We're in!

We finally moved! We have no Internet,and there are still things left undone, but we are sooo glad to be in!! I can finally have people over without asking them to sit on the exercise ball. :)

It's official...

We passed our final inspection and we're moving in this weekend!

And more house pictures...

Another load of pictures of the house...we think we'll be moving in in a week, so we're excited! Our apartment is a mess and there's so much to sort through before we move - it's going to be crazy with Christmas stuff happening too. There are tons of little things left to do at the house, too, like blinds and closets. I won't even start to think about decorating anything until after Christmas - it's going to be bare for awhile but I'm so happy to be moving in soon that I don't care!

This is the mudroom - the tile and the baseboards and the casing is all in! One room down...

Our bathroom...

Our shower that still needs tile...

Our bathtub - I can't wait to have an actual bathtub!

My kitchen backsplash is starting to go up...

 
Cabinet doors and drawer fronts are coming on Monday I think (I hope).

The backsplashes are in downstairs...

The trim is all done in the bedrooms downstairs...

The railing is done, and the lights in the stairs are done!

My hood for above my cooktop is built, it just needs to be stained, lacquered and installed. I can't wait to see it tomorrow!

Railings & Birthday Parties!

The railings are in - one step closer!

We did our first load of laundry in our new washer and dryer!!

Old washer:

New washer!

 

 The carpet is all in downstairs:

And this thing is going in the garbage! I was using the hose on the back of it to vacuum up all the little threads on the staircase, and when I moved the vacuum, it had totally fuzzed a nice spot right where it was sitting. And it looks like it sort of burned a spot. On our brand new carpet!! So, I think we're going to get rid of this cheapie and get something decent.

My little sister's 21st birthday was on a Saturday, but on Sunday we went to my parents to hang out with her and celebrate.

LOVE this kid!

Carpet!

I LOVE walking on this in my bare feet. Isn't it funny how trends come back? I remember when I was really little, we had green shag carpet, and now, the shag is back! Everyone has this stuff. It's not green or orange, thank goodness, but it's shag. There are some things from my childhood that I wish would have disappeared forever, like stirrup pants, but shag carpet I will take!

Clark didn't know I was taking his picture. The door to the left of him is the "gym" - the one room without flooring. Until the tile is done, that's where the tile cutter is, so hopefully the tile gets done soon! The flooring we have for it is like that black gym mat stuff, so we'll have our treadmill, bike, etc in there. I'm so excited to get on my treadmill again! I still want to run another 1/2 marathon, so I really need to get running.

I'm actually in a picture!!

 We're hoping to be in in a couple of weeks - wish us luck! :)

Appliances!

They're in!! It seems a little weird to be so excited about appliances, but I am!

And Clark's awesome cleaning job:

Taps & Toilets - you know you want to see

I just looked at my blog at the last house pictures I posted, and it looks a little different now, especially the kitchen! I thought I was way up to date but I guess not. I'm sure all 2 of my readers are just DYING to see my cabinets, so maybe I'll go and take some pictures later. Last night all of our taps were in so I went around taking pictures of them (because I like taking pictures - shocker I know):

Isn't this beautiful? I thought I'd capture it before I cleaned it.

This tap is actually getting changed today - it's supposed to have a brushed finish. The piece of paper says don't touch me, my silicone is drying.

This actually works! So excited.

Clark told me no one wanted to see pictures of toilets. He's right, but it was in the folder and I decided not to remove it.  My favorite thing? The seats come off to clean! And no one can slam the lids down.

Possibly my favorite feature of the whole house (well, top 3):

We got the window boxes in so the windows are looking less rough in the basement:

The piles of baseboard and casing that my brother-in-law is painting for us this week (we love you Brad!!):

Playing with depth of field (I love my 50 mm):

The stacks of plinths getting painted (also by the amazing Brad):

And the appliances just waiting to go in:

My favorite part of winter - the static-y, frizzy hair:

 
Oh wow that's beautiful! Haha

The upper cabinets in the kitchen are supposed to be in this week, and the basement cabinets are supposed to be in today. Carpet comes on Monday, and all that's left is trim, tile, railing, fireplace mantel, closet rods/shelving, and a million other odds and ends I'm sure! But, we're getting really close.