Fly by posting

I've got a few minutes in the middle of what's got to be one of the busiest weeks of my life. So this is going to be a Q&D post.

My folks and the Hobermans helped us out this weekend. We got two coats on the living room, and one each on our bedroom and May's bedroom, not to mention shelving int he bedroom and the bathroom. Special shout out to Jen who did more painting than any three of us put together.

I don't think I posted taht we had the lead test last week and came out with a fabulous result. Lead-free (mostly). The pantry has some small amounts, as did the front door frame. But the state will refund (through tax breaks) the cost of mitigation up to some multiple of thousands of dollars. Since the mititgation will probably cost a few hundred, it's essentially free!

This is much better than the $10K we were expecting to spend. What's more, because the lead paint is in the pantry (not a May-friendly area to begin with), we can do the mitigation after the holidays.

Let's see, what else? Oh, the stupid condo people ( who are all on my list), as well as both the real state people, and the inspector all missed the fact that our stove wasn't actually installed. It was just... sitting there. (To be totally fair, we missed it too, but we were doing this for the first time, talented amatuers. Those professionals were supposed to catch it.) Dad tried to hook it up, but apparently the valve to which it was attached was original tot he 100-year-old house and therefore essentially useless. So we need to get a plumber in.

But, in the things-are-looking-up category, I went to Dave's Fresh Pasta today to pick up some lunch and when the nice guy behind the counter said "Is there anything else you need?" I quipped, "the name of a good plumber?" and he said, "Wow, you know it's so weird that you said that. One of my friends is a plumber and was just featured on the Bobo Vila Show last night!"

So I've got his number.

Last things before I go: May had her first Redbone's BBQ yesterday and her first bolognese from Dave's Fresh Pasta about ten minutes ago.