Gouda's Cheesewheel: March 2009

Bongo

Of course we still have our #1 kitty.

Jasmine

Our new kitty Jasmine, adopted on Sunday.

Denver

Denver skyline at twilight.

Silly!

Tried to finish someone's old scrabble game. Lots of fake words.

HOUSE!!!

Now that I have internet access here, I can update people.

I guess there's not much to say, actually, except that we closed--a 2-hour process of being handed papers from every direction, signing them, then walking out with a couple complimentary pens, a box of keys, and a bottle of wine. Since we got our keys the day we closed, we took a load of stuff over and checked the place out. Snoozed briefly on the guest bed (one of MANY items they left us along with the property) then headed to work. That was on Thursday.

Thursday night Brent took another load over (we had just about everything in the house packed for a smooth transition) then I met him there and we drove his car home. Friday morning we took a couple loads in the morning and Brent took another at night. Again I met him there so I could just leave my scooter in the garage overnight.

In the morning on Saturday we began the big part of the move. Bongo made his car ride to the new bedroom, where he would spend the next few days. We locked him in our walk-in closet with food, water, and litter box so he wouldn't get too scared. Brent's and my parents showed up around 10 and helped us load everything into two cars and Brent's parents' truck and trailer. We got everything over to the new house in two trips, pausing between trips to hang out on the porch. After we finished unloading the second load we took everyone out for a late lunch of BBQ, then everyone headed home.

Jenn and Adam joined us Saturday night for movies and car bombs in honor of St. Paddy's. Sallie came over to see it Sunday, and got really excited about the possibility of renting part of the basement from us at some point.

Our first fix-up project has been to replace the deadbolts on both security doors so that keys aren't required to open from the inside. We made a trip to Lowes for general home needs and got the new locks. Unfortunately they are not quite the right shape so we have to special-order the right kind, which will be a pain. Otherwise it's just been a lot of shifting furniture and opening boxes and putting things away. I took today off to do a bit of unpacking and some R&R, since I worked President's Day, so technically I'm entitled to a holiday.

So tired, but happy to be here.