There has been a number of things going on around the house here in Idaho over the last couple weeks. So, here is an update of what is going on. I enjoy grilling food. Well, I find it an easy way to make food at least. I have a propane grill that we moved up…
Category: House/Home
My First Blowout
Now that I live in Idaho I have a number of new things I get to experience. I got to experience one this weekend. That is a blowout. What is a blowout you may ask? Well, our yards here are all watered using irrigation water. We get that via sprinklers here, and not flood irrigation…
Plumbing Job – Water Filtration!
The house here in Idaho has a soft water system already hooked to the house. As a family we decided very quickly that we all hated it and I turned it off and bypassed it within a couple weeks f being here. But the family did want a whole house water filter. we had one…
The Orchard Begins
Another thing that I did last weekend was start the new orchard at our new home. For those that knew our house in Chandler we had the following trees in our backyard: Plum, Fig, Peach, Orange and Pomegranate. And we had a pretty good size garden as well. Well last weekend I started the process…
Appliances
When we bought the house here in Idaho we had to buy a refrigerator, washer and dryer. We knew that coming into things. We got good ones there. Now that we had been in the house a few weeks, living here and doing life here we found that the dishwasher was not really working all…
Sold the Old House and Paid Off the New House
It has been quite the week for the Canham’s. We finally were able to sell our house in Chandler. We sold it to our neighbors and friends. It started off as looking as if it would be rather easy to get through the process, but then there were some hick-ups along the way. The inspector…
A First for Me at Our New Home
Last night I made dinner at our new house. That was a first. But the new thing for me is that we have a gas stove. I made a chile verde pork that I bought at the grocery store. It went well. I didn’t burn anything which was nice. I will get years of learning…
Something I Won’t Miss
As you all know I am moving. And I am going to miss a lot of things about living in Arizona. But here is one thing I will not miss: Owning a pool. I have had two jouses with pools, and while they were fine a lot of the time. They always took so much…
What a Week – House Adulting
WOW! This week has been quite a week in the saga of buying a house in Idaho. Let’s break it down day by day: Monday: Got a call from April at the title company in Idaho asking about the Closing Disclosure (CD), and if I had seen it yet or not. I said, I wasn’t…
Toilet Paper Preferences
Yes, I am going to write about toilet paper. I don’t think of myself as someone that is a toilet paper diva. It is true that I don’t like the TP at my school where I work. But honestly who really likes that industrial TP? I have used TP made from recycled paper before and…