Settling In for the Holidays

We've been in the house a little over 2 weeks.  So far, we've been able to figure out all of the new noises, though there aren't many.  We've never been in a more quiet house.  Even the heat pump is virtually silent.  The most noticeable sound is snoring dogs.

Neta has done almost all (99.9%) of the unpacking while I've been the mover of heavy boxes and Rubbermaid containers.  I've also been using a pile of dirt to fill in around the foundation and do some grading to make things look a little nicer and also building up a ramp to the carport.  On the inside, however, Neta has been working non-stop to make things beautiful.

Living Room
We paid extra for the sleeping dog option

Kitchen - This is probably as organized as it's going to get...
and I still don't know where everything is yet.

A few rooms aren't done or still have boxes/containers piled in them (so you'll have to wait for those pictures), but for the sake of day to day living, we are settled in.  One room Neta particularly loves is our master bathroom.

From the master bedroom doorway.

Opposite view.  We love our cabinets!

We still haven't taken an official, final picture of the front of the house yet because there is still a gigantic dumpster in front (left, past the car) of it, but we will once it's gone.  Going forward there will be plenty of changes for the front porch as we have hung the green porch swing (right end of the porch) and will put out our vintage gliders after we get them sand-blasted and repainted.  I'm sure we'll include a rocking chair or two, perfect for sipping lemonade (or stronger) on those hot Georgia afternoons.  You'll have to settle for this picture taken just prior to moving in from our last blog entry.

  We still have a lot going on and it seems like every time we start to "finish" things up, something else comes up that distracts us from our main goal of getting everything unpacked.  One huge bright spot is the two PODS that sat across the road from the house are gone.  Those were picked up on Dec. 8th.

They served us well for almost a year, but we're glad to see them go.

As we mentioned in our last blog entry, our dryer died upon move-in.

Talk about killing our momentum. Luckily we only had to make one trip to the laundromat.

This was a mini-nightmare when we called Samsung for warranty repair.  They scheduled us with a "local" repair shop (30 miles away in Pooler) only for that shop to tell us two days later that they did not service our area.  We called Samsung back and they said they had no one else in the area.  Our only choices were get it exchanged or send it back for a refund.  WHAT?!!! That's not inconvenient at all!!!  After a few phone calls back and forth, and begging the original repairman, he told us that there was an authorized service center closer to us in Statesboro.  After calling Samsung back and them verifying this (Samsung:  "Oops!  Our bad!"), they arranged service from a different repair shop and we got our dryer repaired a few days later.  Crisis averted!

So a few minor bumps in the road, but overwhelmingly things have gone well and we're so happy with the house.  It's so quiet, convenient and comfortable, as you can plainly see in the picture below.

They spend most of the work week sleeping in front of my desk in the office.

We'll probably be pretty busy in the week leading up to Christmas.  The day after Christmas I'm driving up to Maryland to pick up my mother and bring her down the next day for a visit through New Years Day.  We'll show her the house, let her enjoy the warmer Georgia weather and probably enjoy a Low Country Boil among other things.  It'll be nice to relax and enjoy her visit.  On that note we wish you a very Merry Christmas and we'll probably see y'all sometime in the new year.

Merry Christmas!!!

Oh...one more thing.  For those of you not on our Christmas card list, here is the "official" picture from us now that we're moved in and truly "farmers".  Enjoy!!!

Merry Christmas from the Bozmans!!!