I Like Thursday: We Have Arrived

I'm writing this on Wednesday night, but it won't post until some time Thursday because I found the camera after it got dark.

Views from the sunroom and kitchen

Living room - Mabel is tucked in the lower right corner

Oof.

I liked our movers - they were pleasant and worked quickly.  They arrived at 8:30 and were done at the new place by 2:30; that included a 2 hour drive!

I liked we managed to clean out the old place before we left.  I had expected to return on Friday to finish the rest, but we wrapped it up soon after the movers left.  It felt so good to have that done.

This really is a kitchen.  Promise.

I love the fact my sister arrived on Tuesday evening with pizza (and ice cream, that's still in the freezer only because we'd bought two pints ourselves).  We were so in need of food, but were not looking forward to going out.  Then she stayed and helped unpack.  What a godsend.

I am so happy that we can drink the water right from the tap (and it's good, cold water).

I like that there's no trucks driving by at night (although we've traded for a dog that barks occasionally).

Office/Sewing Room

I like my new office/sewing room, complete with a closet.  I can't wait to start working on stuff again.

I didn't realize moving was such a workout.  I logged nearly 11 miles on Tuesday and another 7 miles on Wednesday.  

We're fighting with the kitchen and the bathroom (there are too many shallow drawers and narrow cabinets).  It's taking much longer than in the past to get stuff put away.  Most of the food is still in boxes.  We haven't even attempted to unpack the TV.  We usually have had the media all set up in 24 hours, so we're a little frustrated with that.

So ups and downs.  We've been under a time crunch with this.  I look forward to us settling in.
I like that we're having a party today - two Comcast guys and a handful of radon mitigation installers (that's all their vehicles in the first picture).  And they all needed access to my office.  Rob laughed at me for making eyes at the Jamaican as he got the internet back online.

I will really like when the dust settles.  

I swear, I'll stop writing about the move soon.  In the meantime, be sure to check out the more interesting likes over at Not Afraid of Color's I Like Thursday.