Morris and Elisabeth and the House

So things at this point are mostly at a stage of finishing up little things and bringing over and unpacking boxes. so we'll probably be posting less frequently as we wait for things that actually look like we've done something. But the most exciting thing for me was preparing full meals in the new kitchen and getting a new recycling bin (yay!). It's slowly continuing to to feel more and more like home.

So after busting our behinds over the last nearly 3 months (wow!), this past week we took it easier.  There was some more painting that doesn't show up as much progress in photos, some tinkering, cleaning, etc. My proudest accomplishment was putting up the shelving system I had from my old apartment in DC to house all our books and such in the sitting room. There is nothing fun about wrangling together the separate uprights, back braces and shelves themselves and there was some creative engineering. But I'm certainly proud of myself.  Now we just need to secure it to the wall before we start loading in all the books and curios. Additionally, since we actually have a land line (it's a VOIP line that came bundled with the internet package), I was able to pull out my ancient so very 90s phone and we can use the same hook on the wall that was already there! Look kids, it's our own family dinosaur! We took off for a few days to go up to northern PA and visit Mo

This past week has consisted mostly of us clearing up smaller projects, finishing those off, and then moving our stuff in. We managed to move everything out of our storage unit and apparently Morris had forgotten how many boxes of books I had.... Oops! I'm seriously looking forward to having all our things in one place and not having to commute between the apartment and the house constantly, but it will make some chores a little more difficult - like having to move things in order to paint parts that still need it. We've divvied up the additional bedrooms not still under construction between us so each has a room with a closet and room for a desk and such. I've started putting all my craft things and dance things into the closet for my office / guest room and my supervisor was very pleased with my progress! Some really good news for our supervisor is that now that the nasty chemical things are done and we've picked up the sharp/dangerous stuff from the floors,