Warm House

Well, this afternoon we had the housewarming party. It was small, only 10 people (excluding us) came by. It was nice to have such a small gathering. I know we're aiming for something much bigger on Memorial Day.

I guess I should tell people about the house. It resembles a contemporary chalet ranch thingy that has 1008 square feet. There are 2 bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms. We also have a garage, but it's not usable right now. Well, for cars anyway because a coal bin resides in the middle of it. I will move that thing... Ok, JOE will move that thing. =o) The kitchen is much smaller than the Pine Ridge house, providing me a challenge when it comes to making larger meals. There are very vaulted ceilings, so we're heating a lot of air when we actually have the heat on. There is a lovely coal/wood burning stove in place of a traditional fireplace. I can't wait for it to be cleaned so we can use that next winter to offset the ever increasing energy bills. There is a small screened in porch off of the dining room. It's probably going to be a summer playroom for the "kids".

Keys To Nowhere

Today was an interesting day. I left to go take a quick test at work this morning, once there I realized I didn't have my house key. Not a big deal, because Joe would be home until I got done. That's what happens when only 1 person has the debit card.

After the test I took a brief trip to Wally World and drove home. Upon pulling into the driveway, I see Joe sitting on the front porch steps with the dogs. I thought it was cute that he would be waiting outside for me to get home. Then I saw the half smile on his face when I got out of the car.

Me: "Don't tell me you got locked out because I don't have my house key either."
Joe: "What do you mean you don't have your keys?"
Me: "I didn't realize I didn't have them until I got to work because I left without my coat since it was so nice out this morning. I didn't think it was a big deal because you were home."
Joe: "Yeah, well I didn't realize the door was locked after you left. I guess I'm going to have to smash the garage window."

That's just what he did. Though to keep us safe he did board up the broken window. We'll be getting replacement glass here shortly. He did buy a new door lock set. The one that was on the house the internal knob turned fully whether the door was locked or unlocked. It was annoying because this is the second time this has happened, but the first resulting in smashed glass. The first time Joe locked himself out, he was taking the dogs out for the last walk of the night,. He finished up and realized the door was locked. He pounded on the door for 5 minutes before I woke up and heard him. Talk about peeved! I actually tried to find him to check on the pounding on the door before I noticed he wasn't in the house and neither were the dogs.

The new lock system was overdue after that night.

Gettin' Down

We took a trip to donate a few pieces of rather large furniture to the Salvation Army today. Already there is a good amount of space that has been opened in the living room. I can walk from the front door to the dining room without bumping into boxes. Yay

I'm cleaning out what little clothing I have left in my closest for donation & encouraged Joe to do the same. He managed to donate 4 overly stuffed bags of clothing. Wouldn't you know it, that little fashion whore still has more clothes than I do. Not fair, damnit!

Speaking of clothes, I got to use the washer & dryer for the first time today. Washer worked well, though it is a lot smaller than the one that I had in the Pine Ridge house. As for the dryer, if you close the door to that room you don't hear the horrible squeal it makes. In defense of the appliances, they are probably original to the house (1970 something) & have held out for a long time. So what if it takes 2 hours to dry a load of laundry...

Tomorrow we will be doing a few more cleaning tasks. If I can find my paint brushes and painting trays I might even get around to painting the full bathroom.

We're In!!!

Yippee!!! We're finally in the new house.

Ok, in reality we were in on Monday. I just get around to this whole blogging thing a little late. I'm happy to be out of the house in Pine Ridge, though it's bitter sweet. We put so much work into that house & didn't get to enjoy it for too long before it sold. I'm not complaining though, we are in a much nicer, much safer area. Even though we only moved 5 minutes away, it feels like 50 miles away.

Our new house is 1 of 2 on a cul-de-sac about a mile inside of our community. From what we can tell, our neighbours only come up on the weekends. We reached that conculsion because someone was in the house when we moved in over the weekend, but since Monday we haven't see anyone or tire tracks in the snow. I enjoy the privacy! The "kids" have all adjusted well. As soon as we get some stuff out of the garage & other stuff off to the Salvation Army, we will be able to really start getting settled in.