So we've come a long way in the past month and a half... and it feels longer than that! We moved on October 31, 2009 (yup, Halloween...) We had to move, paint, and trick or treat all in one day! Well it took 2 days to finish painting, but we weren't moving anything into those rooms anyways. But we'd come a long way, if everyone recalls the trouble we had closing on the house to begin with! Clear to say I had plenty of time for pre-planning...But even once we "moved" in, we had to keep all our furniture in two rooms (family room & dining room) and the boxes in the garage for an extra week until the carpet arrived (so we wouldn't have to pay them to move furniture...)
So we lived in the family room, and the kids camped out on the living room floor on a matress & in a play pen... it's suprising how much stuff you really can live without. We lived out of boxes, clothes baskets, and suite cases for that week, and we had hardly any food in the house... I dreamed of how the house would look once finished, and came up with several idea boards for Ella's room, Andrew's room, and the Master Bedroom...
The new carpet came, and we could finally move all the way in... the unpacking began - a 2 car garage full of boxes... We still aren't 100% out of boxes, but we're close! And hubby didn't think we'd be this far in this short of time... but I was determined to be most of the way moved in & have the house decorated even a little bit for Christmas! I knew Thanksgiving wasn't going to happen... But I reached that goal. 10 days until Christmas and the tree is up, outside lights hung, wreath on the door, stockings hung, and even a few extra indoor decor spread around (pictures coming soon, I promise)... presents are 95% wrapped... 100% purchased (well mine, hubby still has some shopping to do this week...) I think I've outdone myself considering we just moved in the house not even 2 months ago. :-)We still have quite a to do list:
- Touch up paint (hubby installed the security system, which meant tearing up the walls...) Hope to have this done before Christmas...
- Build pantry cabinet (yup, nonperishables are all still in boxes...) Also to be done before Christmas...
- Exterminate mouse (I swear he followed us from the old house... he packed himself in a box and came with us...) To be done ASAP- our trap isn't working, so I have our pest control company coming out tomorrow morning!
- Go through the last of the items out in the garage (we're pretty much unpacked, just some loose ends!) After new year...
- Hang curtains in Master Bedroom (have had them for a few weeks now-- waiting on hubby to fix the curtain rod holders...) Hopefully before Christmas
- Put up the curtain pull in the family room Hopefully before Christmas
- Hang a few more pictures (new family Christmas pictures!) Before Christmas
- Wrap a few more gifts to go under the tree...
- Install fence After New Year
- And once these few minor projects are finished, and once we pay off some credit cards (oh the joys of moving & home improvement) we will start on our big renovation: THE BASEMENT. Also enjoy reading: Basement Ch. 2, Ch. 3, and Ch. 4 (When I'm stuck waiting I do a LOT of preliminary planning... LOL) But once Income Tax time roles around, we should be able to level our credit card debt, and start fresh on the Home Depot card! :-) So hopefully come spring we'll be ready to start finishing our basement space!
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