Wondrous Apparitions, Provided by Magicians.

1. Do you have a time table? As a former participant in bad roommate issues, this is key.
2. Can't help you (unless it's junk I might like)
3. No my bag, baby.
4. See #3.
5. Wanna Fung Shui your space? Give me a call.
6. Already gave mine away, sorry.
7. What a horrible thought? You might reconsider this. :-p

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And how about that for editing... lets throw a T on that No and call it a Not.

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He's not a bad roommate -- he's just been in the house longer than we're really comfortable having a roommate. Realistically, our household is insular enough that we shouldn't have considered a roommate at all, but you know, you don't know until you try, I guess.

Also, when we get past the wall and carpet space and into the furniture space, it might not hurt to have a feng shui consultation. Unless you think that consulting on repairs is worthwhile, I suppose :)

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I guess I was just assuming bad roommate (projection at it's finest) as my roommate situation was terrible. Still recommend a time table though.

As far as Feng Shui is conserned, repairs not so much but colors, composition and placement are important. Granted, you can pretty much do what ever you want, but when it comes to "dealing" with those decision, the "fixes" if you will, can get interesting if you don't consider it in your initial decision. (Granted this is the philosophy of get the consultation in early and aviod issues later...) :-p

Actually, I would *love* to come over and FS the whole house if the other 2/3s are interested or just the refurbished area.

Speaking of WB, I want to put in a free consultation for raffle again. It will be a bit of a different set up than last years.

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Yeah, he's agreed to be out by the end of the month. Also, I understand he's been apartment hunting with his partner, so that's good. I can't help but imagine that not only will we be happier when it's just us on our house, but also they will be happier when it's just them in their house, you know?

Also, we had a plan for the room, but I'm not sure if it's still the plan. Maybe you could come over and we could discuss? I wouldn't mind getting you to come out and look at the house as a whole, but I would like it to be less of a pit before you do -- that's part of the projects for the next few weeks.

And I will add you to the raffle list, thank you!

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By the end of October? That's good that he's looking and believe me, it's a nice feeling to have *your* house back. Trust me.

I would love to come over and discuss. As far as it a pit, been there, done that, doesn't bother me a bit. Let me know when a good time is and I will get my sketch book out (unless you guys are like me and just *happen* to have dimentional sketches of all the rooms and thier relations in the house). :-P I have been jonesing to do some Feng Shui that is not my own (you can/should only do so much before things a balanced and you shouldn't change any more.)

Cool. I'm on a list. :-p

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We made some dimensional sketches when we moved in, to look at where to put the furniture, but I shall be damned if I know what we did with them.

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No big. I can do them again. It's what I live for. ;-)

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fionnabhar.livejournal.com

I have to-scale sketches of the living room and master bedroom on graph paper, complete with to-scale cut-outs of all the furniture.

Yes, I am a decorating geek. Why do you ask?

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That's fantastic. I haven't quite taken it to that level but I really should. I do not care for the flow in the living room and really want to move stuff but spacial dynamics is not my strong suit.

I really need to do that...

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fionnabhar.livejournal.com

Moving little pieces of paper around is a hell of a lot easier than moving the actual furniture. Just saying.

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That's why I'm saying I should. Once we put it in place,

cerrunos said he wasn't moving it again unless it was a 1) a damn good reason and 2) proven that it could be moved there without actually doing it.

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I can help with painting, ripping out carpet, fixing sheetrock, and carting stuff away (Have big truck) but you'll need a place to cart junk and carpet off to. I can't help you there.

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Last time we had carpet (and what a story that was), we just waited for bulky pickup day and let the trash guys take it. I'm not sure of the fate of the junk.

With regard to the sheetrock and carpet, though, I do appreciate the offer. What can we bribe you with?

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Just the pleasure of all ya'lls company.

My days off are a little wonky. I work this weekend but have a 4 day weekend next weekend. I usually get off of work at 4:30 PM though and could possiblly come over after work a few times.

