Friday: We arrived to closing at 3 pm on the dot and the previous owners were there and extremely friendly telling us about the pear tree in the yard and how much we were going to love the house. We got the keys and immediately headed over to the house to see if we needed to do any cleaning before we started moving.
Dane out front before we walked in to find what was waiting for us (from cell phone so not great quality)
We walked into the house to find that the owner's friend who was living there (probably until 30 minutes before closing) had left the house a COMPLETE mess!! There was 6 month old food in the refrigerator and freezer, dog urine under the fridge that smells like absolute hell, dog hair in every nook and cranny (including the dishwasher, fridge, freezer, washing machine, you name it), dust bunnies bigger than I have ever seen in my ENTIRE life...you name it we saw it. At this exact moment of standing in our new living room looking around that rather than smiling because I was a new homeowner, I broke down into tears because I was SOO pissed that it was disgusting. I promptly pulled myself together and we went straight to the store for cleaning supplies after finding in the closet that they left probably $400 worth of cleaning supplies but probably never used a single one the entire time they lived there). We spent the rest of the evening throwing away old food, sweeping, moping, scrubbing out the fridge, and I spent a lot of the night on my hands and knees scrubbing baseboards and window sills (yes, this pregnant girl was down on the ground getting all kinds of cleaning done).
Saturday: I couldn't sleep at all Friday night because I was dreaming about cleaning! I had to work in the morning at the salon so Dane was stuck most of the morning/afternoon doing work but thank god his mom came out to help!! His mom was parked at the new house scrubbing out cabinets in the kitchen, washing down walls, etc while Dane was organizing stuff at the rental to be moved by the movers. By the time I finished work at 3 I jumped back into my cleaning clothes and got back to work! We got all the furniture in the new house and managed to get the place pretty clean (after dusting every blind, ceiling fan, window sill you name it). We picked up Dane's nephew (which I was nervous about because we didn't have time to keep a 6 year old busy) who actually came and was SO excited to help us. Jacob was absolutely amazing and didn't complain once, he actually kept saying "I need something to do"...so we put him to work!
Sunday: Dane's mom and nephew stayed the night and woke up bright and early ready to help for another full day of work. Jacob ran back and forth from the rental bringing me things to put in the car, he ran up and down the stairs at the house hanging clothes in our closet...I could not have asked for a better helper (especially being that I'm pregnant and not able to do as much). Debbie put away some of our dishes to we could get boxes out of the kitchen and sweep up some of the moving mess, helped me wash out the nursery, and move the rest of our stuff out of the rental. We got them on their way around 3 pm and you would think Dane and I could relax but we kept going until 10 pm.
We decided that if we were going back to the office on Monday we needed to do a load of laundry which is when we realized the idiot home owners didn't have the proper electrical outlet for the washing machine!! Dane had to run to Lowe's to get a converter for the time being before we can call an electrician to fix it properly. While he was gone I realized that the inside of the washing machine had so much dirt and dog hair that I spent 20 minutes vacuuming it and scrubbing it out!! Once we got that clean and running Dane checked the dryer and found 6 inches of lint in the lint trap which means they NEVER emptied it and are lucky they were able to ever dry clothes and they didn't set the house on fire. Even if I told you over and over and over again how gross this place was it wouldn't be enough...every single corner of this house required serious attention.
We finally cooked up some scrambled eggs, showered all the dust and dirt out of our eyes, ears, nose, hair etc and crawled into bed to put our feet up and watch a movie. While we were laying there the baby was going crazy moving around (probably telling me how pissed it was that I was over doing it) so I told Dane to put his hand on my belly. He hasn't been able to feel the baby kick yet so he was skeptical. I put his hand right below my belly button and made sure he was pushing down a little so if baby did kick he would feel it. We waited a few seconds and I'm not kidding...the baby PUNCHED Dane's hand so hard he literally jumped out of bed in shock!! Baby usually rolls around and squirms, but doesn't usually kick/punch it was even an odd sensation for me and I feel baby all the time. I was hysterically laughing at Dane's reaction and had tears streaming down my face...he was speechless and just kept saying "that is SOO weird"! Needless to say he felt the baby one more time before he said there was an alien in there, but he was very excited that he had gotten to feel it for the first time :)
I decided that after all the moving and lifting that I needed a day off Monday to recuperate and just chill out so I did not end up going to work. I finished cleaning out our rental, laid in the sunshine for a little bit and got a nap in. Don't worry though, we still had an hour of moving a few more things out Monday evening from the rental before we are now COMPLETELY done moving. Now the fun begins, organizing and putting everything away...but that may take awhile so don't hold your breath :)
Pictures!!
Living Room as you walk in the front door Dining Room
(since rearranged) (enter off living room and kitchen)
Kitchen from one angle Kitchen from another angle
Cabinets rearranged
Guest Bedroom (off of Kitchen) Loft at the top of the stairs
Master Bedroom Nursery (next to Master)
Master Bath (one angle) Master Bath (another angle)
My very own Walk In Closet (well I have to share but still) :)
Not Pictured: Second guest bedroom downstairs and Guest Bath downstairs (we are redoing the guest bath so I didn't want to post a picture of the grossness just yet)
We have quite a few projects we want to tackle, but we are prioritizing right now. We will be painting most of the house, redoing the downstairs bath (new toilet, vanity, and tile floor), and replacing a few cabinets in the kitchen. I'll update you all when a project is completed!
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