We moved in Nov. 1. The house was not completely done, but close enough. The kitchen cabinets were not completely finished, there was no carpet on the stairs, one of the dishwashers was not working and all the master closet organizers were not in place, BUT it was close enough to move in and deal with the finish work while in the house. Plus, we needed to be out of the rental house so we wouldn’t have to pay any more rent.
Since we moved in the kitchen finally got finished (10 days after the move-in. Did I mention before that our cabinet maker, while good, was slow as molasses?) The one dishwasher that was working sprung a leak and caused a bit of water damage to the ceiling of the basement below. Finally got both dishwashers fixed and the sheet rocker came and did minor repairs yesterday. The carpet for the stairs had to be put off until the front of the stair treds was correct. (too long a story.) Finally got those done today.
We got new family room couches, but are still looking for 1 or two leather recliners and some tables. I also got my new digital piano that is gorgeous! I’m having a blast opening up the volume all the way, setting it to play like a pipe organ and going to town on The Phantom of the Opera! Such fun.
I agonized over the kitchen cabinets: did I plan enough drawers? were they big enough? in the right place? I would wake up at night and stress over them. I worried as Clyde put them in. BUT… they are fine. Enough drawers and plenty of cupboards. Everything has a place and everything is in it’s place. I’m fine now.
Thanksgiving Dinner will be at our place, probably from now on. Mom really can’t handle it any more and we have a bigger place for all the company. We are planning on about 29 people, give or take. We will have a few extras, like a couple of friends of Jared and Kellee’s, plus Jared’s grandpa. Should be fun and lots of good eats!
The boys both have new queen size beds and have been fixing up their rooms with posters on the walls. We still need a mattress set for the guest room, but will have something by next week because Ray’s parents will be staying over 1 or 2 nights.
Still unpacking the boxes. I have cleared out a lot from the basement, but we still have boxes at the storage unit that we’ll have to go through. It’s my big job. After Thanksgiving, I will be concentrating on Christmas, so those boxes will just have to wait. I am planning to do several homemade things for gifts, so won’t have time to unpack.
As we have now moved into the house and most everything is done, (except for landscaping, but that’s a story for next spring.) I am suspending this blog and moving over to my other one “Between “ewe” and me” also on wordpress. If you want to follow this blog, then move over there. There is nothing more to say about home selling and home construction, and frankly, I am sick of both, so let’s just move on!
