Fix it up!

Today I have been taking care of some maintenance issues around my house:

1. The garbage disposal broke last week, and after and hour and a half of lying on my back under the kitchen sink and shining a flashlight around, I decided to call a professional. Luckily, my home is still under warranty so it won't be too expensive.

2. The garage door is broken. It doesn't look too bad, but the bottom panel is cracked. Ok, ok. Confession: I ran my car into it a few weeks ago. There was a coupon in Money Mailer this week for discount garage door repair, so I called and someone is coming out to give an estimate on it tomorrow afternoon.

3. I mowed the yard this morning, but then I called around to get some prices on lawn maintenance. Someone else will have to take care of it while I'm gone so I'm trying to find the best deal. There is actually a landscaper in my networking group that has given me his prices. His company will probably end up taking care of it.

These are all things (among others) that I'm trying to get fixed before I leave the country. I don't want the renters to have any big problems once I leave, so I'm giving my home a little tune up.

Other than that, I spent about an hour and a half cleaning out my car and giving her a bath. After I finished shining up the leather it looks like an entirely different car! I'm going to take some more pictures of it now that it's all spic-n-span and put it up on EBay. (Don't freak out, Mom. Lots of people do it and it's safe).

I also did some more research on housing. Thank God for my MySpace friends in Sydney because I was pretty set on this place that offered temporary housing in Wollongong. I thought it was a suburb of Sydney but they informed me that it's actually it's own city and its 1.5hours outside of Sydney. I probably don't want to live there.

Ok, lots to do before the day is over. Until next time....