Thursday, June 9, 2011

sweet neightbors

The neighbors startarted coming by to say hello and introduce themselves - all are very nice! lots of kiddo on the block too ( as if my baby fever wasnt bad already)
One of our lovely neighbors came over with a lawn mover, leaf blower and lots of 'new homeowner' advice for us...he did our whole front yard and told us to come to him if we ever need help with anything - how nice!

I love our new life <3




" Home is wherever we are if there if theres love there too"
-Jack Johnson

Decorationg & furnishing

we said we would do it slowly and not all at once to take it easy on our bank account, but who are we kidding? the itch to make the house 'homey' asap has made me as patient as 4 year old.
I have this urge to paint & put all wood flooring throughout the house, but since the carpets are brand new it would be a shame to rip them off right now...same goes for the paint - a painter would charge us A LOT because of the vaulted ceiling, and the paint is only a couple of months old.

We had a blind lady come over to do an estimate, not blind vision wise but blinds as in window treatments.
We really like the wooden country shutters, but holy crap are they pricey....just for the main living room window it came out to almost $700...insane.

contemplating


So we decided to do wooden blinds, since we will be painting eventually and changing the floor  we thought white was the best option. This 'blind' lady was awesome, she gave me so many neat tips for decorating.
after much debate we are putting our TV above the fireplace and getting a mount that pulls out, tilts and moves left and right - didn't know such a thing existed-  very pricey job but I think its gonna look awesome.

Geek squad person is coming out to make sure he can hide the cables and all that jazz.
Our yard is going to be a huge project - we listed the rocks that are there now for someone to take them - free of course. Ideally we would like to get started on the grass this weekend, before the temps get too hot for it to take, dont wanna wait till fall...again, I have the patience of a 4 year old.
I want my yard to I can get these already...

yes, there are chilly nights in AZ.


this thing reclines completely
naps outside sound wonderful

Monday, June 6, 2011

Its official

We are all moved in - FINALLY :)
This has been the busiest & most tiring weekend of my life, but well worth it of course.


We signed Friday at noon and had keys that evening






Saturday morning we woke up at 6:30 and started moving everything, Danny didn't allow me to lift anything because of my procedure 'just to be safe' - even though I insisted and knew I was fine.

Charlie was very confused and frightened, poor little guy has had to adjust to so many new places, but he already has his favorite nooks in the house.

We also had our furniture delivery the day of the move - luckily they came early so we didn't have to wait around too long, we're very pleased!

The house is a huge mess right now, unpacking is taking forever.
Thank goodness I can steal internet from the neighbors for now.

*Here is a little picture overload*


new BFF

Holy furniture

Mess!


Danny reviving the grass

my little fish decoration in the downstairs bathroom

Charlies favorite spot

Saturday, June 4, 2011

FINALLY

Got the house keys last night!!

Plans for the weekend = MOVING

pictures coming :)

Friday, June 3, 2011

Wine Country

                                         
We're going to Nappa Valley!
 Dannys idea, much needed mini vacation to get away from the maddness for a bit. We should be moving into the house this weekend, but honestly the excitement of that wore off quite a bit after how traitorous this process has been. Plus Danny is overly excited to use his paid vacation days, hes such a dork :)

Perfect place to de-stress
get happy off wine &
enjoy the beauty of Northern California

This trip is planned for sometime next month
:)


Thursday, June 2, 2011

Just had a quarter-life crisis


 
Danny spotted a grey hair on me
Grey hair at 24? not cool. Am I getting old? Do I pluck it?
 Since I am the queen of Goolging everything, of course I had to check this out. Apparently random single grey hairs on young people are due to "severe stress"

Completely makes sense now.

Who would think buying a home can make you start going grey and make your life miserable?