Friday night we had a little date night to Lowes where we checked out some carpet.
Saturday morning I went to the house to wait for the refrigerator repair man to repair our refrigerator, unfortunately they sent out a set up technician and not someone who could actually work on the refrigerator, so I had to get that rescheduled. I mopped the walls for the brown paint and touched up some cabinets before going to my hs reunion (10 years!)
Sunday Mum, Dad, and Andrew came to the house to help paint. We knocked out the rolling of the brown (Dad did at least), Mum and I started some trim. Andrew rolled the doors and swept the pool. Everyone was suitably impressed by my water fountains over the pool. Eddie has taken to calling them my show stoppers. :)
On Monday, Eddie's Grandpa Mario, Grandma Esther, and Dru came over to finish all the painting. Dru rolled the closets. Grandpa Mario did touch ups in all the rooms and cutting of the brown. Grandma Esther, Dru and I did baseboards. The carpet guy came to measure and said that all the facts and figures would be in by this evening. The refrigerator repairman came, fixed the refrigerator (woot), and chatted for a bit.
Jeff and his mom Pam came to check the house out. Eddie's eliciting Pam's decorating advice. I want to elicit Jeff's crazy bargaining skills! Pam also offered to come over and weed on her off days, an offer I am more than willing to take her up on.
Today was a non house day. Tomorrow starts with a trip to the dealership and then cleaning: dusting the fans, scrubbing the bathroom, sweeping/mopping the floors. Minor painting: white touch up the cabinets, brown on the trim in the door jambs, spackle then paint the new wooden piece to the linen cabinet, MAYBE some ceiling paint if it's not too high up... Then furniture shopping with Eduardo.
Showing posts with label appliances. Show all posts
Showing posts with label appliances. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
DIY Disaster!
Monday we experienced a slight (major?) problem. The up side was the refrigerator was delivered. The down side was when we went to attach the hose from the refrigerator to the wall, it was the wrong size. The Sears guy said that you could just twist it off, but when Eddie tried, something was broken off from a pipe!! So we ended up calling Ray's neighbor Rudy, who came on Tuesday morning to install the part. Once it was installed, the water didn't seem to be working, so Eddie's dad played with it, and at least got the water dispensing from the fridge, but the ice wasn't being made. AND on Wednesday, the refrigerator/freezer still wasn't cold... So someone should be coming today.
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| Our ginormous refrigerator |
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| The hole in the wall I chiseled so we could get a better view of the pipe or whatever was back there. |
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| The piece we were supposed to be able to just twist off... not so much. Fail Sears man |
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| Replacement part we bought for the job |
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| Definitely not a DIY job with the soldering... |
Monday, September 27, 2010
While the cat's away in Fullerton,...
the Eddie stays busy in the IE...
Eddie went to the escrow office in Upland after school today to sign papers, unfortunately we still have to bring the cashier's check to the office. He did get some paperwork from the housing association I've been bugging him to find out about. Apparently there are two different club houses and we belong to both ANNNND we have access to the lake...wherever that is...
After going to the escrow office, Eddie met with the sellers to learn how to work the sprinklers (which are all working yay!), the pool light (which should not be stopped on a colored light, but on clear), the fountains of water over the pool (which are operated by something about the pump and valves), and some tips about the house... (ie the hallway bathroom needs a new toilet, the paint was bought at Home Depot, the decorating was done by an interior designer!). The sprinklers are manually controlled; they used to be on automatic timers, but when the pool was put in, the backhoe damaged the wiring. He said that the neighbors to the right are cool, and he didn't know much about the neighbors on the corner with kids. I would like to have some sort of party with all the neighbors over after we move in. The seller even said something about a white dishwasher at their new house that we could have (to match the white stove, microwave, and soon to be refrigerator).
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| Lots of papers for Eddie to sign...but still not quite done... |
Eddie went to the escrow office in Upland after school today to sign papers, unfortunately we still have to bring the cashier's check to the office. He did get some paperwork from the housing association I've been bugging him to find out about. Apparently there are two different club houses and we belong to both ANNNND we have access to the lake...wherever that is...
