the demolition permit will be issued. Mike expected to get that today or tomorrow and will then take everything down to the city.


Cable, phone and DSL were all supposed to be installed today. Since cable was already working, I just left a note on the door and we didn't bother showing for the appointment. Phone and DSL didn't require us to be there. Unfortunately, our ISP didn't realize that we have a filter at the phone junction box and not on each phone jack, so we don't have the appropriate filters. But, who needs a phone anyway? We unplugged all the phones and installed our DSL and now we're back in business! It's amazing how dependent we both are on the internet.
Coda had her best friend Roxie stay over tonight. This really is a great house for dogs. Big open carpeted spaces and long hallways make for lots of great games of chase. We have Roxie for two days, so the two dogs should wear each other out.