sold

the move is complete...besides a few plants that are still at the apartment. we had a lot of help this past weekend which was very much appreciated!! needless to say i'm glad we won't be moving again for quite a while. between hauling boxes, furniture, putting up blinds and trying to find a place for everything, we were exhausted! i think we are just now starting to recuperate. it would have been nice if we didn't have to work this week. last night we put up our mailbox with some help from my mom & sister.

he looks worried in this picture. odd. nothing to worry about. me + big drill = perfection. ;)

we had to test it out as well. :) send mail!

official homeowners

we are now homeowners! more to come.

only a few more days...

close is officially scheduled for this friday. the carpet is down(you can see it in the picture although it's difficult to see the actual color because of the lighting). the appliances are hanging out waiting to be installed (the fridge is in this picture with the blue protective sticker still attached). we had a walk through today with our realtor & builder. it went well, just a few finishing touches. well, kind of...we found out that they installed an electric water heater instead of the gas water heater that we chose. they will be changing it out and venting it...more of a hiccup for them for making the mistake.

"If you go to a party, and you want to be the popular one at the party, do this: Wait until no one is looking, then kick a burning log out of the fireplace onto the carpet. Then jump on top of it with your body and yell, "Log o' fire! Log o' fire!" I've never done this, but I think it would work." ~ Jack Handy (Saturday Night Live)

finishing touches

as we near our closing date, the builder is installing the final pieces of our home. i think these are the most exciting. for example, doesn't this sink faucet look great in her hand?

sleek dishwasher huh? the buttons are on top so you can't see them, so it looks really cool from the front, but will take some getting used to. just like a new t.v. remote when you aren't used to where the buttons are yet.

now it may look like someone just took a shower in here, but that's just the way the shower door looks. can't tell from the picture but it looks cool in real life. you'll just have to take my word for it i suppose.

the creme de la creme, i really shouldn't have to say anything right? a picture is worth a thousand words? it's big enough that even I can fit in it.

almost there...

all of the trim is attached. the countertops & cabinet pulls are all attached as well. we have toilets, bathroom sinks & mirrors. they installed the microwave. the fireplace mantle & surround is also in place. the big tub for the master bath & the carpet will be last.

one more thing...the water softener & furnace were also installed in the basement.

tile, tile and more tile

all of the floors now have grout. they just need to finish the fireplace and master tub.

moving along quickly

we went back to the house tonight and no grout yet, but they did hang the lights we dropped of yesterday. they also installed more cabinets, countertops and trim. we also saw that the air tub for our master bathroom was sitting in the garage! tomorrow the appliances are being dropped off at our apartment.

vanity lights in both bathrooms...

this is the light that is in 2 of the bedrooms...

the fan looks good, but they have the blades the wrong way...we'll have to flip them around to the darker sides after we move in.

the island is in place...

lots of new updates!

this evening we dropped off the lights and cabinet pulls. upon arrival all of the doors were locked so i had to crawl in through the egress window in the basement. :)

the tile is down...grout will be be added tomorrow. cabinets were dropped off and some of them are in place already. they have the basement door and trim attached. the other doors and trim are laid out in the rooms, ready to be added. the countertops were also delivered and are sitting in the garage.