Stick a fork in it

We closed today!!!!!

I can't express how happy I am about this but our house is complete. We've signed the papers and have the keys!

From here on out I'll be sharing with yall our organizing, unpacking and decorating projects.

Mother Nature's Conspiracy

Here we are with a week less to move in. At this point we have been in this limbo for 9 months (since Kevin took the position) 11 months (since the job process began). In this time we endured multiple snow storms and Blizzards, a Tornado, Extreme High winds, record heat and record cold, flash flooding, an earthquake and possibly this weekend a tornado. But so far we've made it, fingers crossed we make it through these next few days! I can't wait to finally be HOME!

The House is finished.

The house is finished. We had our pre-closing walk through this morning. This is where we walk through with out Construction manager and point out all of the flaws, the crazy person inside of me definitely enjoyed this, I can't help it. (This probably explains while I would not make a great teacher as I would most likely gleefully point out mistakes to my students). So minus a few touch ups and another thorough cleaning we are all set to close one week from today.
Here are some photos to wet you appetite and soon we'll have pictures with furniture.

Living room. Looking out onto the back yard.

View from the front door looking and the newly stained steps.

Completed exterior. Don't those garage doors look nice.

Today's pictures are of the kitchen. At this point the house is pretty close to done. They are just painting and putting odds and ends in. I could share with you hundreds of drywall pictures but a) they boring b) it would take a lot of explaining on what each picture is.
The kitchen; however, is more exciting and a place that was EXTREMELY important to me in the house buying process. Our last house did not have a very functional kitchen, not to mention a very finiky oven and very little counter space. I have high hopes for this kitchen, so that maybe I can start baking more regularly (our old over prevented this)and just enjoying my time in the kitchen again. So without further ado... our kitchen...

THe view of our kitchen from the island.

Our island. This is taken from the corner so the breakfast nook is straight out from the island and the living room is on the left where the step ladder is. And an additional bonus is our bar stools a the correct height for this island.

Another view. The door you see is the laundery room. This wall backs up to the garage so the garage entry is just around the corner. Here you also see our beautiful stainless appliances and my big ol' kitchen sink.

And last one. This is the wall that the oven, fridge and microwave will go on. They are now in I just don't have a picture.

12 Days til Moving Day!!!

2.5 Weeks, Shopping til we drop.

So the house is almost finished. It's crazy to think how close we are at this point. My goal is to get over there this weekend and get pictures taken. At this point were getting everything together and doing lots of shopping, Our goal is to be unpacked (atleast downstairs) by September 3rd. Yes pray for us on sunday.
All of this craziness has been compounded by C-line's broken foot. It is minor but if has definitly slowed us down.
I did fortunatly get a chance to get out and about and experience the shops that Asheville and Hendersonville had to offer. I didn't find much, but my favorite discovery was this painting. The second I saw it I thought of Kev and III. If not for the price I definitly would have found a spot for it in the new house.