House Pictures

Here are some pictures of the house :)

I didn't realize that I haven't taken an updated shot of the whole front of the house. I just wanted a picture of the landscaping when it was put in last week.

The sofa in my den will normally be in front of the bay window but the tree is currently in it's place.

This is one of my favorite parts

I love my new kitchen. It is such a pleasure to cook here. Last night I made Christmas dinner just for the two of us. We specifically came home to dine in peace and watch the Santa Clause movies. Today JJ made a spice cake cause we had my family over today.

Our lovely guest accommodations

Our master bedroom is far from being done. Actually the guest bathroom is the only room that is finished. We start small.

Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate and Happy New Year

Home or House Sitting

I am really not sure if this is home sweet home yet or if it is more like house sitting. The house is getting better but I feel like it is far from being done. There are still boxes in our bedroom that really need to go. Everyday when I get ready for the work I have to dig through a box for the stuff I need.

We have installed ceiling fans so far in 3 rooms. We have two rooms to go. The Christmas trees are both up. And only the guest room is missing blinds. I went to Wal-Mart for the blinds in Chandler but one set was missing the hanging brackets so I returned them and then tried to buy the same ones out here in Queen Creek and they were $2.00 more. I don't understand why they would cost more other than the fact that we are 20 minutes away from the next closest Wal-Mart so they figure they have a captive audience.

I had the day off work today and ran a bunch of errands in the city including turning in the apartment keys. It feels good to be done with that.

The cable and internet has finally been turned on. That part feels like life is back to normal. During that time JJ's XBox broke too. It is really hard to get things done when we are renting movies every night. When you are watching nothing on TV it is easier to get other things done like unpacking and organizing.

And I Thought I was Tired Before

I am not exhausted. The actual moving things part was not bad as we had two wonderful gentlemen from the moving company take care of that part for us but the rest of this process is exhausting. In the past few days we hung blinds in every room except one, and four sets of curtains so far. Yesterday I spent a gift card that I received from Home Depot on some ceiling fans, a coach light (for the side of the driveway), two shower heads (I don't like the water saving type I like the rain type), and a new light for the entrance way light. So far the coach light has been put up and everything else remains in their boxes. Hopefully we will have more progress tonight. I would love to post some pictures but my computer at work doesn't accept a memory card so pictures will be waiting till my next visit with family and/or next Monday after the Directv and DSL gets installed. I caved and decided to go with Directv. I can't stand not having cable. Not to mention that the only channel we get with the bunny ears are from Tucson and not the local Phoenix channels. I am not sure if this is because the weather has been lousy all week and the clouds are affecting it (I have never not had cable, I have no clue).

So Tired

We got our keys to our brand new home earlier today. I wish I felt more thrilled right now but I am way too tired. We are not even done with the packing yet. The movers will be here at 8:00 in the morning and I feel like we will be lucky to get in bed before they arrive. I am going to pack up the computer now. Next post hopefully from the new house but more likely from my office at work because of delay in finishing the wiring in the neighborhood for cable we will not have internet or cable for a while. I am not sure if they will finish before I give up and get satelitte but I am hoping that they work quickly.

Walk Thru

Tomorrow at 12:30 is the walk thru on our new house. I am really really excited. I did some packing of our food products tonight and all of my clean clothes are packed with the exception of an outfit for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and pajamas for each day as well. Tomorrow we will be finishing the laundry and picking up more luggage at my parents house on the way back from the closing appointment.

When the builder call me to setup the closing appointment and the walk thru they stated that only the home purchaser is allowed to attend the walk thru. I am sorry for them but with the purchase price of the house my father will definitely be there to make sure everything is perfect. When I buy a $20 coat I usually want my mom's opinion.

I have decided to buy a couch from a homeowner at the club. Fortunately one of the guys from work will be picking it up after work on Saturday night and bringing it to our house on his way home. There aren't many people I know that live in that direction so this is wonderful. The sofa is really inexpensive and the fabric is not great looking but I have a green sofa cover that I will be using for it. We bought the cover last year but the sofa in the living room is oversized and it doesn't fit. The used sofa also has a hide-a-bed and the mattress is brand new. The will provide us with two guest rooms available.

One of my employees from the Cafe is also helping me out greatly. On Friday when she is off work well will be picking up a mattress, box spring, and bed frame from my grandparents house that they have been storing for me. When I called to let them know that we would be by in the afternoon they also told me they have a new TV for us. That is going to come in very useful. We were in need of additional TVs and we are now equipped with a TV for each room. The unfortunate part is that I just found out that the cable company has not completed installation in the neighborhood. We are able to get DirecTV but it requires a two year contract and I don't want it permanently because everything is on eastern time zone, which is too early with my work schedule.

On Friday I am going to take our bed apart. The movers would do it but we will be paying by the hour and I like Ikea furniture. It is like LEGOS for big kids. I have decided on one of JJ's Christmas gift and it means more Ikea assembling for me.

JJ's den still needs a couch so I am gonna do some looking on Craigslist and see what is out there. I want to find a black couch. I am doing his room in black, white, and gray. The accent colors will be Phoenix Suns to highlight our basketball collection.