We hope everyone had a good holiday and wish everyone a Happy 2008! It’s been a while since our last post. A lot has happened with the holidays and what not, but for us the time finally came for our closing date. After 12 months of waiting our new house finally closed.
We got the keys December 20 and the following day, Friday, we had Leons, Sears, Sleep Country, Rogers and Bell all come to the house. Add in a duct cleaning too and it was a party indeed at our place. Most of it went fine except for Sears, where we had some problems with the delivery guys and we are still working out some of the damage to our stainless steel appliances.
Saturday we rented a moving truck and we moved all my bigger stuff from my parents place in Lindsay and also some of Aleen’s things. The weekend we just spent cleaning, unpacking and setting up. Wow, so much stuff to do it’s insane. You really take for granted all the things that come with house ownership after living so long at home.
We took a break from the house and had Christmas Eve dinner at my parents’ place. We slept over and then had Christmas Day lunch there too. Right after we came back into town and went to Aleen’s parents’ place for dinner with her entire side of the family. It was a long and exhausting few days.
As the year ended we pretty much setup our first floor the way we want it, minus a dining table and it looks pretty sweet. My den is still a mess with boxes still left to be opened, but at least I got my computer setup, which is one of the reasons why I haven’t written an entry in a while. The guest room also needs to be finished up at some point.
We celebrated New Year’s at a friends place and then our holiday was over and now we are back at work. The fastest two weeks I think we have ever gone through.