The Joys of Homeownership

We have been in our home for a little over a month now and have already learned how wonderful it is to own your own house. The weekend we moved in, the water dispenser on our refrigerator did not work. No water came out, and no ice was being made. We messed with the waterline a little bit and only made the problem worse. Rather than no water, we got way too much water and it leaked down in to the basement. Good thing we have an unfinished basement! We called the home builder and they promptly came out and fixed the problem for me.

Then the Monday after Thanksgiving our dishwasher leaked all over the floor. Again, we called the home builder and they sent their plumbers out the next morning. The plumbers checked all their water lines and found out that we had just been given a faulty dishwasher. Yes, we were the ones of all the hundreds of these dishwashers that the home builder installs to have the faulty one. That Thursday RC Willey sent out an appliance guy to check out the dishwasher (since the dishwasher was purchased from RC Willey). The guy seemed a bit incompetent to me and David and told us that he taped the hose in but that it was just a poor design of a dishwasher. Thank you appliance guy. That makes me feel 100% better. RC Willey was not happy to hear about that. They immediately apologized to me over the phone and promised that they will have someone come out and check the dishwasher again and replace the kitchen floor, which is now warped and lifting up, and replace the baseboard on the wall that is now ruined. They have yet to come out and do that, but I am not too worried. It will happen soon enough. In the mean time, looks like that tape is holding up - no leaks yet!

While it has been a bit annoying to have to deal with these things, there are 3 little words that always make me happy at the end of the day: home builder's warranty. Thank goodness for that! Let's hope the next 11 months are a lot less eventful!

Moving In

I must say - moving is exhausting! Wow what a tiring weekend we had when we moved in. We moved in to our new house the second weekend in November! After staying up late packing all week long, I took Friday off work so that I could stay at the house while our washer/dryer, tv, satellite, and internet were delivered/set up. My sister, Angela, and my nephew, Bradley, were SO nice to come spend the day with me so that I was not all alone. The night before David and I had bought a bunch of furniture from Ikea, meaning we needed to put it all together. David told me he didn't think I could put together the TV stand together so of course I had to put that together while he was at work - just to prove him wrong. With the help of Angela, three hours later and a few mistakes - we had it all put together!

Then around 4 pm, we headed back to my apartment. David met us there with a U-Haul truck so we could load everything up. Man did I underestimate how much stuff we had. I was so sure it would all fit in a 14 foot truck. We had to fill the U-Haul plus a truck we borrowed from my co-worker, plus the pontiac, and then come back one more time for our bed and dressers. A HUGE thank you to Angela, Scott, Bradley, Paul, Lauri, Dina, Cari, Seth, Mike, and Mike's brother for helping us! That was possibly one of the most exhausting, tiring weekends of my life. It doesn't help that I am OCD and have to have everything unpacked and put together immediately.

We are in and definitely loving it! We still don't feel like we are living in our house - maybe we will after we make that first mortgage payment. We haven't put up much decorations but here are some pictures of the house. (Sorry they are in random order - I was too lazy to reorganize them):

A shot of our study/guest room #2

Living Room with David's early Christmas present - his new TV

Our wonderfully, gigantic pantry - I love it - and I don't come even close to filling it up

Our kitchen

This is what you see when you walk in the front door - the stairs go to the unfinished basement

A shot of the living/dining/kitchen - and our piano on loan from Angela

The laundry room - love love love the washer/dryer!

Master bedroom - doors to the master bathroom and master closet

Guest room #1

Another view of the study/guest room #2 - the sofa has a pull out bed

And that is it! I LOVE playing host so anyone is welcome anytime!!