Bless Your Heart

I live in the Land of Boxes!

We’re all moved in, although there is a ton of unpacking and organizing to do. Not to mention decorating! It was a long week that flew by. Here are some highlights:

* Our closing on the new house got delayed, but finally happened Tuesday. The sellers were so angry with us for making them pay for repairs (that they’d have to make no matter who they sold the house to) that they requested a seperate closing so they wouldn’t have to be in the same room with us!!!

*After the closing we raced home and started moving and cleaning the old house. And didn’t get to bed until 4 am the next day.

*The closing on the old house was delayed as well (thank goodness- we were able to sleep a bit) and the buyers were really nice and actually sat in the same room with us. =) They were first time homebuyers and were so excited- we were glad they were getting our house, I’m sure they’ll take good care of it.

*Because of the delayed closing we couldn’t go to Ikea until Thursday. We got in late Thursday night and met up with Rachel and Brian Friday to shop and have lunch. Jon was worried about driving the truck too much at night (a 25 footer!), so we had to kind of rush through, but it was great seeing Rachel & Brian. They gave me fabulous presents (of course, they always give fabulous presents) and we had fun shopping. I was amazed at their restraint! They only bought 1 thing! How can you do that when Ikea is full of such amazing things? We had 3 buggies full including new knobs for our kitchen & bath cabinets and drawers, a sofa, big chair and ottoman, huge cubic bookcase, other little things. We’re going back in September. We’re missing a slipcover for our sofa. I called ahead and they had the one we wanted, then we get there and they didn’t hold it for me but the lady said I could order it over the phone. I called Ikea on the way home and told my whole story only to hear that the cover I want is only available for pick up in store and that they won’t ship from the store. We were in the truck in lower Virginia at this point. Gah!! So now I have a nakey sofa in my den until September.

*We hit DC traffic and didn’t get home until 3:30am Saturday. Nothing like 12 hours in a big moving truck!

* Saturday we went to a baby shower for our friends Kevin and Margarita and brought them a mobile from Ikea. Oohs and aahs all around.

* Sunday we put together furniture and made a run to Lowe’s for new light fixtures for the kitchen and dining room. I also tried to clear off the front porch and throw out all the weird things the homeowner left behind like an angel statue, racoon statue, squirrel statues, fake bird’s nest complete with eggs and birds and fake beehive with bees. I say “tried” because as I was removing the bird’s nest I found out it’s going to take some effort because she’d hot glued the nests to the brick!! And she velcro’d the animals to the porch!! Don’t even get me started on the collection of wooden spoons she left hanging in the kitchen by fishing wire and thumbtacked to the wall!