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The House  

SensitivePerv 60M
86 posts
8/19/2009 10:12 pm

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8/20/2009 7:49 pm

The House


I hope to eventually go back and finish my blogs about my wonderful vacation with Ms. Lawless in Denver from July 24th to August 2nd. I have quite a bit written about the events from Wednesday, July 29th until I left, but as I look back on that stuff now, it just doesn’t feel like the time to blog about it considering the more recent significant events going on in my life.

So what’s happening now?

One of the biggest things going on is that my ex and the moved out of my house over the weekend. For those of you who don’t know, my ex decided to give me the house back in the divorce. I still have my apartment for at least another month, so I’m going to get one major problem with it fixed prior to moving back. Next week, I will have the sewer pipes replaced. The current pipes are very old and are constantly getting clogged by tree roots. Getting at the sewer pipes will require tearing up the driveway, so while the contractor is fixing that, I will have him repair the driveway and improve the front patio design, since the current one is rapidly starting to fall apart.

Once that and some other work gets done (probably the weekend after Labor Day), I plan to move back into the house. Hopefully, my landlord will let me terminate the lease early so that I won’t have to pay for October.

I stopped by my house yesterday for the first time since my ex moved out. In just 15 minutes there (fixing the upstairs toilet so it wasn’t running constantly), I was pounced on by at least 10 fleas, so tonight I bought enough flea bombs for every room in the house. Countdown to Flea Armageddon has begun - we are currently at T-minus 18 hours and counting.

The ex did leave me the washer and dryer, the lawn mower, the microwave, the refrigerator, and our old stove, so I made out pretty well considering I told her that I considered everything left in the house except for a few mementos that were obviously mine (pictures of my family members, old trophies and plaques with my name on it, things like that) I considered to be her property should she decide to take it. The oven and one burner in the stove do not work, so I plan on buying a new one in the next couple of days.

Unfortunately for me, my ex didn’t take a few things I wished she would have.
First, she left two fish tanks full of the ’s pet fish. Fortunately, I talked her in to taking these back, since the are with her the majority of the time. The fish were gone when I went by today, and supposedly the fish tanks will be gone tomorrow, hopefully before Flea Armageddon, but if not I have promised to cover up the tanks before proceeding.

No, I don’t know where the fish are staying now that they aren’t in their tanks. I don’t care enough to find out, either, LOL!

Second, my ex left her pet cat, Tiger, at my house. Fortunately for Tiger (and for me), a neighbor has decided to feed him regularly and look after him, because otherwise Tiger was either going to end up at the animal shelter or adopted by me (because I am such a softie). I really don’t need or want a pet at this point in my life.

Third, my ex left a ton of stuff in all of the drawers, the closets, and the cabinets. This weekend, after the pesticide from the flea bombs has dissipated, I plan to go in with large garbage bags and sort through all of the crap. Looking at all of that crap tonight, I can understand why it felt so much less stress the moment I walked away from all of that stuff. I expect that my ex was equally thrilled to be able to leave all of that crap for me to deal with upon my return.

Finally, my ex left at lot of dirt, dust, food crusts and crumbs inside, and a lot of overgrown and untrimmed hedges and bushes on the outside for me to deal with. Looking at the general state of filth that I have been left with, I have no doubt that my ex (a stay-at-home-Mom who ran the household for seventeen years) was every bit as depressed being my wife as I was being her husband for much of that time. Hopefully, for her and our , she takes much better care of her knew home.

The very happy news about all of this is that Ms. Lawless is already giving me great advice on how to tackle the enormous job of turning my house into a home I can be proud of. When I look into my heart and when I’m honest with myself, that’s something I’ve always wanted, even though I would never admit it.

Ms. Lawless’ first piece of advice to me was to make a list of repairs that need to be done. I did that today, and as expected, the list is extensive. It took up both sides of my sheet of paper, and I suspect that I’m not really done with everything. Second, she suggested that once I go through all of the stuff in the house and get rid of most of all the trash, that I hire a professional cleaning service to come in and scrub away the filth. I loved that idea, certainly, so that’s definitely going to happen before I move back in.

I texted her and B yesterday and asked if she would mind if I borrowed “her painter,” who just so happens to be …B! I told her that my house needed a new paint job, badly. B quickly responded “sure”, so I think he’s all for it. Of course, there’s the little detail of getting B and his equipment out to Bedford from Denver, but we will figure something out there, I have no doubt. How does mid-October sound, B? I will probably also have a lot of fix-its that still need to be done by then, too….

Should we invite Ms. Lawless to come for a visit while you’re here, B? She might distract us too much from our work, but that could be a very good thing….

Ms. Lawless’ third suggestion was to “smudge” the house. I showed my inexperience with this new concept of “energy” by admitting to her that I didn’t understand how practical smudging the house was going to be. I also admitted that until I met her and PhillyGirlinDC, I had never heard of “smudging.” She very patiently explained that, if I believed in the concept of energy as it relates to people and objects, that smudging the house makes sense. Although I am very new to understanding this type of energy, I’ve experienced enough about it lately that this was all she had to tell me to convince me I definitely want to smudge my house.

The last piece of advice was actually a request. Ms. Lawless is normally a very glib person, so I could tell by how much trouble she was having finding the right words to make her request that this was something that was requiring a lot of courage from her. Eventually, she was able to explain to me how much she loves what we have, and that she wants to visit me in Bedford, more often than she has previously, which has been twice in a little over five months since we met, with both of those visits occurring since July 2nd. Because she is interested in spending more time with me, and also because she values a home as a sanctuary and wants to feel comfortable when she visits, she wants to participate as much as she can in the decisions I’m going to make regarding the repair and refurbishment of my home.

So that was her request. She told me at the time that she felt like she was jumping off of a cliff. I caught her up and set her down gently, letting her know in no uncertain terms that I would love, love, love to have her help me on the house as much as she wants, and that I was ecstatic at the idea of her spending more time with me in Bedford.

I mean, take a look at that girl’s profile on here. You think I would say “no” to that beautiful woman? Not a chance! I am one lucky guy (sorry Coop).

Love,
Your Shy, Swinging, Friendly Neighborhood SensitivePerv


39lawless 58F
6864 posts
8/20/2009 1:35 am

Given my recent experience with dealing with a very similar situation (albeit mine has more unfinished business but less repair), I feel for ya having to go through all that stuff. Ugggg. It can feel overwhelming - I still feel that every time I look at all the shit in my garage - but it feels good to take back a house and make it into a home.

My biggest fear when I did it was that I wouldn't feel comfortable there and it wouldn't feel like mine. No worries. There's no doubt we've made it into our home and like virtually every other place I've lived as an adult, its my sanctuary.

I wish the very same for you and I'm so happy to get to help. You are such a kind and generous man and I'm so looking forward to us creating another place for us to call home!

xoxoxoxoxo

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Use kind words
Keep your promises
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Love one another
Always be grateful
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