now that we are in, some beauty in the mess

Now that we are in we are learning some things about the house.  For instance here are some pictures of our window.  This is how we gauge how cold it is outside...the more beautiful frost pattern on the inside of the window, the colder it is outside :)

On the left there is only a little bit of frost so it's not very cold out.  On the Right there is a beautiful pattern!! It must be VERY cold!!!!

I am sure you have all seen a house where someone has just moved in but just for giggles and kicks, here are a few photos of our unpacking mess!

And Below is our first supper here at the new house!! My wonderful friend brought me the tulips as a house warming gift! Super thoughtful and made our mess look so much prettier :)

Our first meal was spaghetti, super easy and yummy!!  However our next couple of meals were more just whatever you can find until I get this kitchen organized! lol

One of the first things we did after moving in was to get a newish faucet.  The one that we had was brutal, I couldn't get a pot under it because it was so low to the sink and there was something else but now I can't remember what :)

Anyways we found a faucet on Kijiji!! Love that place.  We didn't want to spend a lot of money on a new faucet because I had plans down the road to get another one like I had at the highway house.  So my husband met the person and came home and installed the faucet, perfect.....except the next day I saw this:

Yep, it was dripping :(  So some more fiddling ensued.....Eventually we just came to an agreement, the faucet and us, that it just was not a good quality tap but it will do in the mean time!

Well there is not much more we can do at this point.  We are in, boxes are half unpacked everywhere, it's February 2015 and our house on the highway will be closing at the end of the month so I will have to go and do a final clean of that house.  But other then that we are on hold.  We know that the house is sinking on one side but until we know if it is still sinking or has sunk and is not moving anymore then it is no use to start doing any Reno's on the one side of the house.

So here we sit on hold, dreaming of ideas......who knows what we will come up with.

Kim


ONE TIP FOR RENOVATING!

Maybe more for moving then renovating but having someone to watch your kids so that you can unpack for a few hours in peace and quiet is priceless!!!

quick recap, getting ready to move and saying goodbye to appliances...

So let's do a quick recap. ( I will use actual dates for those that have asked :) )

Dec19th 2014
- we officially owed 2 houses, the one on the hwy that we totally renovated and then put on the market and this "new" one in town on the river.

Dec 20th 2014 
- renovations begin!  We ripped out all the carpet in about an hour!

Dec26th 2014 
- removal of part of the all between the kitchen and the living room

Now what?

It's around New Year's and there is not much more we can do to the house before we move in. Sooooo guess that means we can start packing and moving stuff over.  Also we thought we had better look at appliances as the offer on our hwy house includes our appliances. :( Sad for me, I really love my washer and dryer... and truly i was struggling with having to give them up

here is a pic of said washer and dryer:

here they are!! we have been through so much together, it's hard to imagine not having you :(

Trying my best to look on the bright side, truly new appliances should be exciting!  And remember this was last year around new years so there were plenty of good deals!

Armed with a couple of hours, off I went to all the stores in our town that sell appliances.  I know we could have gone to the city but due to time we decided to just try our best to find something locally.

The first place I went to seemed expensive and did not give me the warm fuzzies, so I left.  Then I hit up Leon's thinking they should be good, wrong!! That was one of the most frustrating stores!! They didn't have prices on anything!!! and I had to wait FOREVER  for a sales person to look them up.  Finally she said we are really busy and she will have to try to get back to me in the next 24hours with prices.  Sorry lady that is way too long.  So off to Home Depot and.....they were OK.  They were available and could help me.  I had to do most of the research as quickly as I could but they certainly were very accommodating.  I still don't love that store but I had to give it to them, they did take the time with me that I needed.

Here was my other issue, see the pic below, on the left is a custom built desk my husband made me.  it spanned that whole wall and i really loved it!  So I would have to tell myself, it's really just a desk, I can't take it to Heaven, so enjoy it now and let it go! :)

this is from our house on the hwy, to the left is my desk that my husband built, it's hard to really see the detail in the picture but it was truly awesome!! :)

So when we weren't buy appliances, visiting family, cleaning up Christmas, starting Basketball, celebrating birthdays, etc, we where packing and getting ready to move!! Boxes everywhere! The nice part was that as soon as we had a trailer full we could take it over to the new house :)  However, somehow every time I took a load over it seemed to be one of the coldest days of the year :( BRRRRRR !!!!!

In the end, I ended up wearing a long pink jacket that my husband thought was ugly.  But at this point I could care less, it was warm and long:

It was a very busy and cold time, and I was so thankful when we moved that last box over. :)

Kim

ONE TIP FOR RENOVATING!

Buying Appliances.....Now that I have some hindsight here is what I would recommend.  Buy the extended warranty, any and all warranties available, you will need them!  Unfortunately appliances are not as well built as they used to be :(  At this point (Dec 2015) I have had my appliances for 11 months and I have had to call to have each one serviced...not a fun experience.  So if you are looking for appliances you are welcome to come look at mine and I will give you the nitty gritty on each one. :)