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Some New House Photos

codonnell — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:48:45 +0000

I’ve been meaning to post these for a while, but we only recently got DSL up and running at the new place, so it has been difficult to get these posted somewhere. The full album can be seen here. We’ve posted some photos of the new house. Now keep in mind that this is pre-cleaning spree that we have been doing over the last couple of weeks. The house was a “short sale” which meant that it was nearly in foreclosure. That left little incentive for any work to be done on the place. See that big bush on the left in front? It’s actually 4 bushes.

The New House

Moving 2.0

codonnell — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:41:07 +0000

Moving into our new pad and hemoraging money. The closing went well, although the now separated couple across the table definitely made the experience tense. On the upside, since it was Halloween, there was a giant bowl of candy.

The new place is great, though we have been cleaning for nearly two days straight. The kitties are adjusting well, although the new washer and dryer will soon be invading their space.

More pictures soon.

Who toss(?) the totr…

codonnell — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:31:49 +0000

Who toss(?) the totra(?). listen

I’m actually impressed by Jott’s inability to translate this one. I mean, who does toss the totr?

The amusing thing is that I Jott’ed, “Who tows the tow-truck?” As we were driving down

Just passed the Wal-Mart…

codonnell — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:38:02 +0000

Just passed the Wal-Mart Distribution Center South(?) at Harrisonburg, Virginia. listen

Utterz: Dueling Mustangs

codonnell — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:51:34 +0000

While driving today I saw the following, it amused me.

Mobile post sent by caseyodonnell using Utterz. Replies. mp3

I didn’t know that August…

codonnell — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:22:29 +0000

The following started off as a Jott post from on the road. It’s a little amusing that the word it didn’t identify makes for a funny liitle game.
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I didn’t know that August 2nd was such a ____ travel day. listen

And it (Moving) Begins…

codonnell — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:20:39 +0000

This was the view the night before we actually moved everything. I was getting to a point where I would look at the boxes and only wanted to push them into the hallway. I felt as if my world had become entirely surrounded by brown cardboard.

It took me significantly longer to get this first post up than I thought it would. Mostly because I was either packing a box, carrying a box, cleaning the now empty apartment, or lying on the floor exhausted from doing those other things.

I was actually terrified of touching my iPhone for the most part, because I was covered in sweat, or moving grime, or rubber gloves with cleaning solution on them. But at long last I’m geting things updated.

But it has for the most part been completed. Special thanks to the mountain of people who showed up to help on Thursday:

Sean
Aalok
Gareth
Amber
Jay
Nate
Shira
Wes

Despite one rain delay, we managed to pack everything into the truck within about 1.75 hours. The rain delay only slowed us a bit. We continued moving stuff from the apartment into the basement of the building. From that moment forward I spent most of my time in the truck trying to manage the delegue of apartment materials that flowed into the back of the truck.

I wish I’d gotten a photo of the loaded truck. Between all of the people and an intense desire to have a beer prevented me from making and extra trip from the apartment to the back of the building to take said photo though. It was at this point that more beer was consumed but only a few snacks munched.

The cats are completely traumatized, though starting to feel better now that I’ve put the mattress down. We have one more night here at the apartment (and one last night) and Andrea’s mom arrives this afternoon, so a simple air mattress just wouldn’t cut it.

So now of course that the apartment is empty, instead of whining about having too many boxes around I can whine about not having anywhere to sit. An equally problematic situation. Kim, Mike, and the girls also stopped by to say hello and goodbye. Unfortunately they missed Andrea as she ran off to Frisbee-game (aka. “Ultimate” – She’s a hockey player, so she says if there isn’t any hitting, it can’t really be all that ultimate).

I have also been instructed that my blogging the event has been less than stellar, a critique which I will take to heart as I continue the journey. I hope only that I’ll have access to more hands than I did up until now. Tomorrow we drive.