We made it!
We made it in. The move went without a hitch. The house is great. Now we are doing the whole UNpacking thing and trying to keep the kids alive while doing so.
The dishwasher holds more than my old one.
The rooms are painted the colors we chose.
The bathroom fixtures are not far from what I would have chosen myself.
The kids now have their own rooms.
Our living room is not overwhelmed by both a TV and a computer (each are in their own separate rooms).
But the best part, you ask? The best part is that at approximately 3:15 school lets out, and at that time ALL of the school buses go by our house heading to the school parking lot and back out again. And at that time, you can find Sam, sitting joyfully in the living room window eating his snack and yelling, “Look! Look! ANOTHER one!” And that, my friends, is a great investment.
I will say, however, we have not a window dressing to speak of, and no intention of doing anything about that until the weekend. The neighbors are getting to know us quite well.
And sorry for the comments being down over the weekend - my brother was moving us to another server and, of course, I didn’t know there was a problem because our computer wasn’t hooked up. Hope all are well. I’ll read blogs again soon, I hope, once we are functioning. I think I have like over 200 posts on bloglines . . . heh, heh.
Labels: House, Pictures, The Big One
Glad it all went well and that the house is great. I can picture Sam now watching the school buses.
Comment by jaybee4000 — May 12, 2008 @ 10:55 pm
Yeah, glad to hear you are in and unpacking. I agree, with cheap entertainment. We built a new house last year and Lucas loves to watch all the construction equipment around us.
Jenn
Comment by Jenn — May 12, 2008 @ 11:12 pm
Yay!! Congrats on surviving the move! Curtains or no curtains, the excitement of your new place won’t end any time soon …. we still don’t have curtains in half of our house … perhaps that is why the neighbors seem either hot or cold in the greeting department
Our cheap entertainment is the garbage man. He gets spoiled with coffee and cookies every week as well as all of the garbage within our cul de sac being tossed in the truck for him. Kaelen lives for the moment that he lets him pull the lever to “make the truck eat the garbage”.
Comment by Allie — May 12, 2008 @ 11:44 pm
So glad everything went well. The house sounds like as much of a dream as it appeared to be in the photo. Congratulations to you!!
Comment by Mama D — May 13, 2008 @ 8:15 am
Yay! This is such good news. And school buses to boot? What more could you ask for!
Comment by Rebecca — May 13, 2008 @ 10:53 am
So glad to hear you made it!! And yay for the school buses!
Steph
Comment by Adventures In Babywearing — May 13, 2008 @ 10:56 am
Glad you are settling in to your new home!
Comment by gretchen from lifenut — May 13, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
I can’t wait to see the house! I love that window and huge area for him to sit on. It’s amazing how something that might have bugged us before we had kids (the buses going by) is now a wonderful thing! Congrats on the house!
Comment by Charline — May 14, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
Yay! being in the new house is always fun, no matter how much unpacking you have to do.
i love the photos - those are perfect windows to sit in front of, aren’t they? cute!!
Comment by sari — May 15, 2008 @ 8:34 am
Hooray for being in the new house!
That window is stunning! I can see why he wants to sit in front of it every day.
Comment by Christina — May 17, 2008 @ 8:47 pm