There are no Chick-fil-A restaurants off the interstate between Milwaukee and Paducah? I was craving chicken nuggets and kept hoping to find one. I waited until I had 8 miles of gas left in my tank before I finally stopped (I only eat when I stop for gas – making two separate stops is not allowed). Then I decided to keep looking for one for future’s sake. Nada. Oh well, my drive tomorrow is sure to be full of them.
As we were driving home from church, we noticed the house next door having an open house (it’s been for sale since before ours). We decided to walk over and check it out. The owner of the home was actually there and very nice. We visited with her a while and she wants to meet Madison. We initially mentioned that we bought the house next door from the Pepplers and her mouth immediately pursed. She only said, “I just won’t say anything about them,” but it is obvious they didn’t get along. That seems to go along with our opinion of them too.
I have spent the last week painting and now I can see a big difference. The wallpaper is out and the kitchen is red.
Once we had our mortgage documents, I had enough proper paperwork to get my new driver’s license and car tags. I spent 2.5 hours at the DMV and they took my license. If you have never had a license from Wisconsin, they take your old one and mail you a new one. I asked what I used in the meantime and I was given this:
The woman did mention I might want to carry my passport with me as a form of ID. Geez.
Things are just now beginning to bloom in Milwaukee. It appears that our new house even comes with flowers. I love the tulips! I haven’t figured out what the yellow flowers are yet.
Wade and I spent the evening working at our new house. About 11:30 pm, Wade decided it was time to head back to the apartment. He was parked behind me and left a few minutes before I was ready. I finished cleaning up and started looking for my car keys. Then I kept looking – counters, drawers, my purse, etc. I even went outside to see if Wade had left them in my car when he installed my fixed CD player (Yeah for CDs again). They weren’t there, but I realized he had left my interior lights on (oops). I went inside to call Wade (on my quickly dying cell phone) and see if he had put my keys somewhere odd when he had been cleaning. As I waited for him to pick up, I heard his phone ringing in the house. At this point I was pretty sure Wade had both sets of car keys and I had both cell phones. I didn’t have the number to our apartment building so I couldn’t call the door man. Then I decided to call my mom and have her email Wade. I knew he would check his email fairly soon after getting home.
Madison and I settled down with a book to wait. The worst that could happen would be to spend the night, but I knew Wade would get worried about me at some point. I was just hoping he would pull out both sets of car keys out of his pocket when he got home.
About 45 minutes later Wade arrived. He hadn’t immediately realized it, but before he got the email from my mom he found he had two sets of car keys. He had loaded up his car with another load before coming to rescue me!
As of today, we have possession of two houses. Wade and I had a little trouble getting the previous owners out – their 6 pm turned into 9 pm. But they are gone now and we are about to start working – lots of work. Here is a link to all of the “before” pictures. Hopefully I will have some “after” pictures by the end of the week.
Wade brought home funny pictures today. The lithium cells in power tool batteries are somewhat hard to come by. It turns out the ones in METCO batteries are especially good for RC hobbiest. Some people will go to great links to cheat the system. This guy went so far as to epoxy in the bolts before returning the “nonworking” tool to Home Depot.
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