So now that we're home owners...

I wouldn't say that the first 48 hours of home ownership have been all that life changing.  Actually it has been pretty much no time spent at the house.

What has this weekend been about?  Packing!


Much thanks to Rich's boss Natalie for the piles of boxes she has given us for the move.  We haven't had to source a single box as of yet.  Natalie also has given us some bar height stools that we will be putting to good use in the new place.

I'm sitting in a pile of boxes right now and I've eaten take out or in a resteraunt every meal for the last 3 days since the kitchen is being packed and the fridge is lacking in any food that doesn't qualify as a condiment or ewww.

Saturday we went on a quest for a refrigerator.  We had already determined we were going to go new with the fridge- no Craigs List like the washer and dryer.  And we had already scoped out Sears scratch and dent, RC Wileys and every department store/ appliance joint that I could find on line to look for deals and available models.  So yesterday morning we had one last place to check out and Best Buy made a good showing but... in the end Lowes won out. 
We decided on a counter depth beauty from Frigidaire.  We know that everyone is really into the french door frige with the freezers on the bottom.  Rich and I just aren't there.  This is our first frige so we will learn what works with it and doesn't for future frige purchases. 

Frigidaire Gallery 22.6 Cu. Ft. Side-by-Side Counter-Depth Refrigerator  It will be delivered this Saturday. Pic from here. 

Our Lowes time Saturday was well spent.  Not only a refrigerator was purchased but some cleaning supplies for the new house and drumroll please... a pressure washer.  To begin to tame the outdoors of the new house we bought a pressure washer. Which I think if you ask Rich what we did yesterday the only thing he will be able to tell you is we bought a pressure washer.

Troy-Bilt 2700 PSI 2.3 GPM Gas Pressure Washer.  Rich is very excited to get it out of the box and up and running.  The dirty house and concrete don't stand a chance once he gets started.  Pic from here

Lowes wasn't the only stop on our list Saturday.  We went to a local nursery called Rail City Garden Center.  Our lovely Realtor Pam Reese recommended them.  This place is pretty neato- filled with any garden/ yard/ landscape goodies you could want.  Veggies, flowers, coy fish, mulch made from Cocoa shells- they have it all.  Including a puppy running around to greet everyone. 

We set up an apt with a guy named Paul.  Paul will be coming out to the house to provide a 'landscape consultation'.  In other words Paul will tell us what kind of trees we have and all the plants around the house.  Paul will be able to let us know if anything is diseased and needs to go.  Paul will be able to tell us what we need to do with the stumps in the backyard (I think there are 3 or maybe 7).  Paul will be able to get us a plan of attack to get grass growing in the backyard.  As you can see we have high hopes for Paul and his abilities to answer all our questions and basically provide us a Backyard 101 lesson.

I haven't shared outside pictures with you as of yet.  This would be in part to "Spring" in Reno includes snow flurries that have provided some chilly temperatures and some grey dismal days. When I get pictures in the sun you will have a back yard for your viewing pleasure.

This week has a bunch on deck.  Packing- we are hoping to get movers on Friday so we have the weekend to settle in.  We need to get the trash service set up and the internet/ phone service.  NO CABLE at the new place! (and we are happy about this)  We are pretty excited about the transition and are working like crazy to get things packed ready to roll.

The adventure has begun.

Much Love- Shanna