{"id":8912,"date":"2021-05-12T13:33:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T17:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withjackandjim.com\/chr\/\/?p=8912"},"modified":"2021-07-23T00:44:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T04:44:46","slug":"whats-up-this-week-our-final-inspection-our-first-furniture-haul-plus-more-of-jacks-favorite-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withjackandjim.com\/chr\/whats-up\/whats-up-this-week-our-final-inspection-our-first-furniture-haul-plus-more-of-jacks-favorite-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Up This Week: Our Final Inspection, Our First Furniture Haul PLUS: More of Jack’s Favorite Cake!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week, the day had finally come to have the city inspectors come through for our Final Inspection. After years and years of renovations, we still wound up in a mad dash to tie up some loose ends and get Charlotte ready for her big day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Jim and Andrew spent a big chunk of their weekends crossing off to-do lists, and Andrew was literally on a ladder, glazing the last window replacement in the sunroom when the inspectors showed up for our appointment. Better late then never?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What’s Been Happening<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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The Moment We’ve All Been Waiting For<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This is a big house with many an outlet to be tested, and we honestly had no idea how things were going to go. The whole inspection took around two hours, but after all was said and done, we\u2026failed<\/em>. By two outlets. Two!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This inconspicuous little bugger right here. It was THIS GUY’s fault.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As Jim says, though, this was a \u201cgood\u201d fail. We\u2019ve already fixed one outlet, and the other saboteur\u2014installed behind the toilet so Jim can plug in his fancy bidet\u2014just needs to be updated with a GFI outlet<\/a><\/strong> instead of a regular one. The things we do for a clean derriere, ya\u2019ll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inspector also gave us permission to start moving in some furniture until he gets back to review the updates and give us the official Go-Ahead on our Certificate of Occupancy. For all that we\u2019ve done in the place, it feels ahhhmazing to have gotten through the biggest hurdles of an official nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our \u201cNew\u201d Furniture Haul<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a good thing we got the green light on moving furniture in, since we\u2019ve had a hefty Facebook Marketplace haul and wanted to start setting up shop inside. Jack\u2019s scavenger hunt<\/a> <\/strong>went as well as we could have asked for, and it looks like we\u2019ll have most of the large storage pieces we need to make up for Charlotte\u2019s lack of closets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also made a splurge purchase at the local West Elm outlet for a really sweet linen closet, which magically had the exact cabinet Jack\u2019s been drooling over for a few months online. It definitely cost more than rest of our other used items (combined), but the store mainly carries scratch-and-dent items so it\u2019s a piece they\u2019ve never had in stock before, they only had one<\/em>, and it was 40% off. It\u2019s got an itty bitty chip in one of the front glass panels, but that\u2019s it<\/em>, so we\u2019ll call this one an \u201cinvestment piece\u201d and chalk it up as a win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Keeping this one wrapped up tight until we can haul it up the stairs. Those arches tho<\/em> \ud83d\ude0d<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And dammnnn does it look cool in the house. It\u2019s nice and tall for those high ceilings, has an arched top that mimics the arched doorways that are on both the first and second floors, and is going to fit just perfectly in the space we wanted to fill. The only problem is moving it upstairs \u2013 that sucker is heavy<\/em> \u2013 which also seems to be a recurring theme for us these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is definitely one of the downsides to not having any family in the area: no one to call on for quick little favors like heavy lifting, particularly when one of us is already busy carrying a small human in her loins.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When your brother says it’s too heavy, deny him the right to refuse and get these moving straps<\/a><\/strong> instead!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Luckily Jim\u2019s brother was able to make a trip up to help us move some things around. We got some new forear<\/a>m<\/a> dolly straps<\/a><\/strong> that turned out to be a huge help (highly recommend these if you\u2019ve got heavy lifting in your future) and are starting to get a sense of how everything is working in the space and what gaps we need to fill.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brothers also assembled a sofa that we bought on sale a couple months ago, and the kids were eager to help us unroll some rugs that have been in burrito-mode for a few too many months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking full advantage of the extra set of hands to get some things moved around. This couch as been waiting to be unboxed for <\/em>months.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Another Excuse for Cake<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We also celebrated Mother\u2019s Day by taking the morning \u201coff\u201d for once. Jim made Jack that really amazing Blueberry Lemon crumb cake<\/a><\/strong> again, so Mama was all set when we needed to head right back over to get some more work done with Ms. Charlotte in the afternoon. The kids were great sports about being there all day, probably because they got to watch Yellow Submarine<\/em> again for the 1200th<\/sup> time on the living room wall. Pretty soon this little weirdos are going to run off and start their own Sargent Charlotte\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mother’s Day flowers, Renovation Style. Who needs a vase when you have a paint bucket nearby?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This cake<\/a><\/strong> is made of dreams, blueberries, and the love of a thousand mothers. And one tired Papa.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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She’s training for the circus. Probably.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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How much is too much <\/em>Yellow Submarine?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Necessary(-ish) Things This Week<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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GFI Outlet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For when your toilet seat needs its own outlet<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Festool Vacuum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May we never spend as much on a cleaning tool again. Amen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Portable Projector<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absolutely essential to entertaining little musical weirdos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Forearm Forklift<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hell to the Yes. 10 of 10 Would buy again. (Probably will.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s Next\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  • We\u2019re seeing our future, and it involves a lot<\/em> of cleaning. This old woodwork is very romantic, but it\u2019s going to be a chore keeping everything clean. We get it now, Kappa Sigma bros. We get it.<\/li>
  • Our have our Move-In date officially on the calendar, so it\u2019s as many hands as we can find on deck for the next few weeks to set up as much at Charlotte House as possible and start packing up our current place.<\/li>
  • Sleep? Maybe? What\u2019s that, again?<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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