Hope everybody is having a happy holiday week. We are out of town until the new year but I’m honestly looking forward to January (that’s a first)when we get our furniture and can decorate and settle into life in our new home. I have a few craft projects I want to do. Hopefully get employed but I’m trying to enjoy the carefree break from working. I have a new list of art supplies I want to purchase.
My in laws did try hard to spoil me for Christmas. I typed this out twice already and tumblr keeps deleting my post so forgive me if this isn’t as long and thoughtful sounding and it was previously. My MiL made me an awesome quilt that pertains to my interests. Not shown my brothers youngest sister got me some TLK uno cards lol. The silver simba me and my husband actually saw at the mall the other day and We wrapped it and agreed I can’t have it til Christmas. It’s pewter and a music box. It sings ‘Circle of Life’ when you twist the base. My other SiL painted me an awesome portrait of my dog. I love it. She said she was afraid to give it to me because she knows I’m a bit artsy but I find it hilarious. I have a small collection of artwork people have made for me and I love them.
We took our dog to a boarding facility near my MiLs house. It’s a doggy resort and spa..it looked fancy In the lobby even had dog massage rooms lol. It had a pet rehab facility too so that was cool. Have no idea what then kennels look like In the back.
We are driving tomorrow to California to visit knotts berry farms for the weekend although Im detouring and plan on going to Downtown Disney to shop so..
We made it into our house finally. We were gonna head to Arizona today for the holidays but honestly I kinda just want to chill In our home for a minute so we will head out tomorrow. I’m gonna drag my feet repacking my belongings again and I started a list (which I don’t ever do) because I’m afraid I’ll forget a Christmas present.
Our house is nicer than expected? So far anyway. This is my first time living in army on post housing (I mean I lived in air force housing as a kid generations ago). I hear the screams of many a spouse complaining about the plagues that fill on post houses. When we drove by it when we first got to the area it didn’t look too impressive. Me and the spouse side-eyed one another and briefly considered looking off post. But they assured us this house would be one we wouldn’t want to pass up. It’s across the street from an advanced leader officer school of sorts and where those high ranking people live. I tried to YouTube what the houses look like but there’s multiple styles in the area and the best video I found was from 9 years ago and a lot could have changed since then. Essentially our options were to stay in a hotel and look for alternate housing or wait til the 19th to view and move into the house assigned to us. Couldn’t view ahead of time. So if we looked at it and it was full of mold and roaches we’d have to move back into a hotel and search again. That’s kinda a lot to bargain with.
But anyway we got here and it doesn’t look it from the outside but it’s actually a lot of house. 3 beds/3 baths lol. The living space and kitchen are huge. The backyard is huge. The 2 car garage is huge and this is literally the first house I’ve lived in with linen closets. There 2 outdoor storage spaces (Connected to the house that are the size of walk in closets) We have a nice long hallway that I can literally throw the dogs ball down and get indoor exercise. I don’t really know what to do with 3 bathrooms. I don’t know what to do with the third bedroom. My issue I guess is I dont have enough stuff to fill the space. I don’t know if I should use the third bedroom as a gym or leave it in the garage. We couldn’t park both our cars in the garage if gym equipment were in it. Or I could use the third bedroom as my office space but there’s an office nook off our kitchen.
Downsides are the master bedroom is shaped weird. We had planned to upgrade our bedroom furniture anyway but my old set of a queen bed and dresser I don’t think would fit in the master without occluding windows, the closet or bathroom. Guess that set is just going In the guest bedroom but that means I need a new tv stand for the master. We also have no tv stand for our primary tv in the living room because our apartment we moved out of had a mantle we put it on. Living room is hardwood floors so kinda need a rug. Also bathtubs are a little small. I kinda like a soaking tub for spa time (spoiled). Our kitchen has ugly appliances and we had to go buy a microwave. Last the backyard is really nice but full of stickers. Our dog ran out there super excited until she realized she ground bites and I had to de-pincushion her paws. So now she’s traumatized and won’t leave the patio. I’m going to have to google how to fix that as a priority because I need my dog to be able to utilize the yard lol.
Anywho, our furniture comes Jan 2nd. I bought some new shower curtains and floor mats for the bathrooms. Think today we are going to look for a cheap tv stand. Gonna look for the nearby gym and then pack.
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