more concrete prep

We spent a few hours today planning for the concrete, and then went to Home Depot tonight. Saturday nights are a great night to shop there. We used to have a life before buying a fixer upper. On our way there, a quick stop at Radio Shack turned into 45 minutes (C was buying stuff for the home wiring).

We did manage to get everything we need for concrete, but obviously won't get to pour it today. We have plans tomorrow, so we will have to wait until Wednesday when C is off from work. When we finally got home from Home Depot, there was a really rapid dripping sound coming from the wall where all the bathroom plumbing is. Oh no! This is one of the worst things to hear in a house. We figured it might be the newly-installed washer and dryer so we after pulling out those behemoths, we spent an hour trying to find the source of the leak. Turns out one of the hoses was leaking where it connected to the washer. We shut the water off and cleaned up the water and put a fan on. Hopefully there will be no damage - there was a lot of water for a long time (I first thought I heard a drip three days ago but couldn't find it). This was not fun to do at midnight on a Saturday night. I was really glad I watched the installation because it was helpful in finding the problem. We were so thankful it wasn't plumbing!

One of the things that has been somewhat stressful is buying so much. Every project we take on requires new tools. I shop several times a week, and I don't even like shopping. Even if I did, this would not be fun shopping. It's draining, analytical, time consuming unfun shopping. We also have no place to put anything since the garage is holding most of our stuff. I haven't been able to put any shelves or storage in there so everything just lays around. Some things are in completely illogical places, but we keep them there because we know where they are. For example, a bunch of our frequently used small tools are in a paper shopping bag in the master bedroom. They've been there for months. This makes absolutely no sense, but it does work so we keep them there. I think over time future DIY projects will be easier as I get "tooled up." I hate the idea of owning so much and dread seeing a full garage, but you really need to have a lot of stuff to tackle home projects. Sometimes you can do it with less, but it usually makes the job harder. At least the amount of shopping I'll have to do will decline with future projects.