The Pics to go with the story

Well, I wrote that pictures would follow. So here goes. The first set was taken before we moved in after the lighting had been installed. You can see in these that the funky floor-protection is still in place (this is the stuff they make juice cartons out of, we had the apple-juice variety down for months!). We were very excited with the lighting, as it made the house seem come to live (oops, is an English instructor allowed to use such a construction?) Now that we are in, we still have several lights to take care of, but these were the (expensive) built-in kind. Some of the others will come from Ikea and such. (More on Ikea later by the way!)



Then there are some pics from the actual move itself. Three guys and a huge lift! It took them a day to unload our container of which we got to keep the seal as a memorabilia. Ha. To me that little blue band might come to serve as a deterrent... never do this again! I will leave the full narrative of that day up to Robert for his blog. All I will say is that loading furniture out of a container, up on a lift, and then into the windows does work a lot better without a sigaret in hand! I am just happy for the prevalence of the lifts in moves these days because these guys had to haul only 1 piece of furniture up some stairs and we have three dented walls! Oh dear. When they came near the antique glass door, I locked myself up in one of the bathrooms simply because I could not even bear to watch!



The next set of pics includes some of a few rooms that are sort of in place. So far really the only floor that is done is Evelina's. Her bedroom and play room are the first we worked on and they are finished. We are still sleeping on that floor too, in the guest bed (i.e. pull-out sofa) since our bed will not arrive until Friday. We have gotten the kitchen somewhat in place but it is still chaos down there, and the living room awaits shelving for all the books. This may take a while still. But, I hope that these will give you an idea should you have been craving for one. Important message to all readers thus, the grey sofa will be your bed when visiting. We have been testing it since we moved in and it sleeps pretty darn good.
































And then there are the cute ones... of little Evelina entering her new and long-awaited and much talked-about room for the first time. Well, actually two rooms. She has a new bedroom with a much bigger bed than ever before (her crib converted to a big bed) and then a play area in the family (and guest) room that is just for her. There was so much to see for her and so many things to reconnect with from Austin that she did not know where to go first. She was truly overwhelmed, and THAT was more than definately worth all the work we put into getting her room ready!






















And now, it is late, I am exhausted, and I am going to lay down on that aforementioned sofa. Just a few more nights and it is free... but any guest has to be able to handle chaos (as well as a host who can't.) Greetings with love. PS: no, I don't usually dress my daughter in combinations of hot pink and red, but there had been an accident at daycare that day and that was all that was in her cubby.... (in case anyone is wondering.)