After going to the escrow office, Eddie met with the sellers to learn how to work the sprinklers (which are all working yay!), the pool light (which should not be stopped on a colored light, but on clear), the fountains of water over the pool (which are operated by something about the pump and valves), and some tips about the house... (ie the hallway bathroom needs a new toilet, the paint was bought at Home Depot, the decorating was done by an interior designer!). The sprinklers are manually controlled; they used to be on automatic timers, but when the pool was put in, the backhoe damaged the wiring. He said that the neighbors to the right are cool, and he didn't know much about the neighbors on the corner with kids. I would like to have some sort of party with all the neighbors over after we move in. The seller even said something about a white dishwasher at their new house that we could have (to match the white stove, microwave, and soon to be refrigerator).
Saturday, September 25, 2010
More appliances
The stove is a General Electric XL44, I have no idea the year. I wonder how you can even figure that out?
The microwave is a General Electric Spacemaker.
I wonder if the sellers left the manuals anywhere...
The microwave is a General Electric Spacemaker.
I wonder if the sellers left the manuals anywhere...
Refrigerator Shopping
Instead of pouring any more blood and sweat into the house today, we went refrigerator shopping at the Sears in Rancho Cucamonga (I didn't even know there were such things as free standing Sears stores...I've only seen them attached to malls).
Before we went, Eddie's dad suggested that we look into Whirlpool fridges. Eddie wanted a side by side - a freezer on one side and refrigerator on the other, ice maker, and in white (to matchy matchy the stove and microwave).
The top two fridges were the Kenmore Elite and the Whirlpool Gold. When we talked to the sales guy, he said that usually he would say Kenmores are better than Whirlpools, but in this case, the Gold model is a newer model that is better designed etc. He said that the Whirlpool's drawers were a little less sturdy than the Kenmore's, but other than that they were pretty comprable. Eddie likes the Whirlpool more than the Kenmore. I like the Whirlpool's price more than the Kenmore (we'd be saving more). That particular Whirlpool model is supposed to be 30% more energy efficient than the standard (though I don't really know what the standard is, or how much more other refrigerators are compared to the standard). The little yellow tag said it would cost $53 a year to run it. The yellow tag on the Kenmore was $63.
Before we went, Eddie's dad suggested that we look into Whirlpool fridges. Eddie wanted a side by side - a freezer on one side and refrigerator on the other, ice maker, and in white (to matchy matchy the stove and microwave).
The top two fridges were the Kenmore Elite and the Whirlpool Gold. When we talked to the sales guy, he said that usually he would say Kenmores are better than Whirlpools, but in this case, the Gold model is a newer model that is better designed etc. He said that the Whirlpool's drawers were a little less sturdy than the Kenmore's, but other than that they were pretty comprable. Eddie likes the Whirlpool more than the Kenmore. I like the Whirlpool's price more than the Kenmore (we'd be saving more). That particular Whirlpool model is supposed to be 30% more energy efficient than the standard (though I don't really know what the standard is, or how much more other refrigerators are compared to the standard). The little yellow tag said it would cost $53 a year to run it. The yellow tag on the Kenmore was $63.
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| Whirlpool Gold GSS26C4XXY |
Resource Saver™ Refrigerator
ENERGY STAR® Qualified
MicroEtch™ spill control shelves
6th Sense™ Technology
#1 Rated Brand for Side-by-Side Refrigerators
In-Door-Ice® Plus Ice Dispensing System with Fast Ice feature
Multipoint White LED Lights
FreshFlow™ air filter
Largest Crisper
Temperature Management enabled by 6th Sense™ Technology
26 cu. ft. capacity
PuR® 6-Month Water Filtration
Dual Pad Ice and Water Dispenser
Wide open doors
Adjustable Clear Gallon Door Bins
Dispenser Control Lock
Hidden Hinges
Adaptive Defrost
Convertible meat and vegetable compartment
Exterior temperature controls
Glass freezer shelves- Factory-Installed Automatic Ice Maker
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