Week Four: Hunting and Gathering

To save money, we've been looking for the things we need for our house on the Internet, places like Craigslist and eBay. This week, we picked up the cooktop and oven bought on eBay from the loading docks of the freight companies that trucked them here from Texas. It was freezing cold -- like 20 degrees -- on the dock (we couldn't help but notice a skid of condoms with a sign that clearly said "Store at Room Temperature"!). Our Bosch oven and Fisher & Paykel cooktop are both new but a little dinged up, so they were real bargains and are really cool:

We also got a great slightly used Pella sliding glass door and three nice windows from Craigslist. And the seller even delivered it to us!

We're hoping to get some real work done on the house between now and the end of the month.