Exciting, nervewracking house stuff. . .

So -- those of you who know us in person know we live in a three-family house. Actually, we own a three-family house. Three stories. It's a converted Victorian, built in 1898 or so.
( I'll put a cut tag here, now, before I start writing, so I can feel free to just babble on for a while. )

Anagram notes

"Ian Osmond" anagrams to "A mind soon."
"Xiphias Gladius" anagrams to nothing particularly interesting that I could find, even using an online computer program.