Do the Twist

[primsong]

Ah, the quirks of homemade housing! We've just discovered that every single light fixture in the new house is wired exactly backwards. This means if someone were to say, stick a tool in to get a broken bulb end out or something they would get a very nasty shock - not to mention it being against code. Sigh. Lots of fixtures to have to take back down and rewire. Bleah. At least light fixtures is one thing I know how to do - I can twist wires together with those little wire nuts just like a pro. ;-)

Moved a large couch to make way for the carpet-cleaning guys - shouldn't have done that. Going to be quite stiff tomorrow I think - I need a super-muscles suit that I can zip into when this sort of thing comes up. I'm still shoving whatever I can fit into my station wagon and hauling it as much as I can by myself, so I really *could* too.


And lookee! I remembered to update my journal! Aren't you all proud of me? :-D

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[maidoforange.livejournal.com]

Very proud, (((Prim))). Now, don't hurt yourself moving furniture!

[the-tinidril.livejournal.com]

What a bummer about the light fixtures... And for goodness sake, be careful!

[irascian.livejournal.com]

My brother has just bought a new house and they have the same problems. They've discovered the place is a death trap after 30 years of really bad DIY by the owner and are now having to completely rewire the place from scratch. Nightmare!

Mind you it is very satisfying to sort these problems out yourself. I see Pip is feeling great after giving her pad a spring clean and I spent yesterday mucking my place out and am feeling very smug having finally got the gollum picture I bought at Collectormania over a year ago finally properly wired up and on the wall together with the new John Howe and Alan Lee litho's. Still a lot to do but hard graft is good for the soul (if not muscle pain!)

[solodancer.livejournal.com]

Very proud!!

Oh, you make me nostalgic for moving. I know that might sound wierd, but I actually LOVE moving. I love the chance to get into a "new" place and decorate and organize and well, I guess that's why every couple of months I HAVE to rearrange a room in my house. I just go crazy without some kind of change happening.

Doing it the way you're doing it is really smart too. You can deal with one car load of stuff at a time, much better than a whole moving truck full of stuff.

Oh how I wis I could come visit for a week to help you with all this. There's nothing better than chatting away the hours while you work side by side with someone at a task. Good luck with the switches, wear your rubber shoes!

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Strangely enough, I love moving too - I always attributed it to my constantly moving when I was growing up programming me that moving is normality, so I can't stay in one place too long without having frantic 'must be moving!' attacks. The paths seem too well-trodden, the neighbors too well-known. I am delighting in having a new yard and new house and new neighbors to learn about, a new place to walk, different places to hang my pictures, etc.

I told Rose "It's such fun to have a new yard to play with! I have no idea what will come out of the ground in the Spring here." and she looked at me like I was crazy. She's not taking it so well, it being her first move (that she can remember - she was only 2 when we bought our other house).

[primsong.livejournal.com]

We already had to move or replace many of the light switches, so we should have guessed something would come up with the fixtures themselves. The guy who built this one was more of an engineer than an architect, so it's pretty much built like a tank, but has some odd quirks in design. Thank goodness my father-in-law knows wiring - used to work for the telephone company for many years - and did the lion's share of the work for us or it would have really run up (another) bill.

I haven't gotten to the hanging pictures stage yet, but want to shop for a nice 'art light' to shine on my collection of works from Colleen Doran - that Glorfindel is still my favorite. I doubt she's had time to do much new stuff, but I'll check in with her in Pasadena just in case.

[primsong.livejournal.com]

At least not deliberately. ;-)

[madamenorthstar.livejournal.com]

You are the woman! Have you ever considered a second career as an electrician...or perhaps a reluctant superhero ( aka the Incredibles?) Do you have any firm date as to when you will be into the house entirely - in time for Christmas? ( sends you Aleve for your back)

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Well, once the carpets are finished on Wednesday I can finally put large furniture where it belongs - I'm moving the last of the small furniture this week, so assuming we can get the bathroom sinks functioning we might be in within 2 weeks - woo!

I took a night class once that was for basic home repairs - learned to patch a wall, to wire switches and lights, to set a toilet on a wax seal, etc. I remember most of it, or at least enough that I don't panic when I have to do those things. I've never regretted it! I was tired of feeling stupid about them, because I could see they weren't that complicated and it being 'male territory' when I had a procrastinating version of same wasn't working.

I want my own drill for Christmas, and a jigsaw. I must have the woodworking genes from my grandpa and uncles running around in me someplace, though I also know I don't have the time to use them. Sort of like wanting an art studio and stained glass tools too. I think we all need several lives just to pursue all the hobbies that interest us!

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Yes ma'am! *salutes*