House Update Week 1

Shenanigans after the first week in possession of our house:

• Garage is packed full of our stuff — including the trailer to serve as sleeping space for when fumes in the house are particularly pungent or potentially harmful.
• House contains a few clothes, toiletries and a bed on the floor.
• Cleaned bathroom from top to bottom using some old fashioned scouring powder.
• First shipment from realgoods.com included: linen shower curtain – $58 (no liner) and basic low-flow shower head – $10. (anyone know of a locally-owned store in San Diego selling groovy green home goods?)
• Peeled back two layers of vinyl floor tile, yes, adhered to the kitchen counter to discover the original 1941 white tile. More scouring to do to get that yucky mold and glue off. (photo above)
• Rewarded ourselves with a lovely weekend backpacking trip. I don’t mind a little rain!
• Next week: Getting my Got my Flickr page up (or should I use picasa?) for posting and organizing all these house photos, and more…