Living Room update ~~~
Lets take a look at how the living room is going and what it took to get there.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015
Finallly... an update
Whew! What a CRAZY two weeks this has been since we moved in. It seems like the two weeks we've lived at the house have flown by. We moved in on Saturday, May 30 and checked out of our apartment on the 31st. The next few days were busy. We moved furniture and boxes but lived in a pretty crowded area until Wednesday evening when we could move everything into the correct room because the living room and master bedroom floors were done curing. So we stayed up late moving stuff around on Wednesday. And Thursday morning I took off to Milwaukee to officiate a roller derby tournament. I worked at 12 games over the course of three days and returned home Monday night to a more unpacked house than when I left. It was fantastic. Rob has been an absolute champ at unpacking... me not so much. I think part of this is it is only JUST hitting me that we actually own this house! I had a moment on Thursday when I walked into the kitchen and thought to myself, "Oh my gosh... we OWN this."
Last week not much happened. A bit of unpacking (by Rob) here and there, but overall we just sort of laid low. We had been working so hard on the house it was nice to take a little breather. Also for me, I was adjusting to life in a new classroom full of energetic three-year-olds and a new teaching team! Every night I came home pretty tired from the new adventures.
This weekend however we got back at it! On Saturday we installed a new shower head, hung several hooks in our bathroom, did some yard work and did a bit of unpacking / rearranging. We also went and looked at some new furniture. In the process of moving we noticed a crossbar on the underside of our couch was bowing so we used the rubber mallet to correct it, but accidentally knocked out some nails that held the crossbar in place. When you sat on the couch the crossbar would fall out the bottom. :-( We have temporarily fixed it, but we know the time is coming when it will need to be replaced. This isn't a surprise; (for anyone who doesn't know) the couch we have now is older than me!! It is a bright orange couch from my grandparents house. It has been a good couch, but sadly we know it will be time to say goodbye soon. Even when we were doing the temporary fix as you move it, you hear all kinds of metal that's shaken loose inside. We were surprised when we were shopping by the number of orange couches available, apparently it is coming back into style!
We also opened up one of our basement windows on Saturday. All of the basement windows had been sealed off inside and out, so we took off all the coverings and discovered a window that's in pretty rough shape, but will hopefully hold up for a bit. In the mean time it is nice just to get a bit of light into the basement. The basement windows are the old system where there is a storm and a screen so we traded out the broken storm window for the screen so we can let a bit of air into the basement too. We are saying a prayer that with these changes the basement remains watertight.
Once we moved in and showered here we realized how terrible the shower head was. So with a bit of courage, and a walk to the local automotive store to buy some wrenches/ pliers, we installed a new shower head Saturday night. I love that we have a few stores within walking distance that we can take advantage of.
Yesterday (Sunday) I was gone most of the day and not much got accomplished at the house. I attended a benefit for a very close family friend who is about to celebrate his 30th birthday and is battling cancer for the second time in his life. His wife also has medical issues and needs a new pacemaker. They are a very nice young couple who have been met with some tough medical times, so it was great to gather everyone up and raise some money to help them out. I was really excited though because in the silent auction I was the top bidder for a 'bird lovers' package. It included two bird houses, two bird feeders, a bird water dish, and all the feed for the feeders! Tonight I put the first feeder out (the only one that was ready and easy to attach) and have been patiently waiting for the birds to find it. I am just hoping the birds find it before the squirrels. It is in our front yard so that we can see it through the window while we watch TV. We are definitely joining our elderly neighbors in the pursuit of bird watching!
That's really all for now. I should go help Rob as he's been unpacking the whole time I've been writing. He really gets all the credit for unpacking!
Last week not much happened. A bit of unpacking (by Rob) here and there, but overall we just sort of laid low. We had been working so hard on the house it was nice to take a little breather. Also for me, I was adjusting to life in a new classroom full of energetic three-year-olds and a new teaching team! Every night I came home pretty tired from the new adventures.
This weekend however we got back at it! On Saturday we installed a new shower head, hung several hooks in our bathroom, did some yard work and did a bit of unpacking / rearranging. We also went and looked at some new furniture. In the process of moving we noticed a crossbar on the underside of our couch was bowing so we used the rubber mallet to correct it, but accidentally knocked out some nails that held the crossbar in place. When you sat on the couch the crossbar would fall out the bottom. :-( We have temporarily fixed it, but we know the time is coming when it will need to be replaced. This isn't a surprise; (for anyone who doesn't know) the couch we have now is older than me!! It is a bright orange couch from my grandparents house. It has been a good couch, but sadly we know it will be time to say goodbye soon. Even when we were doing the temporary fix as you move it, you hear all kinds of metal that's shaken loose inside. We were surprised when we were shopping by the number of orange couches available, apparently it is coming back into style!
We also opened up one of our basement windows on Saturday. All of the basement windows had been sealed off inside and out, so we took off all the coverings and discovered a window that's in pretty rough shape, but will hopefully hold up for a bit. In the mean time it is nice just to get a bit of light into the basement. The basement windows are the old system where there is a storm and a screen so we traded out the broken storm window for the screen so we can let a bit of air into the basement too. We are saying a prayer that with these changes the basement remains watertight.
Once we moved in and showered here we realized how terrible the shower head was. So with a bit of courage, and a walk to the local automotive store to buy some wrenches/ pliers, we installed a new shower head Saturday night. I love that we have a few stores within walking distance that we can take advantage of.
Yesterday (Sunday) I was gone most of the day and not much got accomplished at the house. I attended a benefit for a very close family friend who is about to celebrate his 30th birthday and is battling cancer for the second time in his life. His wife also has medical issues and needs a new pacemaker. They are a very nice young couple who have been met with some tough medical times, so it was great to gather everyone up and raise some money to help them out. I was really excited though because in the silent auction I was the top bidder for a 'bird lovers' package. It included two bird houses, two bird feeders, a bird water dish, and all the feed for the feeders! Tonight I put the first feeder out (the only one that was ready and easy to attach) and have been patiently waiting for the birds to find it. I am just hoping the birds find it before the squirrels. It is in our front yard so that we can see it through the window while we watch TV. We are definitely joining our elderly neighbors in the pursuit of bird watching!
That's really all for now. I should go help Rob as he's been unpacking the whole time I've been writing. He really gets all the credit for unpacking!
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Monday, June 1, 2015
Officially home
Please bear with us as we are so slow in updating. It is officially official, we are moved in to our house! We had help from my family, the Starks, and Auntie TT, to move all the big stuff on Saturday. Lots of hands (and vehicles)made for fewer trips and lighter work.Then we cleaned and cleaned,and did a final inspection at our apartment on Sunday before turning in our keys. We can't move everything to where it belongs until Wednesday. This will allow the floors to be fully cured. As I said, please bear with us, life is a little crazy. On top of moving homes, I am also moving classrooms at work, which means I have to pack everything up there. And the icing on the cake is that I will be working my first derby tournament in Milwaukee this weekend (12 games in 3 days!). So to say life is a bit of an upheaval is no exaggeration. We will be getting internet set up this weekend, so I will attempt a large post once we are up and running since updating on the tablet is tricky.
Cheers for your patience!
Colleen (and Rob)
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