More Packing and Cleaning

Today we stayed home (rental) and continued to clean and pack up this place. Bill (the owner) said he was placing ads about the rental and that he would want to show people the house. And I would be super embarrassed if they saw it like this. We have stuff all over the place as things are half packed and dumped in corners.. so today I cleaned the kitchen from top to bottom, finished the bathroom that Harry started yesterday, finished cleaning and packing the living room and did a little bit more packing of my toy room. All in all it was a good day of packing.

The scary part of today was this "Station" wildfire that is slowly moving in the direction of Acton which is next to Agua Dulce (where our new home is). We look to be okay but it's still very scary.. Let's hope everything works out.

Remodeling - Day Five

Another early day, got lots moved over as we packed up Harry's truck every time we go up. Once there we did a second coat on the Guest Bedroom and did a first coat on the Guest bathroom. Also our contractor Danny stopped by to pick up the tile and go over other construction things, as he is starting on Monday at 6am. We talked about the fireplace and he suggested putting wood over it to make it look more rustic as this was something I wanted and I loved the idea.. so now we are doing that also. So construction wise we are getting the office windows drywalled up. getting the carpet taken up and tile laid down in the master bathroom. Removing the two side closet built-in's in the master bedroom and having the fireplace re-faced and tiled. Along with Harry and I painting every room. Today while at our new place the air got so smokey you would think that there were fires all round us, but fortunately they were miles away and the wind was blowing our way. I had to drive home to grab my check book and had to drive through a down pour of ash. Harry also said there was ash falling at our house. It's a fact of living in the hills that fire are fairly common.. let's just hope they are never close to us. So things are moving along nicely.. hopefully in a few weeks everything will be done and by that time almost everything will be moved over to the new house so we can set everything up and move in full time.

Remodeling - Day Four

Today we got an early start and headed out around 9 am. We got to the house around 10 am. After unpacking the truck we started setting up all the paint stuff in the Guest Bedroom. We still had to paint the borders and corners of the 3 walls we had painted yesterday and on top of that we had 2 window frames to paint. After we were done with that Harry and I headed to Lowe’s to pick up more paint and paint supplies. While we were at Lowe's we finally decided on the tiles for the Fireplace and the Bathroom. Both of us really liked the tile we choose.. the fireplace is going to be AWESOME. After Lunch we started setting up the TV Room for another coat of paint. To our surprise the second coat of paint went fairly quickly and actually covered the walls. So it only took two coats and the TV Room is complete and I have to say looks great. Around 5 pm Harry and I headed back to Reseda to get some more packing done. While I continued with the Toy Room, Harry started packing up his Desk in the Office. All in all it was a good day.

KOTG Microcast #6 - Quest for the Music Video

KOTG Microcast #6 Quest for the Music Video

This is a special Maxi-Microcast about the Hit music video from Felicia Day ‘Do you want to date my Avatar’ Both Jenni and i worked on set during the filming of this.

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Cleaning up the Rental

Today we took a break from painting our new house to work on our rental. They will be showing it to potential renter and it needs a good cleaning. We also did a bunch of errands that we have been putting off because of the new house. I also edited and released a new podcast. I miss the new house but it was nice to do something different.. but back to painting the house tomorrow..

Remodeling - Day Three

Today we got up, packed up the truck and headed to our house. But first we had two stops. First stop was our escrow company up in Valencia. We had to pick up a check for overages that we paid at closing. Unfortunately they dropped the check in the mail just a half hour before. So we left there and headed to Lowe's. We needed to buy more paint for the TV Room and while we were there I picked up another three paints, one for our master bathroom and two for our guest room.

Once at the house, we unloaded the truck and started painting by finishing up the window frame and the remaining wall in the TV Room. Once that was done I started taping off the Guest Room, while Harry did some touch-up work with the first 2 walls in the TV Room. We had planned to do the guest bathroom next but I decided that there would be less taping and I really wanted to get at least one room done.

While we were doing that, Mike, the Internet guy, stopped by to set up the Internet. He uses our hill side for a tower that feeds the valley below and because he uses our hill and electricity we get free internet. Once he was done we were eager to check out how fast the Internet was since he said it's faster then dial up but not quite as fast as DSL or Cable. This worried Harry and I but we were both surprised at the speed. One thing going for us was that we have our very own connection. So there are no other users on our line.

