Slumber Party Turned Move-In Weekend

JessDellen

We

did

it!

You best believe this hand-me-down dining set was one of the first things we brought across the street.
We’ve been bringing them down for porch hangz so long they thought we were going out. They stood by the door for a bit before realizing we weren’t going out and they could explore the whole house.

As I type this on October 12, I’m reflecting on the month-plus that’s gone by in what feels like mere seconds. We’ve done so much and I haven’t had any time to myself, but I’m going to attempt to walk you through our first few magical nights in our dream house…

True to every promise I’ve made since we started building, I made Mike help me drag the guest bed and some other miscellaneous furniture down on THE VERY FIRST NIGHT we were “allowed” to be in the house. That was Thursday, August 31. Technically the house wasn’t even done. We had to frantically gather the dogs and a few items and haul ass outta here Friday morning so the crew could finish the screen porch and a few odds and ends.

Sans screens and a panel of balusters, but you get the drift.

We dropped the dogs off at the kennel and busied ourselves with cleaning and other background activities that kept us out of the building crew’s way.

They were somehow able to knock out their entire list on Friday and we were good to move in for real on Saturday.

We had a big group of people help us schlep everything from our storage unit in Latrobe back to the house. Oh, and from the trailer down to the big house. And then also assemble and rearrange furniture.

It was a long day, but at least we had plenty of refreshments…

Sunday and Monday were largely spent unpacking and cleaning. Just over and over. Nonstop. I swear we cleaned everything at least twice. We got the dogs a de-shed bath prior to bringing them home and that lasted about a full 48 hours before our two dingleberries were making everything dirty and smelly. LOL

They slept on the same pillow the first night in our master bedroom and I think it’s so unbearably adorable. Yes, they were tired, and yes, Kona often makes a bee-line right for the big bed. But the fact that they opted to snuggle in a new environment was stupid-cute.

Also, peep those sweet temporary curtains in the background. Don’t sleep on floor-to-ceiling tension rods. They’re a game changer, and they’re way better than regular tension rods—especially if you have wide windows.

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