A gift from................

Martha Stewart!

HAHAHAHA! We came home to find a package at our front door and from who? Martha Stewart! Keep in mind our subdivision is one of the many she "designed" in collaboration with KB so our housewarming gift was a book and some other goodies from her.


Cool eh? I just wish it was signed or something (haha just joking! I have been wanting this book forever and I love it)

Sorry for my terrible pictures (I am sooooooooooooooooo tired) can you tell?


Well I just had to share 'cause well it's cool right?
Talk later.............

Did I mention...................

At some point during the "moving" day while waiting for the movers Rob managed to "escape" and when he retured he brought home a 52"fla screen tv (OH YEAH!!)

No there are no stripes on the wall (it's just the picture angle and no blinds).
Well I just thought I should share his pride and joy (other than us of course)

Later......................

Settling in.......

What can I say WELCOME HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Again what can I say, we are still in moving and unpacking mode............we still are moving stuff out of the apartment and little by little unpacking and settling into out home.

Seems like eveyone is fiding new spots to call home................

I figured out that in this house I can set up my cabinets into specific areas and this is the start of my "baking" area (mind you I don't bake, but I intend to learn)
But not all was work we did play too!
We took some time off to catch some fresh air and play outside................




logging off...............catch you on th eflip side

PS I am sure I have and will have more pictures that I will post at some point, just be patient with me, ok?

MOVING DAY!!!!!

It's done.......papers are signed and WE ARE MOVING!!!!!!!!
Finally we are moving in! . The 3 PODS are here



and we have already started unpacking.............this is the dining room (or it will be eventually) full of boxes we unpacked from the PODS yesterday after signing..............

Can't wait to start unpacking (yeah right, wish the boxes would unpack themselves) here are a few shots of our box filled "NEW" house...............

The movers have come and we asked them after all the furniture was in to help us take the BIG boxes upstairs........................


Yeah they put them all in the loft (every single one of them, even a few marked KITCHEN?!?!?!)
But at least the dining room is empty now!

Here's the kitchen (I have so many cabinets I can't even believe it!)

Seems like we have been doing this dance foreverrrrrr!
There are boxes everywhere and I have no idea where anything is.................... but we are home and it feels so good!


That's it for now, we have lot's of stuff to unpack and I am guessing a few rooms are going to take longet than others (like my craft room that I need massive amounts of storage to keep all my treasures................) but slowly, slowly everything will come together.

I am going to bed, as you can imagine we are tired and need the rest to keep on going tommorow.
Later

WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My last post was our final walk though and now we have done it...................

WE CLOSED ON THE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We (Rob and I ) met up at the lawyers office (downtown Raleigh)I don't like driving in downtown Raleigh, almost got myself lost (good thing I had plenty of time). The office was located in a old house (historical,I bet).

We were early so we had to wait, but finally the layer called us in asked us for identification etc, Leah (our loan officer) arrived shortly thereafter and we proceeded to sign our name over and over and over (and never been so happy to do so).

There was a little bit of confusion (I guess they had thought I needed a visa,haha) but it was all cleared up and after about 1 hr we were handed a beautiful set of keys)

We are now the proud owners of a beautiful house and tomorrow we will be moving (by the time I post this..... the pods have already been delivered and Rob has already unpacked the smallest (all by himself almost, I was on the phone arranging to have it picked up) , we have the movers coming at some point and well the circus begins.......................

I have no pictures for this post I just wanted share our good news!

Check back and you can see what we are up to.............

FINAL WALKTHOUGH!!!!

My last post from yesterday mentioned that today as our FINAL WALKTHOUGH!


We met up with Stan (our builder) at about 1:00pm and did just that , we walked though the house making sure everything was finished and looking good.


Our next step is CLOSING..........then moving (out of our "COZY" apartment) and into our NEW house.

I was only able to take a few pictures today and although Stan tried to escape, I managed to snap a few of him too!


Pictures taken October 16, 2008

This is the view of the kitchen from the family/tv room

Stairs, love the railing!

Partial view of the entrance, dining and formal living room areas taken from the family room.

Rob's office/den (we will install french doors at some point here)

That's Stan our builder


and he is trying to run away...................................

Come back soon, we'll have more news for you.

MAILS HERE!!!!

Ok last touch................THE MAILBOX!

We went today and snapped a few pictures, we have our walkthough with our builder tomorrow (wish us luck).


I am going to try and take some picture tomorrow (of the finished inside) and the next step is CLOSING and then.........................MOVING!!!!!!!

