We met the septic guy out at the house this morning (really nice guy, too!) to get the tank emptied and inspected. While the men did that I worked on trimming some of the overgrown plants. I forgot to take trash bags up to the property, so I ended up using one of those huge IKEA bags - you know, the bright blue ones - that I had in the trunk. Although it seemed huge, though, a little bit of clipping and the bag was full. Oh, well. I started a pile to pick up next time! The weather was beautiful but yardwork can warm a body up and I'm sure I had dirt smeared all over the place. Oh, the word on the septic tank is that it's vintage, but in really great shape. Very healthy. I'll take his word for it. :-)
After the plumber left, we checked out a few things in the house. Unfortunately, there seems to be a water leak from the roof and coming into the hallway near the redwood bathroom. My husband climbed up and discovered that now that the water is on, there's some sort of overflow coming off one of the swamp coolers. He did his best to cut the flow, but in the meantime managed to stir up a hidden wasp's nest. I was in the master bedroom below and couldn't figure out why he was running around the roof! Good thing the house is big - he managed to stay ON the roof! On that note, while we still haven't gotten the appraisal back, we do know that the house measured out to be about 3500 sq ft. Not sure which rooms are counted in that number, but my guess is all of them - unfinished basement and MDF room, too. We'll see when we actually receive the appraisal.
While looking around, we discovered that the electrical inspector had been there. Apparently he's waiting for a list of what the electricians fixed before he'll sign off for the meter to go in. Still, one step closer...
After we left the house, we decided to go in search of the local farmer's market (we'd been told it is fabulous!). We found it easily and spent some time perusing the stalls and selecting some fruit and vegetables. There was even a portable brick oven pizza place on site. Yum. They make great pizza!
From there we stopped at the local lumber yard to see what they carry, and at an appliance store to take a look around. I'm not really sure we looked reputable, with all our dirt! Oh, well. We didn't get kicked out of anywhere.
Back at home, it's time to get to work on narrowing our choices for appliances...
Day 36
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