Day 2

Today we had the range delivered. When the delivery guy went to hook it all up, there was no power cord. How did the sales lady not tell us that we needed a cord? Isn't that an obvious question to ask someone? "Hey, do you need a cord to go with your new range?" You think they'd ask that at the same time they're asking "Hey, do you want to buy some special (really expensive) cleaner for your new range (even though the cheap stuff you probably already have works just as well)?" We went later to Sears to complain and they were shocked we weren't asked if we needed a cord. I didn't know that ranges didn't just come with a power cord. Everything else does. Refrigerators, TV's, computers, etc. Unless you've bought a range before, how do you know you need to buy the cord separately? They ended up giving us a cord because of the hassle. Ok, I'm over it now, but I was really annoyed at the situation earlier.

After the range was delivered, we put up the smoke detectors and programed the garage door openers. Then, we had a Home Depot rep come out and talk to us about roofing and gutters. We're going to need a new roof and gutters within about a year or so. We found out some good stuff about our house. We found out something about gables and gutters and stuff that I can only explain by drawing you a picture and lots of hand gestures, sorry :) But it was good news. We also found out that there is a good chance that our siding has (I think this is what she said) a lifetime warranty. If we can figure out who the manufacturer is, we're in good shape. We have great siding and great windows.

We met all but 2 of the houses on the block and one of the people who live on the next block over. That guy on the next block over started his conversation with us by saying, "do you like that hole in your back yard?" He told us that the great dane that lived here dug it. I think something then decided to live inside of it for a while. I wonder if it is still there.

We spent the rest of the night shopping at Home Depot and cleaning the really filthy walls so we could paint tomorrow. One of Micah's wonderful coworkers came to help wash the walls. As things go, a simple task became more difficult. The solution to clean the walls needs hot tap water and the hot water heater had been turned off by someone. We needed to run home and get a lighter and then light the pilot and wait for the water to heat up.