Mike and Music

Last spring, when Mike and crew did the demo on our kitchen, our old stove got moved outside to an area near the back of the property.  Initially the plan was to sell it or donate it to a Habitat for Humanity Re-Store, but then we never quite got to it; the stove sat there for about 10 months, getting rained on and baked in the sun.  It sat there so long that ivy grew up inside of it.

(Typing that makes me think, “hmm… maybe I shouldn’t complain about our ghetto neighbors.  maybe WE are the ghetto neighbors!”)

Well, today I decided to do something about it.  After doing a whole bunch of gardening– well, weed pulling, which is the precursor to gardening– I marched inside, grabbed my digital camera, and took a quick picture of the stove.  Went inside, posted an ad on craigslist offering the stove free to the first person who would come and get it.  No more than 5 minutes later, my phone started ringing off the hook.  I was really surprised, but pleased.  A guy said he’d be over in 20 minute, and sure enough, a little bit later, a rainbow colored minivan pulled up.  (I’m kicking myself for not taking a picture of it.  It was quite a paint job.)  The guy said about 3 words to us, loaded the stove, and drove off into the sunset.

I’m feeling quite happy about getting the stove gone and am hoping that removing the eysore will make the place look nicer to prospective tenants.  One of our units has been vacant since Christmas and it sure would be nice to get it rented it out!

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