Once we both checked our Twitter we got back to work. Harry finished up the TV Room and I continued to tape off the guest room. The TV Room now has one complete coat, with exception to the area near the base board that had drywall damage. We have to let everything completely dry before putting on another coat. Harry then moved into the guest room and painted as I finished up the taping of baseboards. Once I was done there I helped with the trim work. We got the three walls covered with one coat (there is an accent wall that we did not do). But we were happy with our progress. We now know that painting is tough. It's tiring and take lots of patience and time. Well get it done.. might be a few weeks.. but will get it done and it will look great.

Remodeling - Day Two

Today we are up, packed and out the door by 10am. We planned to finish the TV Room and get a start on the guest bathroom. When we got there the paint was alot darker and looked good. It needed a few touch ups here and there but both Harry and I jumped in and started painting. Around 1pm our contractor Danny stopped by to go over everything that we wanted to do to the house. That took about an hour. Both Harry and I knew we had alot of property 2 1/2 aches but when walking around with Danny and standing on hillsides looking down at it, it hits you on how much 2 1/2 aches really is. Once Danny left we were hungry and needed to also pick up some more paint supplies. So we headed to Lowe's once again and on our way back found one of our favorite fast foods El Pollo Loco so we picked up some lunch. Once we were finished eating we continued to paint the TV-Room. And once again daylight started to disappear and we had to call it a night. We were almost one with 1 coat on all the walls. The painting looks so easy.. and HGTV makes it look like it can be done in hours.. this is day two and we are still finishing up just 1 coat on 1 room. Maybe will finish it tomorrow.. but I'm not making any promises.

Remodeling - Day One

Wow.. what a day.. now that we got the house we want to paint and do some small construction remodels before we actually move in mid September. We planned to be on the road at 10am but I figured since we would be at the new house for the next few weeks the majority of the time that we needed to go food shopping. So instead of heading up to the house we went food shopping. After we got back and split up the groceries between our rental and our house we got back on the road. We also agreed that when we drive up we will always take a load of boxes with you.. so we loaded up Harry's truck, but before we could head north I have to go to Kim Evey's (The Guild) Producer and return the BTS camera I was using for shooting season three. Once we dropped off the camera we head up north to our new house. We got there around 1:30pm and unloaded the truck. We then had to make a trip to Lowe's (the closest hardware store) but first we wanted to teach Daisy about the doggie door that lead out to a small enclosed area for to do her business. Well she figured it out fairly quickly but our little "Houdini" also figured out how to squeeze through a gap at the top and get out which she attempted as we were leaving. So we had to leave in inside the house until we were able to block that exit.

We get to Lowe's and head to the paint department, we try and find the matching colors that we had picked up from Home Depot but couldn't find the exact colors (we had previously gone through the house and picked out colors for all the rooms). I remember that they can color match so we asked if they could match these color, they said of course and that it would take ten minutes. During this time we walked around and picked up other painting supplies like, rollers, brushes, etc...

By the time we got out of Lowe’s we were both starving and looked for something to eat. We found a Carls Jr. that was on our way home. We headed back home and were greeted by a totally overexcited Daisy. By the time we were done with our lunch and started working it was about 5 pm... where did the day go?? We pretty much knew that we wouldn’t finish the room, but we wanted to get as much as prep work done as possible. The first room we decided on painting was our TV Room. We went with a darker color called Butternut Wood but it looks more like a dark Olive Green. Both Harry and I really like it. We figure it's the TV room so a dark color would be best. There were these plastic strips that covered the cable running along the baseboard that we didn't want. So we went to pull them off. They were being held on by double stick tape and when pulled off took off some drywall as well. So I attempted to patch up some of the damage while Harry started taping off the six windows. I came to realize that my patch work wasn't going to work and that we would talk to our construction guy about fixing it so I started to paint, I wanted to a little paint on the walls to see what it looked like. I started with the Window surroundings. About and hour later we had to stop, because we ran out of daylight, we had 2 window frame painted. The day didn't go exactly as planned and we didn't get nearly as much done as I was hoping but it was still a great day working on improving OUR house. Can't get any better than that. Going back tomorrow and hoping to finish the TV Room and if were lucky our guest bathroom.