3 Weeks in...

Week 3 of owning the house and we are finally living in it now.

Moving the kitties was just about the funniest experience. They are complete indoor cats. So when we put them in the car, Ellie meowed and was curious, standing on the window button and opening it (near accident, I tell you). Everest, no joke, burrito'd himself in the blanket we brought and hid in there the whole way. Once we got to the house, Ellie came alive. She was poking around everything and seems to like the place. Everest has been a big scaredy cat. He hides under the bed until you call him out but slowly he's getting used to it.

We were in the guest bedroom for the first few nights until we got carpet. Carpet was an interesting process. Again, in my naivety, I budgeted based on what I thought it would cost. I cleverly forgot to include pad and stairs in my head and so the REALLY great deal we got on carpet was still about double what I thought we were going to pay. You live and learn.

Anyway, the carpet was installed Friday/Saturday. One trip to the emergency room and a flat tire on the highway made for a rough install for the guys but they were really great. The carpet smell is glorious as people said it would be. The place doesn't smell like granny anymore! Also the bedroom picture turned it really brown but that's not really the color, the picture of the stairs is much more accurate.

Saturday and Sunday for Luke and I consisted of garage saleing, more painting (will it ever end?), drapes, fixtures and moving. Moving was just as painful as expected. The crux of the move occured in trying to move the 600 pound armoire. The thing is a beautiful 7 foot solid piece of wood. The dolly was crying mercy the whole way as we managed (after some choice phrases and grunts), to get it on the trailer. It now rests still on the dolly sideways in our garage. We simply can't move this thing alone. It is supposed to go upstairs in our master so we are going to need at least 4 strapping lads to help move this upstairs. Volunteers need only inquire. :)

My dad also spent the weekend putting in new electrical outlets and covers, which I love... so clean, no more shocking myself...

Finally, here is the closet chandelier that Luke suprised me with!