Moving In

Moving In

January 26, 2018

So we closed on our Cedar Hills Home on January 26, 2018.  It was a little over 16 months since we had bought our little yellow house.  It was a long road with a lot of bumps to get to this point.  On Saturday, January 27, we loaded up the rest of our belongings and moved to Fountain Green.  We had some awesome help from our son, Zach, our nephew, Josh, and our great home teacher, Chuck.  We had 4 trucks and 4 trailers including Chuck's big toy hauler.   I didn't get pictures as I was busy supervising the loading.  We had moved quite a few things we didn't need on a regular basis, like Holiday decorations, off season clothing, beds we didn't need, etc.  But we had one last load to do.  I had everything packed before Saturday morning so it was just load and go. 
     We did have one little hiccup along the way.  The clutch went out on Chuck's truck about 25 miles from Fountain Green.  He got it towed to Nephi to have it replaced and then his 5th wheel toy hauler brought to Fountain Green so we could unload it. 
    On the Fountain Green end we had some guys from the ward show up to help us unload.  Almost everything was unloaded into the garage or the shop. 
    We set up house in the rooms we could use during the renovation.  We have a 1400 sq. foot 1914 home with a 1700 sq. foot addition onto the back of it.  The 1700 sq. foot addition is what we have been renovating at this point.  Phase 1 if you will. 
    We set up in the old home rooms for the most part.

This is Perry's office and our front room.  He works from home so he needed someplace to work.  It will be just his office when we are done. 

We have our bedroom upstairs and a bathroom.

This room has a small walk in closet.

There is a toilet.  The shower doesn't work but the bathtub has been heaven after a hard day of renovation.  

 (notice the funky faucet, really?)

Downstairs off the kitchen area we have another bathroom.  This lovely shower, a vanity and a child's height toilet.  Perry mostly uses this shower as it has a weird on-off valve that needs a little finesse to get it to a decent temperature.

And we have a kitchen,  well a kitchenette.  It was installed for an an in-law apartment in the house.   It is 5 ft. x 9 ft.  but it has all we need to cook.  There is only two of us.  

Full stove, microwave, fridge, sink and a few cupboards.  We mostly eat off paper plates but we have a few pans, bowls, cups, silverware and plastic containers for leftovers.  We have had a couple of larger family get-togethers and I manage to make it work within this small space.  

We do have our dining table in the "parlor"  but most times we eat in the office/frontroom. 

I have not minded the improvised living.  I just remember it is a means to an end.  An end I am so excited for.  The biggest drawback has been the dust!!!!  Each new project brings dust, a new layer every day.  Sometimes we write love notes to each other on the dust on the dining table!!  I have to do a lot of cleaning but overall we are quite comfortable.