An Exhausted Update
I am completely exhausted. With the help of our parents, Dave and I moved into our first home over the last few days. The schedule was as follows:
Wednesday: Planned to leave work early, ended up leaving late. Drove to the lawyer’s office and picked up our keys! Took a few before shots of the rooms (empty) and then ate Pizza Hut at the new house and then drove back to the rental to pack the night away.
Thursday: Got up bright and early to pack, pack, pack. Dave picked up the paint for our bedrooms and a few other items. We then drove to the house (with the first car load) and met his parents after eating our lunch. His parents started working on painting the bedrooms and we went back to packing. Packing of cars and the Koning’s trailer ensued – one trailer load and two car loads (one Camry, one Fit). Got the guest bed moved over to the new house and set up in the living room (bed doesn’t fit downstairs and painting made it impossible to sleep upstairs). Got an Edible Arrangement from Chris that was delicious (and needed). Went swimming in our pool – it was cold but wonderful. Oh, we also went for our personal trainer sessions before dinner.
Friday: Continued packing and taking car loads (both Fit and Camry/Trailer) to the house. Got a few of the medium to large sized items over including the couch and loveseat.
Saturday: Continued packing and moving using both cars and the trailer. Dave’s parents finished the painting of the rooms and it looked so good! Somehow I had managed to not only pick colours that went well together but also matched the carpet near-perfectly! Several other large items made their way to the new house.
Sunday: My parents came up early morning and the 6 of us got a ton of stuff moved before Dave’s parents headed back home. My parents and us finished off moving (mostly) and then went shopping for pool supplies. After my parents left, Dave and I set up our bedroom (mostly) and fell asleep in our new home for the first time. Below is a photo of our bedroom (half of it at least). The lighting isn’t the greatest as it was taken with my Blackberry right before bedtime, but you get the point.
We still have a lot to do and very little energy to do it, but we are very happy and eager to get the house set up for our friends and family to see. I am not sure when I will have time, but I plan on posting the before and afters of each room as we finish them. I do love my house very much – it was worth the wait.
