Well, my first post from our new home.  We’ve been living here for a bit over 2.5 weeks, but we were also gone for most of a week for travel.  Gave me an opportunity to go home and visit friends and family for a short while.  Something which was good for me.  Physically, because it gave me time to heal from all of the effort.  Psychologically, because it was good to be social and comfortable for awhile.

Then back to work on the house.  My first task was a trip (and a follow-up trip) to Home Depot to get some materials.  I was able to build shelves in the garage (three sets actually) and made a set of super-shelves in the big closet on the top floor.  Like anything, a successful move requires some good infrastructure and this allowed us to free up floor space to work.

As a result, we were able to get a bunch of boxes unpacked and some packed boxes arranged in a bedroom closet.  Those boxes of books won’t get unpacked until I get some shelves up.  A job I’m dreading at this point…
As of today, we have a garage, kitchen, laundry and bath rooms all completed.   Set up and ready to go.  The family room and office/guest room are up and running.  Not fully prepared yet, but getting close.  Functional.  And having an office with an ergonomic keyboard space is a must-have.  Hate to say it, but it feels like home now that this is in place.

The master bedroom is livable, but empty.  We don’t have much furniture, so it is a big empty room.  Still have more to do to the master bath as well, though it is an hour from completion.  And we start painting the kitchen, living room and dining room tomorrow.

Throw down a layer of primer, over the pink walls (yes, the walls are pink and part of why we’re painting) and then one of paint.  I’ve spackled and prepped for tomorrow and looking forward to getting started.  Pink isn’t a horrible color, but I don’t find it relaxing and the paint will certainly change the feel of the house.