Let the adventure being...

This weekend marked our first weekend as homeowners. It provided to be exciting, happy, challenging, scary, and trying. It started Friday about 4:30. As David and I pulled into the driveway I noticed a FULL trash can at the curb from the previous owners, no big deal really. After we got into the house and I begin to open the refrigerator and walk the house and basement I began to find more and more things left behind...BIG DEAL NOW! Here's what I found...food in the refrigerator, a Christmas tree, book shelf, 2 head boards, a washer, a table, and a shed full of CRAP! Its was amazing to us that the previous homeowner would leave so much. It wasn't a huge surprise really since the day before (Thursday) that was all there at our walk through but they did have until 5pm Friday to get everything out. After several calls back and forth with my realtor to their realtor we settled on the previous owner coming at Noon Saturday to get it. So we worked around it and got to cleaning.

Next challenge...I began to clean the bathroom and went to run the water in the shower and realized I forgot to call the water company!!! So we went all weekend with no running water. We did buy gallons of water to do little things but having running water will be so nice...first call on Monday :)

Saturday we made our first trip to Lowe's. After taking inventory and figureing out our projects on Friday we had to buy supplies. Since the first trip we have made many more...needing more things or returning what does not fit. I feel like I know Lowe's like the back of my hand. The previous owner did come back for her stuff. We did help her along by placing everything outside on the back patio. We just took it all outside so we wouldn't have to be at the house while she was there. We had plans for the afternoon and didn't want to have to be delayed because of her. Once we returned home everything was gone!!! It was so nice to see that she came and got everything. We continued to work and clean the best we could for the rest of the evening.

Big things that happened today:

David cut the grass and weedeated for the first time!

We had a small flood! When we arrived this morning David went toward the master bedroom and noticed the bathroom was flooded!! We tried to replace the faucet nobs yesterday but we were unable to. We had the water turned off at the sink and we knew the water was off at the house but I guess not! Overnight the water leaked into the vanity(which had a drip bowl in it to catch any water) and then onto the floor and down the air duct vent and into the basement! It was a little scary but we think all is going to be okay. We are going to reevaluate in a couple days and make sure everything dried okay.


The projects are never-ending at this point. I wish we hand unlimited time and money to just work and fix everything now and then be able to relax and enjoy, but that won't be happening anytime soon. We got a lot done this weekend and look forward to getting more done over the next week or so.

Next on the list: get running water, paint, have carpets cleaned, have PODS delivered, unpack and move in!

You should all know that when I say "we" I don't just mean David and I, I mean us plus my parents and little brother. David and I would not have been able to get near as much done without my mom and dad being there for us. They have been amazing this weekend! Thanks to both of them! We love you!!