We moved!

So we finally got our house after almost 8 painful months of serious house hunting. We got the keys on Feb 26th and moved on the same day, immediately. :) The escrow process was painful for us. It was the most stressful 45 days we had to go through especially the last 2 weeks. Everything went so wrong during our escrow. Even after signing the final papers, we were still not certain if we got the house. I kept thinking something is going to come up and screw this whole thing up. Not until we actually got the keys in our hand, were we are able to celebrate. It was such a relief when our realtor handed us the keys. I am so glad that it is all over now.

We had a cleaning crew come in to clean the whole house on the day we moved because we didn’t have time to clean the place before we moved in. That was the plan anyway because the house was filthy! It was a short sale, so we expected the house to not be in its tip top condition. So about 5 hours and $210 later, the house was sparkling clean. They cleaned every surface and nook pretty darn good. We wouldn’t have known how to begin. So we thought it was money well spent.

I’ve been in hiatus from my blog for awhile because we have been pretty busy settling down at our new place. I have slowly grown to love this place now! It’s been almost a month, the place is still far from being done. A friend told me, the list will never end. There are always projects that you want done. Coming from a 1 bedroom condo to a 3 bedroom house, the house is screaming for furniture! We bought a bed frame but it is not arriving till 3rd week of April. Bummer! I was so looking forward to it too. The next item, would be a dining table set for the casual dining area. We are on the scout for new furniture. 

To date, we have changed the locks of the house, replaced kitchen faucets, fixed the sprinklers, put up window treatments to our bare family room, and some minor stuff here and there. I will try to upload our in progress house pictures as much as I can.

Totally unrelated, here are some pictures of John preparing dinner. Rare scene! :D His parents came over for dinner and John made dinner. I helped here and there but he did most of the work. I am proud of my mister! 

Of course, we didn’t just have asparagus for dinner. We had garlic roasted chicken and roasted potatoes as well. Everything turned out well. His parents like it!