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…
Category: House/Home
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…
Weekend of getting stuff done, seeing old friends, and being sick
I got another cold. I think I have been sick more in the last 2 months than not. I am sick of being stuffed up. Anyways life still has to go on. This weekend I got to see an old friend and get some stuff done around the house. The first is my VW. I…
Weekend update
Hello all, So this weekend we finished up the garden. There are seeds in the ground, and netting to keep the birds out. The other thing I got to do this weekend was… more fixing things around the house. So our stovetop had one burner that decided to only operate on high, no matter what…
Resetting the Garden
On top of everything else I did last weekend I also needed to get the garden prepared for our winter planting. The ladies are in charge of the actual planting, but I am in charge of getting the beds ready. I had to do a few things this year that were a bit more than…