too.much.stuff

This week has been so busy at work that I come home and crash so there's been zero time to get this house organized.  Lots of stuff is still in boxes but thanks to my working from home husband, the kitchen looks a lot more like a kitchen than box storage!

But just as we get out from under some stuff, this monstrosity arrives!

Because we don't have enough stuff in the house already!

This POD contains all of our extra stuff that was in our house that we put away before we listed our townhouse.  We've lived without all of this (it's packed) since March.   I'm so tempted to toss it all!  But there are some important things in there.  A lot of our daughters toys are in there and she hasn't forgotten that.  When she saw it when we got home yesterday she said "::gasp:: the pod is here!  I love you pod!"  And then she wanted to touch it.  So cute.

Plus, we have furniture in there and other things that would be helpful for our new place.  But I know I'm going to want to purge a LOT.   Now I just need to convince my pack rat of a husband.  That should be fun.

I also wanted to write this post so that those that read it know that I won't be disappearing anytime soon.  I've seen a lot of blogs that go dead after closing but that won't happen with this one.  I may not post as often but I will still be here!  Once we start putting the house together I will share pics.  I am hoping that we will be really productive this weekend so that I can post about some more next week.

I leave you with this.   I am looking for input from other Rome owners on what the heck to do with this cabinet!  So narrow and deep.  I have spices in there for now but looking for a way to really maximize this space.  Ideas welcome!

It's finally ours!

Closing day has come and gone and I am happily writing this blog post from the comfort of my brand new family room.  I've tried to write this post about 4 times but I've been exhausted so I need to play catch up. This post will be all over the place because my brain isn't working from lack of sleep, so apologies in advance.

First thing brought into the house was my jade plant.  She's going to love all of this light!

It's been a whirlwind this week.  Long story very short....we closed on Tuesday (very fast and no issues), had movers come on Wednesday and Thursday my husband left for a trip for a few days.  Um...yeah. Talk about stress.

We decided to spend the night at the house on Tuesday despite not having any furniture.  We thought it would be fun to have a little sleepover!  In our heads we imagined it a lot differently and it turned out to be super stressful to stay there instead of at the old house but we did it!

First dinner at the house the night of closing, homemade pizza!

Air mattress set up in the family room, while our daughter got to spend the night in her own room upstairs.

The pups were a bit confused at their new surroundings, so they found comfort on our blanket, something that
smelled familiar to them.

I will spare you all the details about lack of sleep and trying to juggle a ton of things these past few days. Moving isn't fun and everyone knows that :)

All this and we STILL have to schedule the POD to be delivered.  Why do we have so much stuff?!

Despite the craziness, we are settling nicely into our new home.  I am still amazed that this huge, new house is ours.  It doesn't totally feel real yet!

Home sweet home.

I love our backyard!  Still can't walk on the grass because it's so saturated from the sprinklers.

So many boxes in the kitchen!

Our wonderful little street, with plenty of potty space for the pups!

First sunset after moving in.  Not a bad view from our front stoop!

Oh, and one last pic to show how it has been the past few days not knowing where anything is...this is what I had to resort to using at dinner last night because I couldn't find a regular glass, ha!