So now that we have electricity in our new house, we discovered the source of the nasty funk emanating from the garage. It appears that the previous owner left not one, but two bags of food when he was cleaning out the refrigerator... using rather thin plastic trash bags... which he left untied... on the floor of the garage, so that trash juices seeped through and made a puddle on the garage floor... which broke when I was moving it which spread trash on our neighbor's lawn since they allowed us to stick the trash bags in their trash cans....

Ew, ew, ew, ew, EWWWWWWWWW!!!

And the worst of it? He left a bag of frozen chicken breasts in the trash can... LAST FRIDAY!!! So by today, it was a gross, stanky mess that left Whateley gagging like crazy while he tossed it away. It was soooooo incredibly gross!

We were a bit pissed and we're seriously not thinking of returning any of the crap the guy left behind. Or else just toss it on to our front yard and tell him to come get it.

On a better note, Whateley's happy that he got the tables for the gaming room today. It's going to be epic. D&D nerd beware... it's going to be hard to resist!

We also arranged for tile estimates from Home Depot. We picked out the tile and grout (which came in all sorts of colors... even bright red which was called "lipstick" which we were wondering who would ever use), and they should call us sometime soon to arrange a time to measure. The tiling, aside from the closing costs of the house, will be our largest expense for the house. Our savings are starting to dwindle... though we were saving diligently precisely for this purpose. But alas, I get a bit antsy whenever I have to fork over a big chunk of change.

Anyway, we have until the end of April to move and get out of the apartment. I'll keep everyone updated through this blog!