2-1, We've arrived....but where's our stuff?!?

We made the cross-country in record time considering we drove 2 vehicles with a child and rabbit in tow. We were in constant communication with our driver monitoring each other's progress as we traversed the states.  It was all going better than planned.....until the deep freeze of 2011!  The first night we spent in our new house, it was -25 degrees.   Talk about worrying about the power going out!  Thankfully the newly installed furnace did it's job and we kept warm while we waited....and waited...and waited.  The truck with all of our worldly possessions was stuck in Texas because all of the snow storms.  So while we waited, I painted...and painted...and painted.  We lived in our house for 7 days with only the items we had packed in our vehicles.  It was an adventure!  The moment I saw our driver pull up in his truck with everything in tact, I blew him a giant kiss.  We were SO HAPPY to see him!  =)

My soon-to-be new office.  Those yellow walls just won't work for photo-editing, so I'm opted for a neutral gray.  I think it looks pretty nice!

Nikolas says, "Who CARES if we don't have furniture?!  Look at all this room I have to run!!"

Nikolas on his first day at his new school.  He actually didn't start until the day our goods arrived.  Lucky guy missed a LOT of school between being sick, the cross-country, the snow days and the delay getting him registered here.  (Thankfully, he's loving his new school!)

This wall is in Sven's office.  I had no idea that he disliked the blue so much (I knew I did but I thought maybe he could tolerate it as a blue Navy theme.....).  So, after painting my office, I painted his.  Hey, afterall, I had the time since I had no HHG (household goods) to put away!

Nikolas' was the last room I got painted before our stuff arrived.  It was originally a dark taupe color, not a bad color, but it made the room very dark.  Nikolas wanted a blue room.  (Yes, I was thinking, maybe it would have been easier to switch Sven's office and Nikolas' room than repaint BOTH rooms but it was too late for that!) And they pulled another fast one on me:  I got 3/4 of the way finished with the blue paint, ready to tackle the last wall, and Sven and Nikolas agreed they liked the room just as it was with the brown wall as an accent wall. It actually looks pretty good like that, although I felt like I had an unfinished project!

Sven's wish for snow...and more snow... and more snow.  He was tickled that the snow-blower that came with the house actually worked....thank goodness.  It got some serious use that first week!

You can't tell from the photo, but Sven is actually snow-blowing our yard.  Yes, our YARD.  He was trying to make a path for the movers to put Nikolas' fort in the backyard.  Crazy (but it worked)!

The snow-blown path to our backyard through our newly added double-gate.

Deer are everywhere in this neighborhood.  They're referred to as "Pinery Pets".  They weren't bothered in the least by the moving truck or the movers hauling stuff up and down the driveway!

While doing laundry that first day (and BOY was I HAPPY to have my washer and dryer again!!), I looked out the laundry-room window and saw my new friends....only feet away!

Oh, I can't wait to live here....AND with our stuff!  Yay!