So we’ve moved! (Nearly) all our stuff is at the house now and the cats are doing considerably better.  Poor Schmutz had a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very bad Day yesterday since the cats had to get stuffed in the bathroom while the movers were at our apartment.  Matt let them out after the movers left and Schmutz took one look at the empty rooms and went back to hide behind the toilet.  She was doing better at the new place except she cried all night long (making me rethink ever having kids).  Spencer has taken everything is stride because he is the most chill cat I have ever met.

Today we celebrated the 4th of July (or Ungrateful Colonials Day, or That Weird Day When a Bunch of Crazy Americans Set Shit on Fire depending on where you live) in true American fashion: booze and power tools.  We bought a sliding compound miter saw for me and would have bought a nail gun (also for me) except we discovered it was cheaper on Amazon and we have no immediate need so we’ll just order it.

I am also very happy to discover that our house is so much cooler than our apartment.  We brought one of our window A/C units over right away since I was positive I’d need it while painting and we never even put it in the window.  Last night was totally comfortable with just our ceiling fan but we stuck the A/C in the bedroom this afternoon just so we’d be prepared for any heat waves in the future.  It is very refreshing to know that our house does not get any where near as oppressively hot as our apartment did.

We also just got the results of our asbestos testing back (which is totally worth doing in older homes, since you want to know these things especially if you’re planning future DIYs).  Our siding and pipe insulation are asbestos (which we were already 90% sure of) but in good shape so we only need to worry if we’re doing any work involving them.  The vermiculite insulation in the attic was negative (vermiculite was possibly contaminated with asbestos for awhile after asbestos was no longer being used) and the random ceiling tiles we have in a couple rooms were negative (I had absolutely no idea how likely they were to be asbestos, but ceiling tile are one of those things that can be so I figured I’d rather just get them tested). So nothing unexpected which was awesome and since we also want some work done in our attic we also don’t have to worry about asbestos precautions for our contractors.

We even watched some fireworks today… on YouTube… #lazyamericans