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I finally got one entire room cleaned up and unpacked – the master bedroom! Now it looks like a bedroom. All I need are some curtains and it will be a nice cozy sanctuary. Not too much else to say – just wanted to share the photos.

I am now finally moved in! While the movers did most of the work and heavy lifting last Friday, I still had to do several runs back to the apartment for items I hadn’t been able to pack in time. I’m thoroughly exhausted but very glad that this part is finally complete.

The old apartment also got a good cleaning yesterday thanks to Molly Maids – they actually did a really good job and I may ask them to come in once a month or so and help me keep the townhouse clean too.

So with that I handed in the keys and now I only occupy one dwelling again (yay). The apartment I had was definitely a great aparment – as far as apartments go. They did a great job with rennovations last year too. But I was definitely ready to move into something with more space. It’s amazing but I’ve filled out the 1400+ square feet of finished living space in the townhouse nicely already. I can’t believe I had crammed so much into that 800sq ft. apartment!

Now on to the final adventure – unpacking!

Well its now Monday morning and I’m incredibly sore *all over*. Why? Because I really wanted to paint my new living room before moving into the townhouse. I’ll have to admit the living room looks goreous (I’ll post photos once I’ve completed the last of the touch ups), but now I’m sore and exhausted. I’m actually glad to be at work sitting down all day today!

The rest of this week my goal is to move a lot of things in my apartment that I don’t want the movers to move (dishes, other breakable items). If I get it all done this week, then the movers will move everything else and I can relax next weekend.

More later …

Yesterday was the first full day in my house and we did a lot. I had to empty my old 29 gallon aquarium of water and rocks so I could get the aquarium stand to take with to the house. I also packed up all of the things for my cats and Dave helped me get it all to the house (including a very large planter I filled with the rocks from the aquarium that was *very* heavy). We also packed up my kitty cats and brought them to the house as well.

The poor kitties were quite traumatized by the car ride to the house (they are not used to travel, except for the occasional vet visit). I released them in the basement which is where I am keeping their litter boxes, dry food and water. Poor Mori immediately left his carrier and went into Maxi’s carrer for comfort and cowered in there for 2 hours. Maxi instead found a hiding place under the stairs. I had to take both – one at a time – and carry them on a tour of the house, ending in the master bedroom upstairs.

Maxi, surprisingly made a beeline right back for his hiding place in the basement. Normally he’s the brave, curious of the two. Mori on the other hand stayed upstairs, cautiously exploring, and finally settled in one of the closets in the master bedroom.

It wasn’t until evening that they both seemed to recover from their trauma and start to truly check out the house.

In the mean time Dave and I worked on painting the primer in the living/dining rooms. We got it all done with the exception of up near the ceiling as I don’t have a ladder yet (need to get one today). The color I picked looks really good (I had the primer tinted to match the paint color). Hopefully today we’ll finish the last bits of painting on the primer and then putting on a coat of paint, including the accent color in the nook above the fireplace where the TV will go.

Of course it was just after we finished painting the window sill that Maxi decides to come out and jump right up on the window sill, getting primer all over his paws. He had to endure more trauma as I washed his paws clean with a wet cloth, but he quickly recovered this time and kept trying to get back up on the window sills. *giggle*

We’re both really exhausted already and I look forward to getting this move completed and settling down in the house for a very long time!

Here is the front view of my new townhouse. This was taken just before the final walk-through with our realtor. Aftwards we enjoyed a nice lunch before heading to the closing for all the document signing that’s required.

Afterwards we headed to the house and I unloaded my first carload of items from my place. I brought knick knacks, towels, blankets, pillows, and some plastic china and utensils.

Then I went shopping for some bread, cheese, fruit, wine and other refreshments so we could have a little picnic in the new house to celebrate. I also enjoyed a nice soak in the large bathtub in the master bath, surrounded by scented candles.

All in all today was a very good day.

Today is the big day. In about 12 hours the closing will begin for my new townhouse. I am so excited! It will be my first house. I have waited a long time for this and with my boyfriend’s help I am getting into a really nice home of my own.

Technically I won’t own it until I buy it from my boyfriend in 2 years, but in the mean time I will be able to save a larger downpayment for the house while actually living in what will be my house.

I’ll be blogging more and posting photos later once I have more photos to show. In the mean time you can view the initial photos I took during the inspection.