We have been in our new house for one week. In case you somehow missed the boat, we had a HUGE moving day last Saturday, and somehow got absolutely everything into our house that day! Today, with my pain level finally under control, I was able to help Brady finish up the main area of the house!!!
So by “finished,” I mean it is a box-free zone, and everything that was previously living on the island now has a home. By “finished,” I do NOT mean that everything is perfectly furnished and how I want it to be, 100%. No. That will take much longer. We’re looking for a few pieces of furniture to bring our ideas to life, such as a coffee bar, a new table, and hopefully a piano! But those will come gradually, and likely not anytime soon. We’ve got time.
We didn’t even work too hard, or too long, but we accomplished a lot, and the result makes us feel really awesome. Of course, let’s be real. There are boxes piled up in every other room, and our basement is ridiculous, but we had to start somewhere, and I’m glad it was here.
We also did laundry today, which was LONG overdue, considering we brought a large hamper full of dirty clothes over with the move, and have only been adding to it since then. Our laundry machines are almost worthy of tears, I won’t lie. We can dump a pretty good sized hamper full of laundry into our washer, and it just sprinkles the bottom. Our huge amount of laundry today was taken care of in two loads. Two. And that was bedding, as well.
Our neighbours from across the street dropped by with a plate of baking this afternoon. They just wanted to touch base, meet us, and welcome us to the street. It was so nice of them, and we are SO glad they came by! They were at the block party we went to a few weeks back, but we never made contact with them, for some reason, so this was perfect. So many people have reached out to welcome us, or welcome Solly, and have made us feel so at home!!
Thats been one of the funniest things about moving here. Feeling at home. We have been dreaming of building a home in this town since just shortly after Dekker was born. So its been about 4.5 years. And for one reason or another, every year, that dream was sort of shot down. We accepted it, and continued to live pretty happily where we were. (We’ve since learned that there was a lot of gossip thrown around that town about us during our stay there, which kind of burns, but matters less now that we don’t live there.) When we finally found out that the build was a possibility, we listed and waited and relisted and waited, tapping our annoying feet the entire duration of the listing process. We sold and got out as fast as we could. I know, you know the story. Basically, the entire build process was incredible, and surreal, and can’t really be described with words on a page. I very literally dreamed about possession day, and moving day, and what it would feel like to be handed the keys, and how we’d set up, and all of those exciting things. I ached for those things. And now we live here. And it doesn’t feel surreal. It feels normal. It feels like we’ve always lived here.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not taking it for granted. It is just perfect. PERFECT. For us. Sometimes, I look around our home in complete disbelief and awe. Other times (most times) I just live here. Because I always have. Our hearts have been living in this house in this town for years, and it feels so natural to be here, finally.
Finally.
So.
This is home. And we’ve always been here. So if you haven’t stopped by to see us yet, you’re long overdue! Come have coffee, and help us eat some of the delicious things that people keep bringing to us 😀