Done and Dusted

…as one of my Scottish friends used to say.

We’ve sold our house and bought another, smaller, house.  I started cleaning in the kitchen today.  I thought all the shelves should be cleaned and covered with a layer of shelving paper before the boxes arrive.  Actually, we stored some foodstuff, rather than throwing it all out, so there is already “stuff” to put away.  As I cleaned, I’be been thinking about how I plan to use each cupboard.

We also made a Hobby Lobby run and picked up extra shelving “hardware,” lights for the bathroom, and bumpers for the cabinet doors.  I forgot to get “Crazy Glue,”  and a clear or white shower curtain.   The “Crazy Glue” is for our vinyl covered wood cabinets that need a tiny bit of mending.  I’d rather glue the loose parts down than replace the door to every cabinet.

I ended our mail hold, and arranged for the  forwarding to our new address,  And, we had a lock specialist come to the house to re-key the doors and to add dead bolts,  The seller told us that he had lost all the keys to the house.  He’d leave the door from the mudroom into the garage unlocked when he left, and just lock the large garage door!  I feel better having everything re-keyed and bolts added, but it sounds as though we are in a very safe neighborhood!

Appliances come tomorrow.  I’d better get to bed!

6 thoughts on “Done and Dusted

  1. Really? He lost every single key? Sounds strange to me. And locks / locking knobs are so cheap I don’t understand why he wouldn’t just replace them if that were the case. Glad you got that taken care of!

    • Thank you, Bogie! I thought that sounded sorta fishy, myself. We’ve continued the habit of closing and locking windows when we leave, and the deadbolts are locked, too. The fee to get all that done was worth it for peace of mind.

  2. Oh, yes. Number one on the list when moving in is to change the locks to deadbolts (if they aren’t already deadbolts) and re-key them all to a new configuration. Peace of mind!

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