Home, sweet home

Greetings from our new home in Newport NC!!!

Last Monday, the packers came and packed up all of our stuff in Charleston. On Tuesday, the movers came and took all of our stuff. Then, that night, we slept on the hard wood floors (the dogs loved it ... we did not).

Wednesday, after my last day at work, One Way and I drove up in our separate cars to our first-ever "our" home. It was a long trip fraught with getting lost outside Myrtle Beach and an unexpected detour through Wilmington (don't ask, haha). After less than 6 hours, we had arrived! (But, not before One Way was pulled over for doing a running stop in at one of the plethora of stop signs near our neighborhood. Luckily, the cop took pity on him)

We spent the night on the floor again on Wednesday night. But this time, we went out and purchased a blow-up mattress -- which are not fun to sleep in when your husband outweighs you by 70 pounds and likes to move around in the night.

After a bouncy night, our boxes and furniture arrived one day early on Thursday! Our bed couldn't have come too soon!

We have been furiously unpacking and establishing ourselves. The neighborhood is great. We live near the small downtown area (very small).

We were so caught up in everything, we had no idea what the date was or anything! Which, led to me missing my own father's birthday on Friday (I am so sorry, Dad!). To make matters worse, I nearly missed my own brother's birthday the next day. But no worries y'all, I have my calendar set up now. I will not miss another important date!

Anyway, we still don't have everything set up, but I figured you might want to see what we do have set up.

First off, the living room. We just purchases a new entertainment stand for our new TV. We are going to stain it to match our fireplace in the coming weeks.

Next, we have the guest bedroom. We just bought brand new linens for the room for the comfort of our future guests! No more hodge podge of sheets and comforters -- we got it all to match!

Now, here is our kitchen. My favorite room in the house (mmmm ... food ...). We have a disposal and a microwave for the first time in years. The laundry room is also indoors (for those of you who do not know what it is like to have an outdoor laundry room: it is a bad idea).

Here is our office area -- which can accommodate our blowup mattress when we have visitors. It doubles as Missy's room, too.

Onto the commode! (Our other bathroom has not been touched since the movers defiled it) The whites with the bold red and the subdued yellow is reminiscent of Costa Rica. I also plan on putting a heliconia (the flower used in our wedding) in there. The white shower curtain also helps open up this very tiny room (don't you love HGTV?).

Now, the backyard. We just picked up some outdoor furniture. The yard needs tending and the porch is unfinished. But, give us a little bit of time and we'll have that completed.

Sorry about the picture quality! I had to take photos with my phone. My camera was lost in the Caribbean earlier this year and my work took back their camera and laptop when I left (crazy policy, I know).

I will be posting more photos and descriptions of our house and new life as time comes available. I start work on Wednesday. One Way doesn't start for another week or so.