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the_rckWe refinanced our house on Thursday. The guy from the title company actually came to our house which was unexpected but welcome. We'd told the mortgage company that we could only close in Ann Arbor due to transportation difficulties, so they arranged for this guy to drive down from Farmington Hills. I think it's rather silly given that there are title companies in Ann Arbor, but... It was actually more convenient. Scott even got a shower in before we started signing papers. We should have enough extra money from this to redo the bathroom and to replace our car (iffy brakes are another one of those things that are all very well under current circumstances that become unacceptable once the baby arrives). If we're very lucky, we might have enough left to have some of the window redone.
The windows have been a source of increasing concern to me for a while now. There's one in the dining room that's never closed quite right that also doesn't have a storm. There's one in our bedroom that's cracked and another there that keeps mildewing all around the frame (we could prevent that if we stopped using the humidifier, but then we'd both have trouble breathing all winter). And I don't even want to discuss the bathroom window; I've ranted about it enough. (It's in the shower enclosure for god's sake!) Scott's been putting that insulating plastic sheeting over windows the last couple of days. I'm hoping that it will help the chill in the basement a little and that it will prevent some of the mildew in the bedroom. Sadly, some of the windows are a little big to be dealt with that way.
Our goal for this weekend (apart from getting rid of the bar) is to find a headboard for our bed. We never bothered with one before because it would cost us more, but... Now, I'm wanting to prop myself up while sleeping to help with the acid reflux trouble I've been having (which I expect to get worse as the pregnancy progresses). We have one of those sitting pillows, but it tends to slip and get wedged between the bed and the wall. At that point, both pillow and wall start to mildew (again something that turning off the humidifier would help, but...). The best solution seems to be putting in a headboard to keep the pillow from hitting the wall. We're probably going to go for something metal and slatted because we'll still need to get at the window frame to bleach away the mildew and because that will assure that the pillow can breath even if the frame's as cold as the wall and thus mildew promoting.
The windows have been a source of increasing concern to me for a while now. There's one in the dining room that's never closed quite right that also doesn't have a storm. There's one in our bedroom that's cracked and another there that keeps mildewing all around the frame (we could prevent that if we stopped using the humidifier, but then we'd both have trouble breathing all winter). And I don't even want to discuss the bathroom window; I've ranted about it enough. (It's in the shower enclosure for god's sake!) Scott's been putting that insulating plastic sheeting over windows the last couple of days. I'm hoping that it will help the chill in the basement a little and that it will prevent some of the mildew in the bedroom. Sadly, some of the windows are a little big to be dealt with that way.
Our goal for this weekend (apart from getting rid of the bar) is to find a headboard for our bed. We never bothered with one before because it would cost us more, but... Now, I'm wanting to prop myself up while sleeping to help with the acid reflux trouble I've been having (which I expect to get worse as the pregnancy progresses). We have one of those sitting pillows, but it tends to slip and get wedged between the bed and the wall. At that point, both pillow and wall start to mildew (again something that turning off the humidifier would help, but...). The best solution seems to be putting in a headboard to keep the pillow from hitting the wall. We're probably going to go for something metal and slatted because we'll still need to get at the window frame to bleach away the mildew and because that will assure that the pillow can breath even if the frame's as cold as the wall and thus mildew promoting.
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Date: 2002-12-08 09:39 am (UTC)Um. Sorry. Have fevers. Little weird.
Planning on replying to e-mail today, but tell Amy anyway--Love her. Miss her lots.
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Date: 2002-12-08 04:54 pm (UTC)I'll let Amy know. She's been a little worried about you since she hasn't heard from you in a while.
Feel better soon!{