I think I have all the plaster,sanding stuff, sheetrock, and tools I would need for the sheetrock. What are we talking here; holes patched or whole sections of rock that need replaced?

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Oh, yay! :)

We're not going to be ready to do anything down there probably for at least a month, but would be glad of your assistance when we do.

With regard to the sheetrock, we're probably looking at replacing a whole section. We have a crack in the outer wall where water was coming in, which we have the means to patch, but unfortunately, we'll have to remove at least a 2'x4' section in order to patch it. At that, I thought we might as well go ahead and replace the whole sheet, because a) a lot of it's been wet and b) sheetrock is pretty cheap.

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No prob. Just let me know when you would need me.

You are right about replacing the entire sheet. Also it will look better after you fininsh if you replace it. Just remember to fix/seal the cracks in the wall that caused it in the first place (as if I needed to say that).

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Oh yeah. Fixing the crack is part of Step Three. Other thing is that there's a layer of insulation between the outer wall and the sheetrock, that will probably need replaced in that section. Not that I really want to eff with all that, but it's probably there for a reason, you know?

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*Nods* Yep! Those jobs (fixing water damage) always get more involved then plannd for at the begining. Went to fix the floor in my upstairs bathroom. Next thing you know I'm laying down a brand spanking new sub floor. There was dry rot all the way down to the floor joices. *shrug*

May you all have more luck then that.

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Give roomie 30 days notice and show him the door.

I wish I had a basement! We can't because of our water table issues, we don't even bury our dead in the ground.

Couch! Try craigs list or freecycle, they sometimes have nice stuff on those things

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Where do you live? Louisiana?

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New Orleans:)

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How did I know... :-)

How are you fairing post-Katrina btw? I have seen you post on others journals but had no idea you were down there. I am involoved in emergency preparedness and response up here in KC and we all have had a keen interest in the efforts down there.

We mobilized a large contingient of personel up here in KC for deployement in Mississippi for almost 6 months after landfall.

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We were lucky. Our house is in the 20% of NOLA that didn't flood, on the westbank. We spent 8 1/2 months in Memphis because of Jim's job. As to how we are doing, depends on the day you ask. If I go across the river and look at the houses I feel like crying, if I talk about us I feel a cross between being blessed and survivor's guilt. Being on the westbank is different, over here we had a lot of wind damage, but are mostly intact. Thank you for asking :)

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Glad you faired better than most. I do want to say that I am glad you recognize the dicotomy of feeling blessed that nothing worse happened to you and survivors guilt that nothing worse happened to you. I can only hope that you have someone who you can talk to that helps with that.

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I blather a lot in my journal, talk to Jim. So yep, I have good peeps who listen to me:)

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Glad to hear it. It's important that mental health of ours... :-)

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I hope you don't mind but I noticed that you are f-listed by four very good friends of mine and if they read you, I might want to too... So I added you to my f-list. :-)

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Welcome.

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Thanks!

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We have some water issues too, which is why the wall needs fixed. Nothing like you guys' water table fun, though. Actually, when I moved here, I was astonished at the prospect of a basement, we don't have them in Florida either, for the same reason.

Also, yay freecycle!

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karinablack.livejournal.com

Whacky!

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druidevo.livejournal.com

The Outpost(tm) will gladly look over remaining junk to see if there is anything we might need/want...

Not sure about helping anywhere else, unless you need him manhandled.

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Shouldn't be any manhandling required. He seems copacetic with the thing. Just, you know, inertial.

Also, I'm not sure the junk is anything you would want, but you are welcome to peruse it if you like.

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orcjohn.livejournal.com

Can't help on steps one and two very much, but I do know how to work with sheet rock, and can paint. I even know how to lay carpet (although I'm not able to do it anymore). Give me a call, it's not like I have a life, and would love an excuse to get out of the house.

As for step 6... We have a couch in our garage (Opaljax's old one), it has a broken back so would have to be placed against a wall, really needs to be steam-cleaned, and is heavy as hell. But it is comfy, and free if you want it.

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