Pictures taken October 15, 2008

Looks like we have a visitor, on top of our mailbox.......................

Looks good, doesn't it? It's complete...............

Check back I will try and take some pictures tomorrow after our walkthough.
See ya later.............

OUTSIDE DONE

Again I am doing a double post mainly updates from the outside (I really haven't taken more of the inside)


In the following pictures you will see the outside is DONE!

Pictures taken October 8, 2008

Front is DONE! Siding painted!

Front door painted (see I told you it wouldn't be white............) I love the arch!

Garage doors painted too! Looks good with the color of the house.

Shutters brown (to match the front door). We went with very earthy colors..............

See they have started the landscaping..............

Here is the second set of pictures (about 4 days after the above ones)

Pictures taken October 13, 2008

Look closely and tell me what you see............

(sorry the pictures are small, Rob took them with his phone and I am too tired to change them right now)

GRASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check back soon we are going to be moving soon!!!!!

IT'S ALMOST DONE.........EXCITING NEWS!

Ok it's getting down to the wire we've just been informed that we will be doing our final walkthough with our builder on October 16 and that we have a meeting with the lawyer for the closing on the 23rd..............
Originally the walkthough was around the 21st and closing around the 31st..............so we are about 1 week ahead ..............OY!!!!!!

Just minor things left (like finishing the painting but almost everything else is done)

Pictures taken October 2, 2008

Here are the stairs (carpet installed, yep another GREEN contribution) It's recyclable and recycled carpet.

Yep carpet there too, covered in plastic(because as you can see they still need to paint the walls)

Here is where the dining room,formal living room meet the family room (the entrance and the before mentioned rooms are wood flooring, it's just covered with cardboard so you can't see it)

Landscaping put in. We will put in more of course...........

Refrigerator! Nice, big and BLACK!


Oven is in too! Of course it's black as well...........

Ok check back soon, because as you can see we are almost there...........

MORE TO SEE....

Again it's been 10 days (or so) since my last post, we go visit the house almost everyday (once or twice) but sometimes there is nothing to post about or anything worth taking a picture but I do have some here not a ton but your gonna notice some pretty cool things going on..............

Pictures taken September 22, 2008

All from the downstairs...........

HURRAY! We have granite countertops (again they are covered with plastic since that still are painting) and see in the back.....a MICROWAVE

Here is a little closer shot of the granite I love the color (it has a mix of light brown like our sofa and some grey speck like the walls will be ). Looks good!

Guest bathroom wood floors , pedestal sink . Nice!

This is our (one of our) GREEN contributions it's a tankless water heater (our house is Energy Star compliant)

Just a little info on that one and why we chose it:

1. Energy savings of up to 60%Save up to 60% on our monthly water heating costs


2. Enjoy endless showers, we can enjoy long hot showers, shower after shower, after shower.


3. The water is heated instantly, on demand (less waste of water waiting for it to heat up)


4. The tankless water heater is capable of supplying all the hot water our home needs


5. It's environmentally friendly by using the tankless water heater you will be saving energy. By consuming less energy you are contributing to the overall savings of non-renewable and renewable energy sources

And the list goes on but I won' t bore you , we just thought it was good investment.

Now from the upstairs:

This is our bathroom separate tub and shower not huge but good size for us.

This is my laundry room (you know where it is?) UPSTAIRS ! HURRAY!!!!!! I am painting it yellow (make it a happy spot, since I HATE doing laundry)

And are youready for this one.........

They are putting up STONE in the front. It looks soooooo good! and we love it!

Come back soon, I will.............

SORRY FOR THE DELAY

Oh my goodness...........it's been about 11 days since my last post (that's a ton of time) but of course that means a lot has changed (I don't have a ton of pictures but that I have are VERY different), see for yourself.............



Pictures taken September 12, 2008

We have cabinets in the kitchen, they are covered up because they are also painting the ceiling.

I just had to uncover one to show you the color (chocolate brown) I LOVE THEM!

There's a banister on the stairs (it will be stained a darker color).

Yep, it goes all the way up (we might eventually change the white posts for wrought iron, maybe?)


We have a ladder for the attic (dad see this, finally got one) and one more are you ready.......

That's our driveway (stamped concret (how cool is that?)The shape will match the stone that will go in the fron of the house.

Ok that's all I have fornow, come back because I am sure it's gonna start to go fast (since it's a little over a month before we close)OY !!! It's flying by, and we can't wait!