The last 3 weeks

I don’t even know where to start…  Since moving into our new home 9 days ago, I have yet to sit down on the couch for more than 10 minutes. I have been very busy! Here is what we have been up to the past 3 weeks.

We moved out of our house. We hadn’t closed yet on our new home and frankly at that point we didn’t know if it  was going to happen. Regardless, we had renters that were waiting to move in so we needed to be out.

 

Our nice friends took us in for 8 days. At the time we thought we might be living there forever. It was a lot of fun though. Everyday I had to keep reminding myself that we had no home to move to and that those 2 huge u-hauls out on the street were packed with our life and costing us money each day they sat there.

Even though we were sad/frustrated about our loan and our house, we still pretended to be on vacation with our friends.  Plus , our boys are only 7 months apart so they had a constant buddy the whole time. Is it weird that taking care of 2 kids is way easier than taking care of 1??

 

Day 7 of our stay, we got the word that our docs were ready to be signed. So we hoped in the car and drove an hour in a bad storm to get her done.

That next day, Friday, we got our keys. Our friends were really sad that we were leaving and told us they secretly had hoped we never got the house so we could stay there forever.

Saturday morning.

We moved. YAY! It was a rainy, windy, yucky day and 15 minutes up the road it was snowing.

My Mom and Sister met Cohen and I at the house to put the cleans on it before the guys showed up with the moving trucks. Man, was it dirty! It had been vacant for at least 18 months. All the cob webs and spiders (there were a ton) were even dead!

The first room that was put together was Cohen’s. Took about a hour and it was complete. It just needs paint. The story of my life. Paint. Paint. Paint. These are photos from yesterday after hanging decorating. Once I paint it, it will be so cute. Please excuse the huge ball pit in the corner. His room is so large it’s like a bedroom and play room in one.  I also want the rain gutter book shelves attached to the wall next to the chair… Matt isn’t a fan of these so I may have to do them myself while he is at work. He will love them when he sees it.

So after a week living here I have managed to only paint the living/dining/entry/kitchen room. It took me F.O.R.E.V.E.R. Painting around all the beams, baseboards and windows really stunk! But, it sure looks great now. I had a little help from my Brother, who taped off half the beams and from my Mom who helped paint a little bit. She mostly just watched the Bubs so I could get my work done which is the biggest help!

 

     

The craft room. My 2nd favorite room in the house.  I still need to pick a paint color. I am really not sure what color to do. I was thinking a pink, since I am surrounded by boys in the house, but I just can’t decide yet….

The deck is definitely an extension of our living space. We are out there probably half the day. It’s perfect for Bub’s to play on and he can’t get out of it. With the nice weather this past weekend, I planted some flowers. Since I have no lawn, hanging baskets are going to have to be my new thing.

The entry way and photo wall. I am not in love with this look so it will most likely be changed when I have the energy and creativity to deal with it.

The toy closet. I love that I have a place that I can store the toys away in. I don’t like walking into a room and be surrounded by them. This closet is really large and extends under the stairs. I leave the door open and Bub’s  goes in picks the toys he wants to play with

 

The view from the front door. Walking in you can see right out the windows and over the hills. My favorite room of the house by far.

 

The landing… This is a work in progress and probably will be for a while. That shelving unit will have doors put on to it to make it a linen closet. Can you believe I don't have one?? The window has since had a cushion and curtains added to it. They aren’t the curtains I want forever but I needed something there for now.

Master Bedroom. LOVE this color.

The guest room… pretty much consists of boxes of stuff I have no idea where to put. Once the rest of the house is in order I will start working on this. I am thinking in this coming week….

We LOVE the house. The neighborhood is wonderful and every time I walk the dogs I see lots of deer and jack rabbits. It is such  a nice change from where we came from.

Now the house has had its problems to far…lets see.

To take a hot shower in the master bath, you have to run both faucets, otherwise it just stays cold. Leave it to my clever husband to figure that out.

We ran out of propane 2 days after moving in. The heater and hot water run off of propane. It took them 3 days to come out and fill it up.

Our dryer is gas. The hook up for the dyer here is propane. In order to use our dryer we have to find a conversion kit,which is really hard to find since our dryer is so old. So we had to buy a new one.  We did that on Thursday hoping to be able to do laundry that night… nope. It will be delivered Tuesday. I have been without a washer/dryer since we moved in. We are pretty much out of  clothes.

Next up… we have a busted pipe in the back yard which is attached to our sewer pump/tank. It is leaking sewerage into our yard. So instead of getting the new granite countertops we wanted, we now get to spend that money on a plumbing company to come out and fix everything. Because of the crack in the pipe, we have been unable to really use the water/dishwasher/shower/toilets. The more we use the water, the more we risk busting the pipe completely and causing more damage and costing more $$$$!

Our internet just got turned on and even though I haven’t missed it too much, it is nice to have it back.

As of tomorrow, everything will be fixed and we will be back to normal life! I am going to be doing laundry for a year!!!