160. 2,13,03
The Ferndale House, updated daily, for awhile

I added a lot of pictures today, I know. Last time.
Thought to take a picture of the house
2,12,03

After getting to the house fifteen minutes late this morning (rollover accident on the freeway) and missing the house inspector, I was not confident about the results when she kindly consented to come back and do the follow up inspection. But she walked through and said how swell everything was, barely LOOKED at the former dishwasher, saying, 'Oh my, you did this already?' and passed everything. I am licensed to rent! So I guess the inspector job security thing is to turn in a bunch of violations, but not necessarily be all THAT tough at the follow up? I don't know, I certainly went to great pains to correct everything she listed. Spent the rest of the day cleaning and doing the final packing. That house is DONE! Didn't look half this good when I moved in. . .

Took 'last time' photos as I was going out the door. Oh, I may find time to snap a couple when we load the truck. Will pack in Plymouth tomorrow, until time to pick up Ann and Evelyn at the airport. Will unhook this computer tomorrow. Next update will come over the road! Those notes and pictures will get posted to the Cross Country Doings   page.

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Valentines day will be spent loading the truck. Saturday we'll begin our cross country journey.

2,11,03

Whoa! Weird day! Got the stainless trimmed and installed. Burnt up several drills doing this! That is some tough stuff. But not as tough as an old GE dishwasher. Then the furnace guys had their fun. The furnace is OK. Final inspection on all the 'improvements' is tomorrow morning. I am reduced to washing floors, but that is good. I've been working my way down; ceilings, walls, and now the end is in sight. Tomorrow might be the last day at the house until moving day. Whoopee! We'll set out the last trash tomorrow, too. Depending on the inspection results, I will either be elated or highly ticked.

Of course, the day was not without it's highlights; a sticky brake on my trusty Saab became more than a nuisance, entailing a stop at Mr. Dinh's. I was SO hoping to avoid that particular experience until the Saab reached WA. No such luck. New rotor and caliper. I love that old Saab! There will be pictures of it on the trailer, costing who knows how much in additional gasoline expense? But after today, it is definitely making the trip.


Not much went to the curb, this week. A good sign.
small curb pile this week
All these boxes are books. I'm just going to leave them! And the old inlaid dresser.
porch is empty, almost
I'm also leaving the old 'pink' dresser. Now painted black, in it's most recent incarnation. But it was pink for way more years then it was black. My sisters used it, in pink. My daughter used it. I painted it black only a few years ago, after at least forty years of being pink. The monitor I want to ask Ann about. The boxes are more books. The micro wave is staying right there. That's one of my Amtrak grips, it'll get moved.
porch other end
I forget to photograph the basement from this perspective, the foot of the basement stairs. This is right after mopping. I saved it (mopping the basement) for next to last. Cleaning the bathroom was the absolute last thing that I did, today. That is another old stove on the left, it was there when I first moved in, and remains. Yes, I cleaned it, too.

basement after mopping
Some one gets a swell workbench. Strong enough to hold a bus, literally. Leaving the balance of the paint. A box of roofing nails, a jack handle, a paint roller, a clear plastic shelf that I've had for thirty years, but cut my head on, once, so I'm not taking any chances. It stays.
zoom to workbench
A last look at the basement, one of the hardest areas to clean up and get ready. A lot of hours were spent down here. The ceiling was about a foot too low, anyway. Note the 'topless' freezers stacked on their ends. That's Fran's old gas dryer (works) with a dehumidifier sitting on top, in the middle. Unfortunately, taking care of the rental 'violations' used up the time that I was going to spend running a gas line over to where the dryer belongs. It's wired for an electric machine.
finished basement
Macintosh MA5100 Amplifier, 1964 model. Analog. Tubes. You will want to hear this the next time it is hooked up. Oh yes, it's going.
last look at the tools
This list doesn't include the boxes in the garage, or at Dad's.
packed boxes so far
About fifty boxes, total, mostly small. Two bookshelves, two desks, two end tables. The blankets are for wrapping the pictures and stereo stuff.
the living dining rooms, ready to load
ready to move
There is no question that this kitchen is right out of the seventies. Maybe sixties. But, it is clean and everything works. Well, except the (dishwasher).
more realistic kitchen