Not that there was ever any doubt, but what a day it was ! We got up super early to start the last of the packing and cleaning (7am, 03 May 2006) and then the truck arrived, so they started loading up all of the boxes and our furniture.
Around 11am we arrived at the new house, and encountered a bit of a hiccup.
We'd arranged to have the carpets cleaned the day before which would give them plenty of time to dry, but in all the chaos we forgot that the power wouldn't be connected for the carpet cleaner guy to be able to plug his machine in. D'oh ! We rescheduled him to come the morning of our moving day, and he'd only just finished when we got there. This meant that the carpet was still damp, and did it ever STINK - plus we had to move all our stuff in regardless. There wasn't too much extra dirt left behind though, and a good vacuuming should fix that up.
It took until about 2pm to get all of our things unloaded, then between lunchtime and 5pm our new bedroom furniture was delivered which included a slat bed frame and new mattress, dresser drawers, framed mirror, and two bedside tables - all in a beautiful matching dark wood.
Everything considered, it went pretty well and we were ALL exhausted by dinner time - including the cats who were even too tired to fight despite being shut together in the same room. We let them out the next morning to explore, and then got a cat door installed on Saturday, which didn't take them long to remember how to use.
It's hard to believe it's been just over a week too, but things are fairly settled - we haven't managed to unpack everything yet but will get there eventually.
Here are a few photos from the day after we moved in (4th May 2006).
Master bedroom
Bathroom (toilet just to the right, shower to the left behind the door)
Office
Kitchen
Lounge (living room)
Deck
That's all we've got for now folks, but there will be more photos to come once we've done a bit more cleaning and arranged the living room furniture properly - the nursery should be completely finished by then too ;) (Which may get an entry all to itself...)
Not much other news really, we're both back at work and getting used to slightly new routines, plenty going on to keep us busy !
Our next update will hopefully be this weekend, if not, sometime next week.
Oh ! Almost forgot... guess what Jax found at the local supermarket ? *drum roll*
I kid you not !! This makes for one VERY happy Jax !!
Anyway, take care and goodnight everyone :)
Love J, R & Baby Girl Bird
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