The bookcase is now empty, the china cupboard bare....the kitchen hasn't been touched, nor has my roll top desk. The desk will take a good day because of all the "stuff" I cram in there, but I'll get it done by Saturday when the movers are coming. The closets and kitchen will be emptied soon enough, but the movers won't be moving dishes anyway....just all the boxes of heavy books, photo boxes, and photo albums, which seem to have multiplied over the years, not to mention the furniture we are taking and all the grandkid toys we have collected!
At 11:00 we received a call from the Title Company telling us they would like for us to sign papers for the new house "today" so that there's enough time for the process to be completed before Friday's "key turnover" day. Things are so different now (15 years since the last time we bought a house!)...the title company sent a NOTARY to collect our signatures on dozens of papers. She arrived just before 1:00 and was gone again by 2:15. We were cooking sauce and sausage in preparation for tomorrow's lasagne we are bringing to Alissa and Alan's home for Christmas Day. The cooking continued through the signing...
and then we went back to packing! Before long it was time to get ready for mass...and the day is now done. It was memorable to sign for our house on Christmas Eve AND Alissa's birthday, 2013!
Here are the latest photos of the new house....painting completed, front yard landscaping done! The trees and shrubs are so tiny....we will miss our beautiful backyard at the "old house"....but we won't miss all the work and upkeep!
"fawn" carpet in the extra bedrooms
master shower not quite finished
new house numbers-- address was changed 3 times during the process....long story!
Our soon-to-be "Home Sweet Home"!
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