The Big Move!

YAY! An internet connection! Now I can upload photos!  I won't be able to write much of anything about our move because Javi and I will be getting ready to go to bed soon.  The move has really tuckered us out, and we are still adjusting to the commute and having to prepare dinner and doing laundry when we get home.  Still, we have our own house and our own washer and dryer!  Woohoo!

But before we get ahead of ourselves, let's get back to the actual move...

For the rest of the move, join us on my new blog at http://kishome.blogspot.com!  See you there!

Home Sweet Home

One of the few setbacks of moving is having to live without an internet connection. Moving to a new place makes you realize just how dependent you are on wireless technology. The good thing is, I still have my Blackberry to keep me connected (phew!).

I mentioned in my previous post that I would document the whole move with my camera. I did manage to take some pictures, but not very good ones since the sun wasn't out in Manhattan (hence, not very good lighting for photos), and Javis SLR had been packed away. Oops.

Regardless of the lack of photos, we still have a story to tell friends and family about the day of our big move. I'll expound on it once I have an actual keyboard to type with, but suffice it to say that Murphy's Law happened over and over again yesterday morning that I nearly got into a fistfight with a girl, and if it hadn't been for our friends Eileen and Vic around to help us out, Javi and I would probably still be conked out this afternoon from all the obstacles we had to endure. Boy oh boy!

Still, we are done, and had our first dinner with our friends. I cooked the "Javi Meal" (picture of this to follow). This morning, I woke up to a symphony of birds chirping, which was suddenly (but endearingly) interrupted by a duck quacking. It was the cutest, funniest thing.

I also went out into our back yard and counted that we have 12 trees. TWELVE trees! Growing up in Virginia, I was used to seeing nothing but trees, with an occasional red fox running through the woods. So going back to suburbia to live in a house of my own with my husband is such a dream come true for me.

I cooked breakfast, too- turkey bacon and eggs with "sinangag" (fried white rice with garlic, aka. Garlic rice).

Now, we are on our way back to the apartment to clean it up and pick up any other small items that may have been left behind. There's really no rest for us until Thursday, since we have Friday off for 4th of July weekend. Thank goodness for that!

Tomorrow, we return the keys to the apartment, thereby closing another chapter in our lives. But we're not quite onto the next chapter just yet! I still have to upload pictures of the move for my 50th and last entry!

Homeowners!

Last Friday, Javi and I played hooky from work (well, not really, but it's nice to think we did) for our Closing - ie, the part of the homebuying process when you sign several documents until your lawyer gives you a copy of your DEED, deeming that you are officially a homeowner.

And so, June 19, at about 3pm, the "deed was done!"
(I know - I'm corny like that sometimes :D)

Below are pictures of our new house. For security purposes, I didn't post a picture of the front of the house, but you're welcome to take a look at the pictures that the seller's realtor took of the inside.

My friend, Patti, gave me a brilliant idea of documenting the whole move in B&W photos. I'd like to try to do it so the photos can later on be shown to our kids and we can tell them, "this is the day we changed our lives so we could have you" :)

I think it's a fantastic idea also because I've been thinking of doing something special for this blog. Now that I own a home, I can't still have a blog entitled "K's Apartment." So I'll be moving on in the blogosphere as well, to a new and improved blogsite.

So here's the deal: my 50th entry will be a farewell to this blog, featuring a documentation of our move to a new life, new house, and to a new blog. No longer will I feel transient and without a home... Javi and I have bought a house, and in time, we will be able to make it our home.