We've been in our new house for two weeks now. Two weeks sounds like so much time, but we've just scratched the surface of moving in and making it ours.
The difference between our experience and what I would assume is the norm is that we're starting from scratch. We had sold most of our furniture and, other than bedroom furniture, we needed everything. When you add in we were superstitious about purchasing anything prior to getting the keys, our wallets have gotten quite a workout the past two weeks.
Realizing our house is almost 100 years old, we knew there would be issues. We just didn't realize those issues would present themselves so immediately. Whenever we did laundry, Matt smelled gas. The gas company came out, inspected, and then turned off our gas. Eek! There were four (FOUR!!!!) different spots where the gas was leaking. So for four days we had no hot water, dryer, or stove/oven. It actually wasn't that bad. My parents loaned us some space heaters and the use of their bath tub. The laundry piled up, but when doesn't it???
Now, we're fully running with new gas pipes. This weekend was super productive and we started putting things on the walls. Despite the limited furnishings still keeping us in the "Before" category, things are coming together. Delivery dates keep getting pushed back, so my girls have been camping out on the floor to watch cartoons.
I think by Christmas we'll be ready to have people come over and hang out with us. That's good considering we're hosting Christmas Eve dinner for my husband's family!
