our NEW home!

A LOT has happened since the last blog. Here's a quick rundown... I was sick, my parents came into town, we packed up the condo, we closed on the house, started cleaning the new house, moved, put stuff away and organized, started cleaning the condo, kept working, and, just now, have a chance to sit down a write about it.

That saved you a lot of time so now we can get to the good part... pictures! I'm a big fan of before and after pictures but in the craziness of everything we didn't get the "before" pictures, so I'll use the ones that were posted online when the house was listed for sale. I'm also bummed that because we got possession at closing the FOR SALE sign was already gone from the yard when we got home. We didn't get the obligatory first home picture with the SOLD sign on it. Oh well. We have a house that we love so I guess that is more important than that picture. :)

So, enjoy the tour! And, if you're far away, we have a guest room that would love some visitors!

Entry way before...

Entry way after...

Yes, it's a bit bare but we love how big and open it is!

Living room before...

Living room after... from several angles

And yes, this too is bare. Keep in mind we haven't even owned the house for a full week yet! I think it looks pretty good :)

close up of the couch and wall with our Japanese pictures... we may need to work on picture placement

dark view from the entry way

Kitchen/dining room before...

Kitchen/dining room after...

 (for those of you who are observant, we didn't paint! after working in the space and spending time in it, the color grew on me and now I love it. There may be a red kitchen in my future, but not now :)

Laundry room before...

Laundry room after...

our new "information center" in the corner of the laundry room, this is our drop off zone and our office

Ok, that's a lot of pictures. We haven't finished working in the bedrooms and bathrooms so we'll update those at a later date. Here's one more shot though, that shows the openness of the floorplan.

We love our house but we're ready for a few days off... I'm TIRED! 

Stay tuned for more!! :) 

closing date is...

As of Friday evening we now have an official closing date and time!

Thursday, March 24th at 11 am

This is what we were hoping for because we both have the whole day off so that means we have time to:

1) go see the house again! we haven't been there since the beginning of Febuary...

2) go to Lowe's and use our giftcard (and probably a little more cash) to get painting supplies, primer, paint, etc.

3) go back to the house and start painting!

We are planning to paint the kitchen/dining area and the living room. Here are the pictures that were posted by the previous owners...

Dining/kitchen

Living room

We've got a busy week ahead! Painting, moving, our new washer and dryer will be delivered next Saturday... I'm sure there will be lots of pictures and updates coming your way :) 

and the journey begins

I've started packing, sorting, organizing, cleaning, making messes, making piles, selling... Yes, we've started to get ready to MOVE!

As of right now we still have no official closing date but I keep hearing the 24th of March thrown around. That is less than 3 weeks away! Since the house is empty, we get possession at closing, and that means ... moving day is 3ish weeks away!

I kind of consider myself a professional when it comes to moving. If I really sat down and counted all the times I've moved in my life it would be PLENTY! Let's just take a small snapshot and look at the time from when I graduated from high school (2003) to the present (2011, for those of you wondering). I have moved a total of ... wait for it ... ELEVEN times. Totally not cool.

Kyle, on the other hand, lived in the same house he was born in until we got married. This is only his fourth move. Rookie. :)

Anyway, all that venting to say that since I know how big of an ordeal moving is, I've already started getting ready. Here are some snapshots of what has been going on in our house.

The rummage sale pile, taking up the entry way and entry closet...

The dining room turned into the room where stuff that is ready to be packed goes...

The laundry room has been cleaned out and is now storing tons of empty boxes. Who knew there were so many?

If I need quiet and clean space, I can hide under the stairs. All cleaned out!

And my latest craze, labeling every box with everything that is placed inside. This is going to be the most organized move yet, I can feel it!

So enough blogging, back to davy doing... packing...