Prior to the move, we had our master and guest bathroom vanities installed.
The master vanity is white with a white quartz top. I intend to paint the master bathroom this color….it’s light and hard to see, but it’s a very faint blue called Ice Cube.
The guest vanity is navy blue with a gray and white granite top.
We’re moved in, but we still have a lot to do. Finish the baseboards, add a top coat to the floor, paint the doors, install cabinet hardware, finish painting a few rooms. It will get done, in time. For now I’m just happy that I don’t have to move anything.
We got some furniture delivered and even had our first snowfall! I was happy to be inside getting ready for a party we were hosting on Sunday, while it was snowy and cold outside. On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, we hosted Jay’s kickball team for our annual Friendsgiving. And this year, we had plenty of room to fit everyone in. 19 of us altogether!
And the first snowfall!
Saying adios to our old apartment!
It was bittersweet. We loved our little duplex. Even though we were beyond excited to move into our new home, our previous place served us well for many years. After Jay and I got back together, we moved into the duplex. We got engaged here (literally, in the kitchen, July 3, 2009. Nothing exciting. I had wanted to be married to him for so long that I practically yanked that ring right out of his hand) and lived here when we were married. We weathered through losing a few loved ones while living here, but had many joys to celebrate as well.
New tenants have moved in and I wonder if they love it just as much as we did. We drive by our old place every day, but the new people keep the shades shut 24/7, so we can’t spy to see how they have it set up. Yep, full-on stalker. Not ashamed to admit it.
Confession: I panicked a little, pre-move. I had a terrible day and spent most of it sobbing at my desk (not my best moment). I was overwhelmed with the move and the house, I was (terribly) missing our loved ones whom we had lost, and I had a moment of ‘oh my god what have we done’ in terms of owning a home. I don’t deal with change very well to begin with. And all these changes at once was too much. It happens to the best of us – the stress of life. And I just needed a day to feel sorry for myself. But I got over it, with the help of a night with my book club. This was the night before we moved and it was much needed! Nothing like a group of dear friends, some wine, and a lot of laughs to make you see that life isn’t so bad.
Here are some pics of what our old place looked like – all cleaned out!
There was some blood (only a little), sweat (a lot), and tears (a LOT, all me), but we managed to pack up our little duplex and move it all down to the new house in one weekend! Did I mention that it was just me and Jay, loading up his truck at the duplex and unloading it in our new garage? Over one weekend? Without one. single. fight?! That’s a record. He did ask me if I was sick of it yet, while we were taking a lunch break, but I said if I stop to think about how much I am hating life at the moment, I won’t continue. I just have to do it and not think about it.
It sounds whiney, but moving is The Worst. It’s been studied and documented as one of the most psychologically and emotionally stressful changes in a person’s life. Add to it having to pack and move your self….and you have a recipe for disaster. Yes, we could have hired movers. But we chose to do it ourselves. Something I will never do again. I’m also never moving again, unless I’m dead.
I’ve also realized I do not need as much stuff as I thought I did. I don’t like clutter and I thrive on organization, and this move has definitely shown me what I can live without. I can’t wait to move in the stuff we want and donate what we don’t!
Here is the garage, post-move. It’s over. We can breathe.
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