We're all in!

One blow-out (not a tire this time) and 6 days since my last post, we are officially moved into the house.

The plaster has dried on the bedroom walls and the kitchen has been scrubbed from six-foot ladder high to on my knees low.  The big furniture moving weekend was glorious. Saturday and Sunday the sun was shining, the temperature was cool ... well except for the hot-headed homeowners who just barely avoided killing each other.

The final furniture pick-up on Monday night was the only rain soaked journey with the trailer and of course we were hauling the mattress and the pull-out couch.  We made it to Peekskill by 8pm (really good time for all the lifting, hauling, driving that had to happen after work) and had the mattress and box spring spread on newspapers in a spare bedroom before 9pm.  We left the fan blowing on it all night and by morning it was just about dry.  Thanks to Russ and Aaron's water proofing efforts, the couch was far less damp and actually looked slightly cleaner after a quick wipe down with a dry rag!

Boxes are stashed in every corner, blocking doorways and making use of the kitchen impossible.  My shiny new stove has only been used to boil the kettle and re-heat pizza.  I can't wait to chuck in a roast and fill the house with yummy smells ... In order to make that possible, in addition to clearing some boxes, I would need to find the roasting dishes and make time to grocery shop. Hopefully by the end of the week these activities will be higher on my priority list.

Currently, I am trying to figure out how to keep the bathroom warm enough to enjoy a shower ... add a wall heater, cover the drafty, poorly placed window, get the oil tank filled, maybe think about a larger hot water tank so the 2nd person to shower has more than 30seconds worth of hot water. We are coming into winter (fast) and we are already feeling slightly nostalgic for the (free!) high-pressure hot water we left behind in the Bronx.

Still promising pictures as soon as I can dig the computer out!  Actually, that is one project we have been totally on top of, we need to keep up with our social networking and email checking, so the internet installation was high priority.  Saturday the computer was hooked up and internet ready.  I even surprised Russ by adding digital TV and a phone line to the package.

Suburban living, we have arrived!