Jer just about passed out when he got the quote for the insurance on the new house. It was quadruple what the insurance was on the Orem house that is bigger. The agent said it was the nearness to the coast that caused the inflation. Too many possibilities of storm damage. So we went to talk to her and we got it reduced somewhat. We took off the coverage of my jewelry and furs. (!) and we said we didn't need TOTAL replacement coverage. So it's liveable now, but still a lot more than he expected.
And he ordered some replacement doors for the little kitchen here because these doors are warped and don't shut completely. We got them this morning and they are better than I expected. Beautifully finished. Too bad we have to paint them. But they will look great when they're finished and on the cabinets.
He also repaired that terrible patch over the tub in the master bath. It looks so good now. Just needs paint to look like it always was right. And he's painting where he needed to sand the wall there. It looked like the owner hired his brother in law to come in and fix some things. There were slaps and smears of mud that were painted over. Hard to describe, but obvious that this poor little condo was a rental for several years. We're trying to give it a look of love and care before we put it up for sale.
Also have to replace the gasket in the dishwasher that leaks. And then the man was in the bathroom working on the ceiling when I had to tell him I didn't think the air conditioner (that we had fixed last June) was cooling. He almost lost it. Poor guy. Too much to do. He's just not having fun with it anymore.
But we had the repairman come out that evening (thank goodness) and he said it only needed 5 pounds more freon. There must be a leak somewhere. So we said, well good, let's do it! And he said the freon is $50 a pound. Oh well. We needed it. Didn't look for the leak, though, so it may last all summer and it may not. At least it wasn't the compressor that we replaced last summer.
In other news, our little Meyer lemon thinks it's spring!! Look at all the blossoms!
And the Christmas cactus thinks it's winter.
I think they got stressed when we went to see Evanses for a week and wanted to make their last effort toward reproduction before they died. At least that's what I heard happens sometimes. I watered them well when we got back and hopefully reduced their stress.
The lemon will be really happy to finally get into the ground when we move. Lara's is huge and very productive now that it's in the ground. Ours is just hanging on to life in this pot.
But the BIG news is that we get to entertain the Langston girls starting tomorrow!! We are so happily anticipating seeing them again!
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