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THE END!!!!

Friday, 30 November 2007

Well, not technically the end...because well, there's still a list of things to fix up here and there...but almost the end! Carpets in, and looks great. Vinyl gets replaced next Wednesday morning (in the back bathroom/laundry room where they screwed up), laminate floor is down, water heater is in, and with only a little bit of electrical work left we're just about there. Oh, and did I mention...WE GOT OUR STUFF BACK!!!  No more storage unit, no more bare house -- we have our couch, our decorations, MY SHOES!!!!...after all, we did only pack the bare minimums to take to mom and dad's for that 2 weeks we were going to need to stay with them. But, we'll be moved in just shy of 3 months...and that's not too shabby. Enough chit chat already...I'll share pictures from last night..."move stuff-in night!"  First though -- a HUGE Thank you to our moving crew, the Stockments, Halls, Ross & Becky Clark, Poke Stinson, Dane Clark & Randy Swygman. We had the storage unit unloaded in probably 1 1/2 hours, and things put in their proper rooms in 3. They rocked, and I couldn't be more thankful!!

Mom & Rossco trying to figure out the new trim rings for the can lights.



Where the carpet & laminate meet, going into the living room -- still missing a transition strip, but carpet layers will do that when they come back on Wednesday.


Ever had that problem, the one where you can't get your Queen sized box matress up the stairs or through a window? Well, I'm sure we are among many with that problem, and Ross suggested that we cut the mattress in half, that was our only option. Here they are engineering the cut. You can't see me, behind the camera, shaking in my booties at this idea. I'll give Ross credit though -- it worked, and you can't even really tell they did anything to it. It was like surgery on the box springs. What goes up, will likely never come back down...at least not in one piece!


Butch or Ross...not sure which, made the comment to my dad, that he and I were twins last night -- blue sweatshirts, big bellies, blue eyes -- I thought this was cute...obviously Dad was only slightly amused...


Jason and Butch determining how we'd fit a big screen tv into this cabinet...they look like real thinkers don't they?


Me...so happy to have our stuff back. That sounds so materialistic...but seriously, when you don't have it...you forget all the cute decorations, wedding gifts, pots & pans, wall hangings, furniture that you were used to in your own home. The couch missed me too...but not my extra pounds and the baby that I'm carrying. I left a nice dent in the couch...


Dark picture -- looking from living room back into dining room -- notice we still have a toilet, washtub, and some construction equipment that needs to be taken care of...but we're getting there.


Dining room looking into Sunroom -- this will be like a lounge area, another TV/Couch, etc. A game room so to speak.


The new main entrance...obviously a dumping grounds for things until we get put away and settled.


The end. Happy Weekend, and a special shout out to Seth & Jenna...Congratulations on your wedding day!

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