The perfect weather to move house

W. and MC have given me permission to share their big news. As of this morning, they are officially home owners! It's been a whirlwind month as they went from casually looking but not quite ready to buy to finding the perfect house and a thirty day closing. 

I actually got to see the house with them in the casually looking phase and I fell in love with it, too. I'm so happy for them. Want to see a few pictures?




And one of the best parts is that they are only twenty minutes away from us. Oh, and the acte plus of land is kind of an exciting piece, too.

So the original plan was, close today, moving van tomorrow, and also tomorrow J. would drive the van to their apartment in the city to move plants, animals, and things they didn't want to trust to the movers. It was a lovely plan.

But then there was this winter storm that turned up which kind of put a hitch in the nice and tidy plans. 

There were alternate plans made. Plans which would have been easier with a more accurate forecast. In the end, J., K., and D. helped move the essentials, animals, and plants in the middle of a snowstorm with wind chill temperatures in stupidly low negative numbers. But W. and MC are in their new house camping out and just wait for their furniture on Monday. 

Welcome home you two!! 

Comments

Leslie said…
Wow! Does this post bring back memories. We moved into our current house seven? eight? years ago in January. Of course, it was 4 degrees out with a blinding snowstorm, and I had to drive twenty-five miles south of our old house to close on that one, then drive back to pick up the kids, plants, three cats, and a dog that had been unable to be placed in the moving truck (LOL), and then drive twenty-five miles north to close on our current house, before we could go move in. I'm still thankful we all survived that experience.

Their house looks super cute. I'm a sucker for old houses and wood floors. May they spend many happy years there. Congratulations!!
12/23/2022 6:20 AM
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