Rental House Fun

Moving away from my confusing post yesterday about travel planning, the #2 item (really it's #1 to be honest) that is keeping our house quite messy, me from cooking, and us from sleeping is readying our rental house. Even though it's connected to ours via breezeway, that's where the similarities end. It's old, it's been neglected for about 5 years, and our renters are eager to move in. We've made a ton of progress, but there is oh-so-much-more to do.

Plumbing - repaired.
Fans - replaced.
Porch light - replaced.
Funky live electrical wires sticking wildly out of the house - fixed (and turned into a Christmas Tree light socket with convenient light switch in bedroom! Genius, Ryan!)
Fence - repaired, extended, stained.
House siding - cleaned.
Windows - cleared of paint overspray.
Screens - cleaned.
Kitchen knobs - repaired.
Paint - we won't go there and give them Monday to fix it.

The list literally goes on and on. I suppose it's nice to know that we've learned quite a bit on our own in the past 9 years of living together...using a dremel drill, pricing stoves, digging out caulk, razor blading windows, etc. etc. etc. But it's frustrating when you are spending hours and hours on a house...that is a "theoretical" investment since it won't pay off for a number of years and your own house gets a few extra layers of dust on it. Oh well, we're two people not five.

Even with pounds of stress, we had to get out of the house and walked over to the Alamo Drafthouse for a movie last night. I love the 5-10 minute walk, past the local church, by the fire station, zip zoom you're there and ready for a movie with a big pitcher of beer. "Burn after Reading" was hilarious and much needed.

Off to buy caulk, screws, and a dusting brush for the shop vac.

Tschüß!