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Tuesday, May 02, 2006

the house is finally beginning to take shape. except for all the now half-empty boxes everywhere, and our bedroom is nowhere near ready to welcome an infant into, we're definitely getting there!

i am trying to put together a blog post in my mind of things that are different out here than to living in the city. of course there are the obvious things, but there are also not-so-obvious things (like how many phone calls you have to make to figure out who will pick up your garbage!).

it's been two full weeks that we've been sleeping here (except for the one night this past weekend we slept in the "city" at my parents' house) and we find that we sleep much better now. it's much darker and much more quiet here than in our pittsburgh house. we did live on a corner and our bedroom window was a scant 40 feet from the street lamp that lit up our room all night long. we had to install a night light in the hallway here just to be able to make our way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. it's a welcome change...this darkness and quiet.

finally, a few images from our moving-in week...

our "for sale" sign.
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the boys loved the futon mattress on the floor in the living room (that had been stored for months and months under our bed) that we never put away after my brother and his wife stayed with us. they also enjoyed all their last meals in our old house on the living room floor after we gave away our old table and chairs.
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they loved the moving truck...all that dancing room!
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some "during" pictures of the bathroom. the first picture is of the bulkhead that we got rid of, and the second is the demo of the wood paneling and wallpaper surrounding the tub. for a while, the tub stays - these types of tubs are far too much work to get rid of!
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family

Wednesday, May 03, 2006 2:05:17 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:19:07 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

This is Lu-Lu from choosing home. We just moved a few weeks ago and that bathroom is do like ours but yours is in blue and ours is in puke green:-). We are trying to get some stuff so we can "paint" it white. Have fun.

Lu-Lu

Wednesday, May 03, 2006 5:28:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

We just gutted our bathroom and it took longer and more money than expected, that being said we couldn't be happier - I find you spend more time in there than you would think, especially with little kids...Congrats on the country living!

Stefan

Thursday, May 04, 2006 1:42:13 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

LuLu - we had a puke green kitchen in our old house that we gutted and painted dark sage. you'll love the change in color (i hope you don't have wallpaper!)

Stefan - did you do the work yourself? it does take longer than originally expected, but it's worth the work! (i say that but kenny is doing all the work! i think he'll agree once it's all over!) what did you replace with what (what materials and what parts of the bathroom did you replace)?

Liz

Thursday, May 04, 2006 2:04:17 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

Oh yes, we have wallpaper. Well, had wallpaper. We were up into the wee hours of the morning trying to get rid of the yucky stuff. I hated that sticky paste all over everything. We then realized why there was wallpaper there as someone had gotten a little too happy with the drywall mud. Still, I am firm in my belief that wallpaper is from the evil one.
Happy unpacking (which I know you will be doing for the next year!).
Lu-Lu

Lu-Lu