And we're in!!

While I a wait for our roast to cook I thought I'd finally try to get caught up here. Yes, I am making a roast....weeeeeeeeeeee....how exciting to finally cook in our own home! Well, actually I made turkey burgers last night and DBF made spaghetti and meatballs on Thursday, so I guess we're doing pretty good. Soooooo nice to not eat out for a while. This morning I made us a big breaky and then made a couple of batches of cookies too.

The move-in went pretty well. A lot of the stuff wound up in the wrong rooms because the layout here is so different from our old house, but such is life. We had them put a ton of stuff in the garage, so it's packed in there for now. I'll be making friends with Craigslist over the next couple of months!

A couple of things had some minor damage, which is more annoying than anything. The movers can be pretty rough on stuff and our Ikea dressers need a bit more TLC. The dressers aren't even a year old and look really nice so I am a bit miffed that they managed to crack one of the side panels....even though it's just thin fiber-board stuff, it would probably last me a lifetime if they had been more careful. We're going to call the moving company about it this week and see if we can claim it. A few other pieces got a few dings, but nothing worth fighting over.

The unpack is a joke. They send a couple of workers over to pull all of your stuff out of boxes, but they just leave it on the floors or counters or wherever. Mainly it's just so you can A) have an official claim if anything is broken and B) have the boxes and packing materials taken away. I had them unpack maybe a third of the boxes....a lot of stuff got packed up out of closets and storage and we don't really want it unpacked just yet. We'll deal with it when Spring cleaning comes around and we can have that garage sale we've been waiting for. Next time we do this I think I'll just take the chance that something might be broken (nothing was this time) and unpack everything myself. It was a bigger hassel sorting through the messes of stuff (especially if it was unpacked in the wrong room or on the wrong level of the house).

I have pretty much finished with the kitchen. There are fewer cupboards and drawers here, but it's so much nicer it's all worth it. It forced us to get rid of some uneeded glasses and such so it's all good. Just need to reorganize the pantry now that we have groceries, and we need to decide what to hang on the wall. I love that we have a proper spot for the dining table now too....makes it much more enjoyable to use...and DBF installed a dimmer on the light today so it's perfect for dinners now.

Our furniture and electronics all arrived this week (after a minor hassle with Future Shop) so the living room is coming along nicely now. The couch is pretty comfy, so we're stoked about that. DBF is even warming up to the ottoman...but I don't think we'll keep it in the living room anyway....we need an actual table surface. Our tables should be in for pick up this week. The giant TV is growing on me. It's a bit odd watching shows where the people's heads are twice life-size! haha, but HDTV is AWESOME!! I can't wait to watch Amazing Race in HD tonight! DBF seems quite pleased with his new sound system too....he spent a lot of time setting it up and now he is ready to tinker and tweak it until he figures out all of the bells and whistles.

We have done a tiny bit of exploring and found that an extra 10 minute drive brings us to another couple of plazas that house a Sobey's, Blockbuster, our bank, and a vet clinic. All things we needed. I ventured out for the huge first shop yesterday....not in love with the Sobey's (I miss Thrifty's!!), but it was better than the Superstore. Even the Superstores here are different. Me no likey!! But I'm sure I'll get used to it.....

I have my office partially set up. Ready to rock for work tomorrow at least. Hopefully throughout the week I'll finish it up and it will be one less room to deal with. The bedroom shouldn't take much longer either...I have most of my stuff in the closet and DBF should get his stuff in there one night this week after we finally get laundry done. I just realized that the box with the detergent and stuff is probably buried in the garage in a box marked "basement"....ooops.

All in all, things are coming along. The only big project we really have left is painting the bathroom (to match the bedroom....it's a cheater onsuite) and since DBF is a painting machine that won't take long at all. After that it's just making the place a home...and we're well on our way to that!