We are officially moved into our new place. I've moved all the utilities over into our name, still have to do the trash, recycling, and decide about the alarm system, but otherwise we're all set. We managed to get the first coat of paint on the walls the day of the closing in our two bedrooms. The kitchen and stairwell will need to wait a while longer. Second coat of paint went up the day after. We managed to move all of our large stuff over the day after the closing and the last of the small stuff got moved on Friday. We have also spent every night in our new home since the closing.
Our cat is getting acclimated to the new place just fine. There was a lot of confused meowing the first day, but he's settled in nicely and gotten into all kinds of trouble. Furniture is now in the correct place, with a few exceptions (mainly furniture we are still planning on buying, when we have the money). There are still piles in various places, but they'll get taken care of. The storage space in the basement looks like a disaster area, but I don't think I've spent more than five minutes in there at one time for the past week.
We also got the first couple plants in the ground, some cannas and myrtle along the driveway and two more hostas in the front yard.
The backyard has seen our very first grilling session, a potted tomato plant, and a potted herb garden (peppermint, sage, thyme, oregano, parsley, basil, and rosemary). I'll try and keep you updated on their progress.
We still have a very long list of wants and needs for the new house, but for right now we're enjoying the additional space (triple what we had in the apartment and we're only paying an additional $100 over what our rent was, plus the additional utilities, crazy right!). I think I'm going to enjoy home ownership a great deal.
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| Left: Next to the driveway (Cannas and Myrtle) Right: Canna peeking through the soil |
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| Tomato Plant |
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| Myrtle next to the driveway |
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| One of the new hostas. |
