FINALLY

Well, we finally closed on our first home. Even though it was a long (long!) time coming, everything seems unreal still, like it's not a permanent move.

There are plenty of things that Tim and I really want to update and renovate and change into something special to us, but since the bank took it's sweet damn time getting everything in order, we had to move in quickly, set all our stuff up, and prepare for miss Ivy's birthday party this coming Sunday. I have been so dang busy unpacking and arranging our things, and doing all the things needed for the best first birthday party that we can give, that I haven't had time to worry about the ugly kitchen floor or wallpapered master bedroom.

Even if we had planned on doing some quick painting or something, we have had a couple issues pop up already. We've had water problems in the basement.  I should  have known when the previous owner had a dehumidifer running, that there was a moisture issue. First the basement bathroom toilet overflowed (twice!). And, the AC unit wasn't properly draining outside, so we have wet carpet and padding and drywall. Son of a bitch. Down the line, these issues are going to need a more thorough clean up; for now we are running fans (and the dehumidifer).  Tim is fixing the toilet and we re-routed the AC drain.  Ugh! That was not a nice welcome into home ownership.

The first few things on our list are:

• new flooring in kitchen, hallway, and bathroom
• stainless steel appliances (weee!!)
• a new main floor bathroom (which is a lot worse off now than I remember from looking at the house before)

Yikes. Well, before pictures of our dwelling will be included in the next post. And maybe some pictures from Princess Peach's party.