condo almost finished pictures!

Okay, so it's been a long haul. I mean honestly, this whole thing has been stressful for us all, but it's starting to look less like a brothel and more like a normal house. The last thing to do is shampoo the carpets on Friday then start moving in. Of course it's not that easy, I still have to finish packing and clean the apartment for inspection and manage to attend Ashley's 7th b-day party. But I took the 28th-30th off to manage it all. So please enjoy the photos, I am sure there will be more to come as I move in and finishing touches are done.
My new washer and dryer! Win!


My new stove, top ramen shall be cooked in style!


Nahuel and Rodrigo cutting my kitchen floor. Nahuel's baby is due any day and Rigo is still single cuz of his fleas. LOL

My kitchen floor, well a piece of it.Rigo and Dad picking out floors, but then we went to home depot and only had 2 choices so it was a wasted trip.

Rigo and Nahuel putting the fridge back after they finished the floors.Nahuel put in the hood over the oven too, notice the red brick from the wall behind the stove is now gone and has been painted.My new bathroom sink downstairs that the boys put in, the blue tape was a gift from them till the caulking dried.Rob painting the corners first so dad can roll the rest of the paint on.Rob got in a fight with the paint roller, I think the roller won.....at least we got the washer and dryer, right!?The master bedroom (remember the ox blood red?) I picked a sage colour to brighten it, took three coats of t.s.p and 2 coats of primer!still the master after I cut in the corners.The master bedroom done with the paint, base boards next.Master bedroom closet, now we have to re-hang the closet doors.
I picked a really light gray for the two other rooms, Rob and dad painted them.

message from my parentals

The Parents want me to pass along the message that their computer isn't working since they had a black out a few weeks ago. They can't check their e-mail so if it takes them forever to respond or they never respond or if it's important they want you guys to call the hous einsted. (510) 489-3247. thank you. love alison
(they say it was the black out, but the computer is from the mid 90's soooo yeahhhh)

condo prgress and my birfday

the kitchen area

my agent painting and mom's butt

dad in a apron, but he swears it's a smock. it's so an apron.

I'm growing kittahs in my backyard!

dad and mom at red lobster for my birthday

rob (mail order man) eating snowcrab for the first time.

me and Rob

me at the condo with the sold sign cuz I'm a dork

da in the apron...I mean smock again

Rob cleaning window sills

dad sweating like crazy

the kitchen, not painted yet though

dad painting the livingroom

So the condo has been an endless source of excitement and stress. Mostly stress, not just for me but for my parents, who I am sure has managed to shave off at least 10 years of their lives just by having to sign so many papers and go through so much drama. At one point they decided to pull the plug on the condo thing all together, quite frankly even though it made me sad, I had to agree that the stress was too much for them and I would gladly exchange a stupid condo for my parent's happiness any day. However after we moved all the furniture they had just painted back into my apartment in the hood they decided to call our agent back and go ahead with the condo, thereby shaving 10 years off my life span outta sheer annoyance and frustration. So we get to move the furniture AGAIN. Meanwhile, school has started up again, my mail order man showed up (okay the guy I fell for from Virgina) but I think I'm gonna call him my mail order man just for kicks. I also gave my 30 days notice to my apartment manager. So in essence the list of things to do has grown. I have to go to work for 6 hours, help after work with the condo, go home and pack my apartment, move the boxes to the condo, clean the old apartment, change my address with like 100s of people, get a phone and interwebs and cable put in my condo and in between all this get Rob (mail order man) acclimated to California, his driver's licence changed, his insurance changed, his address changed, register his gun and his car, get new plates for his car and help him find a job on top of showing him around. All this with cramps might I add. Then my birthday shows up! Honestly it could of waited but it didn't. Everyone wanted to do something or go out and I was busy painting and scrubbing walls and I had cramps and didn't wanna go anywhere so I just went out to dinner with Rob and my parents at red lobster. It was fun but mom is sick and didn't feel well and we were all tired from working on the condo. My agent actually showed up to help paint though! That was kinda funny, I think he felt bad that we have only 2 weeks to get it all done. Rodrigo and Nahuel are doing a lot of the work and will help me move as well so that's nice, Rob has been taking up slack and generally taking orders and helping out where ever he needs too. Rob sprayed a wasp's nest and dad locked him out, and pointed and laughed at him, so yeah he got "jumpped in" our "gang" and he didn't get stung. so that was nice. I thought I would post pics of the progress so far but just remember this was all semi gloss paint we had to cover and it's soooooo not finished yet. Had to post the pictures first cuz the blogger thingy wouldn't let me move them for some reason so they are kinda out of order, sorry I didn't know how to fix it.:)

condo update and my new man.

okay so we got the keys to the condo today. I was at work and mom and dad picked up the keys and started to work on the condo, trying to get the semi gloss paint off the awful walls. Since I'm trying to help with the condo, work and pack all at the same time, posts will be limited. but I'll do my best getting pics of the after. As for the new man news, I met a cool friend on-line through an account I had made like a facebook. He lived in Virginia. He and I have been chatting texting and exchanging music for about 2 years. We were always just pals, since he was married and so far away. But about 9 months ago he and his wife started to have issues that apparently could not be fixed. so He and her separated and he saved up some money and drove all the way here in 3 days to be with me. cute huh?! he's super nice and really sweet. He has been helping me pack and clean the apartment and he will help with the condo to earn his keep till he gets his new California I.d and car registered so he can find a port security job. surprisingly enough he's not Mexican. lol his name is Rob. he arrived Monday and has been super helpful with helping out around the house and making it faster and easier on me during this stressful time. He even rubs my back! I adore him, Pictures will come soon I promise! Love you guys.