Catching up

In the process of making a list of where all of our money has gone -- and updating the Moultrie Year One album on Kodak Gallery/Ofoto (see link at right under Chez Moultrie Links) -- I realized that there were a few things I'd never documented.

(Looking at the old photos, I feel compelled to add that the "before" photos are from the open house, before we lived there!)

One of the first things we did when we moved in was to remove all of the cabinets from the old in-law kitchen. We put some of them in the upstairs kitchen, near the stove, and recycled the rest as a workshop in the garage. In hindsight, this was one of the most clever things we did, as it gave us a place to work on all the other projects to come.

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When we first moved into the house, Cameron kept all of his clothes in the bedroom closet, and I kept all of mine in the dining room. The idea was that we would re-do the closets as part of the kitchen and bath remodel, while the upstairs was already in turmoil.

One day, I brought an armload of clean clothes to my closet, only to find that the entire rod and shelf had collapsed sometime the previous day. After throwing a full-blown tantrum -- this was at a point where nothing was happening on the house, and it felt like nothing ever would -- I dragged Cam to Home Despot and bought a couple hundred dollars worth of closet organizing hardware for both closets. We managed to configure them so that we could share the bedroom closet, and keep the dining room for things like coats, dresses, hats and purses. It's so nice now... I do think I take it for granted.

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After months of waiting, we finally bought new laundry appliances in January, when the PG&E and SF Water Department rebates kicked in for the new year. It's so nice to be able to dry clothes on a setting other than Scorching Hot.

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