Unpacking

We continue to make progress turning our house into a home. Sandy unpacked her last box of goods today and she continues to organize rooms and closets which makes it feel much more homey here. John has been hanging lights and fans while he has made a little progress organizing the garage; the big problem out there is that we have an abundance of cardboard and rubbish from storage and items that we purchased for the house, we are awaiting delivery of a garbage can from the city of Eloy so we can start cleaning some of that out.

 

This hutch and many of the items inside are a remembrance of Sandy’s mother, it all survived two years of storage and the ride down here.

 

John has been working on fans and lights.

 

This one is in the great room, not easy working with the high ceiling.

 

Last night the light above the table went up.

 

 

Today we added lights above the kitchen island and some organizers in the island cabinet.

 

 

The weather (heat), has been bearable so far, this is the monsoon season which means humidity and rain  along with dust storms, we had both yesterday. The wind kicked up in the early afternoon which carried some dust in, it blew a few loose items around but nothing serious. The rain came later, it poured for a short time and then it was done.

 

The rain flooded the empty lots behind us.

 

  The downspouts had all they could handle.

 

The water drained to the street.

 

 

The GE repairman visited us today and after a short period of testing declared that the range is fine but the proper voltage isn’t coming from the outlet. This is what we told our warranty person yesterday but he was sure it was in the range because they tested the wiring. We couldn’t reach the warranty person today so we called our construction superintendent and an electrician was at the door within ten minutes, the warranty person was going to send one yesterday to verify that the wiring was OK but that didn’t happen either. Well the electrician started at the kitchen outlet and was testing inside and outside for a while before he started making phone calls, as time went by we assumed this was not going to be an easy fix. Eventually the electrician informed us that there is a problem with the wire from the service box to the range, he tested the breakers and the plug which were fine. Within the next few days they will try to locate the bad spot in the wire but this may involve “removing” some sections of drywall to run a new piece of cable.

Well we have confidence that if holes appear in our new house they will repair it as good as new, so far the only disappointment has been that an electrician could have verified this problem 24 hours earlier but it wasn’t done because the warranty person was sure the problem was in the range, not in the house.

The landscaper showed up today and told us his crew would start tomorrow but they also showed up this afternoon and got in a couple of hours of work. We will document the plan as it takes shape over the next week or two.

 

The yard is pretty basic right now, we will follow the landscaping progress.

 

The crew used a jack hammer to break up the ground, hey, where were they when we dug the 2 foot deep hole for the satellite dish mount.

 

They got started on the drainage system that will run down this side of the house.

 

Several people wanted to see a picture of the golf car so we dusted it off and backed it out of the garage for a quick photo. Actually it has been making regular trips to the dog park for KoKo, we thought it would be a nice, handy item and so far it has been.