We're getting there

I just set up my computer (we've only had laptop since we moved) and it went pretty well. Usually when I move a computer, I undoubtedly break something and end up buying new parts to fix it. Not so this time. I guess that's what happens when you buy a factory-built computer and not one made yourself. We've got three of the four walls painted in the computer room now, and I just saw Matt bring in the final color (we've got purple, green and blue already - the last will be a pale yellow). After this, all we have left to paint is the trim in the hallway and den and our bathroom. It's turned out far better than I imagined and it's surprising how much of a difference paint and furniture makes.

We're very happy in our new house and we're just about done making our bank account bleed (for now). Matt gets an allowance every month for home improvement stuff, so from now on, everything is coming out of that.

Almost done

After quite a bit of disorganization on my part yesterday, we got most of our stuff moved into our new house. Unfortunately, it was a very hot Florida summer day, complete with occasional downpours. I didn't think we'd use the whole 17' U-Haul, but we ended up not having room. We still need to move Matt's computer desk, the exercise bike, microwave cart and our regular bikes. We've also got a few boxes and other straggling items to move. And then the cleaning of the apartment starts.

However, we're mostly moved in and it feels good. I had my best sleep last night in over a month. Our cable is installed and life is starting to feel normal again. And we love our new house!

My silly husband

On Tuesday, the cats and I arrived at the new house and I noticed that Matt had beaten us there. However, when I got inside, I didn't see him anywhere. A few minutes later, I saw him come in from the back yard. However, when he came inside, he had a gash on his head and didn't look too happy. It turns out that he had locked himself out of the house. Not just that - he then went in the shed in the back yard and locked himself in the shed. When I was outside, the other car kept beeping, but I kept assuming that I was hitting the button in my pocket. It turns out that it was Matt trying to alert me to his dilemma. He had to kick the doors open from inside the shed to get out. I laughed pretty hard as I was cleaning up his head.



Oh, but it gets better. Yesterday, he locked himself out again! Only this time, I wasn't coming home for many hours, he locked the car in the garage with his keys and cell phone. He had to break the garage window to get in. The mental image of him hanging half out of the window with his legs kicking as he tried to wriggle in make me laugh a lot. That silly husband of mine!

First night in the house

As I mentioned earlier, we deposited the cats in the new house two nights ago. When I got to the house yesterday evening, I found them where I had left them - in our bedroom closet. Nite seemed ok once we got there, but Buffy was having a hard time and wouldn't come out of the closet. So I decided that we would sleep there. I don't know if it's because I was more relaxed or if she was just comforted seeing some of our regular stuff in the bedroom, but she started exploring and is back to her normal self.

I didn't sleep very well. There are a lot of new sounds and we were sleeping on an air mattress covered by our memory foam mattress pad. I am really looking forward to getting settled in.

On a cool note, I saw the shuttle launching as I was exiting the interstate. When I got to the house, I could hear - feel - the shuttle as it was launching - very cool stuff!

I'll be glad when this is done

We've been visiting the house every day (except last night, I needed a break) and doing a lot of work while we're there. It's tiring and I'll be very glad when we're moved in and living in one location. Tonight we transplanted the cats. The trip down was fairly uneventful, although I did have both of them yelling at me the whole time. Once in the house, Nite quickly began exploring, but Buffy found a comfortable spot behind the toilet in the master bath and didn't come out for about an hour. Then she quickly found the litterbox and spent the rest of the time in the bedroom closet. She'll warm up to it sooner than later.



We keep moving two car loads of boxes in at a time. It's finally starting to look like we're emptying the apartment. And now with the cats gone, I can really start to clean this place as well.

Painting pictures

Here are some pictures after a long weekend of painting.

It's a lot of work, but it's worth it

Matt and I are not yet living in our new house, but we are slowly moving our stuff in. We've been to the new place every day since closing, and the apartment is finally starting to look a bit emptier. Up until today, all we've really done is clean. Today, however, we worked hard.

As mentioned earlier, Carolyn is my color consultant and has really earned her pay (of $0 haha). She's helped us pick a color scheme that is working really well. We've gone with a periwinkle blue for the den, hallway near the bedrooms and half the dining wall. Then we've gone with a subtle yellow for the living room and the other half of the dining wall. The kitchen will be a brighter yellow, our bedroom a minty green, our bathroom a light orange (no Home Depot orange this time) and the spare bedrooms a light purple. All of the colors complement each other well and we're going to use them for trim throughout.

Carolyn, Matt and I got a lot of painting done today - we finished the blue and most of the living room. I owe her big time for this!

We finally have a house

So we finally owe a lot of money to a bank for our house. But it's our house now and we can do whatever we want. We're not moving in until next weekend, but we are gradually moving in. Each of us takes a carload of boxes every day. So far, we've mainly done a lot of cleaning, but there's still a lot left to go. Tonight we also blew a lot of money at Home Depot on stuff like blinds and garbage cans. Matt gets an allowance every month for stuff like tools and home improvement stuff. We've got plans - we want to redo the master bathroom, we're building a screened in porch on the back - but those will wait for a while. For right now, we're just painting and fixing a few things here and there.

We're pretty happy with the house and there hasn't really been any buyer's remores. I am looking forward to being completely moved in, but all good things come to those who wait and blah blah blah.

I think we can get excited now

We have our closing in 24 hours. I haven't really let myself get to excited about this whole house thing yet, but I think it's almost time. We've arranged for address changes and utilities and stuff and it seems it's going to happen. Of course, we don't have any keys yet, but I'm pretty sure we will. I'm really looking forward to the house and all of the new work it comes with. We've got plans for painting (Carolyn has volunteered to be my consultant since I have no sense of style at all) and Matt called me last night and said that he and Alex are about to book their tickets. Yay!