Springtime at 5903

The pansies we finally got into the ground are slowly starting to come up.

These guys are still going strong...

And everybody looks a little nicer with some pretty topsoil. (Mulch to come soon.)

These little beds got a border of stone.

And the grass has a nice hint of green to it. Erik will probably give it a first mow this weekend.

I'll have to get a picture of the lush green side-yard Erik planted with rye/fescue/wildflowers. We'll see how the wildflowers fare, and how Chandler's feels about that. : )

Inside the house:

Furniture = 2 beds, 1 couch, 1.5 desks, 2 ottomen (?), and a kitchen table.

Stuff = just about everything but no where to put it

TV etc...still at my parents' much to our dismay

Erik was chosen for a jury case which doesn't start until 1:00pm tomorrow, so he says he'll do some caulking in the master closet. Hal-le-ba-lu-jah! Maybe I'll come home and put away some things and do laundry. Once the nitrous wears off! (we are giving it to each other tomorrow ; ) )

We're Still Here

Well, we moved the cats....
It was quite the adventure with one kitty losing control of their bladder leading to baths for all, leading to freaked out cats in a new house hiding under our bed. For 2 days. Now they're fine, except for Reagan's incessant crying at night and climbing on our heads. It WILL stop soon.

Here we are camping out in the front kid room. We have moved our bed, and once we have covered windows and clean off the mattress a bit (a little dirty from storage) we can actually sleep in there. But then we'd have to walk across the house to the bathroom. Whatever. It works.

And no house is a home without laundry.

Mom gave us ligustrums for a house warming gift and we planted them over spring break. I'll show you soon. I've been accused of neglecting this site post move-in, but I'll post as we set up shop : ) Promise.

Big Steps

I would just like to say that I'm in our new house right now, in my comfy pjs with the cold wind howling outside, under my down comforter...on the internet.

It's starting to feel like I live here : )

Mid-Move

Erik and I made 3 big trips to the storage unit on Saturday. We got a ton of boxes, the big brown couch, the kitchen table, the desks, one of the full beds, and some random lamps and other decorations. We set up the bed in the front "kid" room and put up the table in the kitchen. Everything else went into the garage. We slept there that night (much better), went to our new trial Sunday breakfast spot, and then to church. This afternoon, Dad and Erik took our fridge from my parents' garage to our garage and then went back to storage and got the washer and dryer. I brought more clothes and school necessities to the house and started unpacking clothes into the closet in our temporary bedroom. The plan is to hang out there until Erik can totally perfect the master suite (and I can get curtains up!) so we can move in. Then we can perfect the kitchen and order the fridge. Then it's on to the rest of the house.

At this rate, we might have the storage unit emptied by next weekend. There's still a ton of stuff here at Mom and Dad's. I say here, because we're still spending evenings here so we can watch a little t.v. and use their internet. I think we're going to take the t.v. out tomorrow and get on Netflix again so we can just watch DVDs for a while. I, of course, will still be watching my shows on the internet as they air during the week. I certainly can't miss LOST!

Pictures of the First Night

As exciting as it could have been, I had an endodontics test to study for, so this is all you get from last night's camping adventure. We slept on a blowup mattress, listened to the howling wind and road noise (we forgot to bring the ever necessary noise-blocking fan) and tossed and turned all night long.

Tonight, we sleep at the folks'.

The Move

So, we've put off the move for another night. I hoped I'd have the energy to get some stuff moved over there, but a trip to Walmart for Claritin D was a bit too much for this sicko. I hope one more good night's sleep will do it.

I was running errands in Rockwall the other day and it kinda hit me that we really would be living there. That may sound funny to some of you - I mean, I went to Rockwall High School, right? But I've never lived in Rockwall. Only in Rowlett, the red-headed step-child of Rockwall County. Even at that, I've lived in my parents' house longer this time around than ever before. Is that right? It's close. We moved in this house in Feb '98, and I went off to A&M that fall. Anyway, it's just a little odd for me. Especially to be living in Chandlers. I spent a lot of time there in high school over at the Kentopps' and babysitting and going to brunch after church. But now I'm a grown-up living there in a house that my husband and I built. A house that wouldn't be there if we hadn't made it. Craziness.

So tomorrow, I hope to wake up at a decent hour and make that house as comfortable as possible for our first night's stay. I'll get some pictures.

We passed!

Hallelujah!

A few more details:

We are planning on moving in slowly - probably slower than I thought since I've had the flu. We'll sleep there tomorrow night, but as we really think about what that entails, we realize we'll want tv and internet which means cable which we don't have. We also won't have a fridge which makes me a little uncomfortable. And no couches. How will I study? We'll basically be camping for a while.

Erik hopes to close with the bank on Friday. He's had all of that rolling this whole time.

I really hope I start feeling up to a lot of movement soon, because I'll need all the energy I can get!