2 months...

Finally found an acceptable tv stand for the family room.  We wanted something longer and shorter than the sofa table we were using for the tv because we had nothing else.  It looked all wrong so when I finally found this table on target.com I was so excited, also glad they were having a great sale... put it in my cart, go to check out and it wouldn't let me sign in on my phone so I get on the computer sign in... out of stock.  Are you kidding me? It was in my cart 5 minutes before.  I was sad but noticed they had an email address to ask for color swatches so I thought I'd ask about another place to buy it.  I got a response the next morning telling me to keep checking target.com because it should be back in stock in a few days.  Sure enough Saturday morning it came back in stock and the amazing sale was still going on.  (Ten minutes after I bought it, it was back out of stock again so I got super lucky). I saved over a hundred dollars and with my target card got the shipping and extra handling fee taken off.  It mailed right out and arrived here Wednesday afternoon. My amazing husband put it together as soon as he got home from work. Took about an hour.  

I love the look of it, the size and height.  I also love that it freed up the sofa table that I wanted to put in the main entry/ hallway. 

Also this weekend I finally found the navy and white striped rug I was hoping to find for the entry way (Also got one for the mud room).  Before, I had this old red rug that we had in our tiny apartment living room back in 2004.  I am not doing red anywhere in my house so I was anxious to get this old rug out of here (and down to the unfinished basement for the kids to play on).

Before and After

Oh also you can see I finished painting the front door and the pantry.  So far that's all I plan on doing for now.  😊

Our couch finally arrived!! And my 1st house project!

 Yesterday our couch finally arrived! The store upgraded us to white glove delivery and credited our card $75 for all that trouble their delivery service caused.  We are so happy to have a place to sit now and hang out together as a family.

 Let's see if this photo will work, my attempt at a panoramic shot of the main gathering area of the home.  There is still a lot of work to do.  I need to figure out what to hang on the walls.  Ultimately I want to paint the walls (maybe SW agreeable grey... got a sample today, just on the top of the sample it looks tanner than I was going for.  I will see what it looks like when we try it on the wall.  The solid wall in the morning room is going to be a white faux shiplap wall.  I am excited to do that project but also nervous to get started.

Today I got an itch to do a project and this one seemed simple enough.  Lowe's has sample paints on sale for 99 cents thru 07/18.  However home depot is whats closest to us (I don't even know where Lowe's is yet).  Anyway, I thought they would price match it and give me the extra 10% off but they said they didn't know what to do bcuz their paint is so much better than Lowes.... uhhh anyone know if this is true?  Anyway, she offered me half price since I was there.  I took it.  Four kids in home depot, I was not anxious to drive across town to lowes to do it all over again, for a couple dollars difference.   Anyway, I got SW Naval and I did the hall closet door as a test since I wouldn't have to look at it much if I hated it.

 After 1st coat... getting nervous...

    

And here's 3 pics of the finished product because I love it and I am obessed.  I am super excited to buy a gallon and paint many more doors. 

 

I have decided to leave the french doors to the office and off the morning room white.  But I am definitely painting the front door, the pantry door, the laundry room door (since it says closed and is visible from downstairs), the three doors in the mudroom, and probably the linen closet upstairs... the first two I want to do right away though are the front door and the pantry door, they look so blah to me now amd they're what I can see from the couch.  Its funny I find myself back on the stairs like I used to sit when we were still waiting for our couch because I just want to stare at my pretty navy blue door.

If it isn't one thing...

...its another.  And this doesn't have anything to do with our Ryan Homes build, its just life in general these last couple of weeks.

Maybe it all has to do with moving in general as well.  I just can't seem to catch my breath with everything I have on my plate.

Last week it was my van dying.  And my tire popping from a construction screw.  This week its our couch being delivered by an incompetent driver who decided in front of our home that he thought the couch packaging numbers were wrong and he would not give it to us, or even let us see it or let us show him our order or photos of what it should look like, instead telling us "no delivery for you today" (he barely spoke english by the way, so getting that sentence out of him was pretty much all we got)  and in turn caused lots of trouble.  I've been on the phone for hours today with the delivery company, and the couch place that hired them.  The best they could do was say they will try to get it on another truck and back out to us for delivery sometime next week! Are you serious???

 Also this week I've been in contact with GE because our microwave is doing something crazy, so far the customer service rep has been kind and professional, I emailed back photos and hopefully they will be replacing our microwave.  Not sure what else can be done to fix this issue.  Photos below of the microwave problem:

Tomorrow our PM and his crew are coming to fix our 30 day issues.  I want these things fixed but I am not looking forward to having people in my house all day, and not being able to go anywhere. I wish we could have blue taped and had things fixed prior to closing bcuz I feel like had we done that my desire to not have anyone mess up my house in the process of "fixing" it would have won out and we would deal with anything extra or wait it out until the drywall thing in a year.  But since there was no blue taping and fixing issues before closing I feel the need to have them fix these things, because there are many. Anyway, tomorrow will be interesting with a house full of workers and my 4 kids running around.

We still need to get our drivers licenses changed, which we thought we had more time than we do, but found out when our van died that we need to do some extra inspection things here in PA and get all the car stuff fixed right away.  Of course our van was dead so getting that stuff done wasn't happening, so now its on the top of our list of things to do.

 The propane company hasn't contacted us back yet in about a month about our application they had us fill out.  Still confused how that all works, also found out our neighborhood is now eligible to get natural gas hooked up and I'm not sure what that means for us... are we out of luck? Are we stuck in this propane contract Ryan homes made us sign?   Maybe I could get some information if the neighborhood FB group would approve our requests to join, its been a month and we can't get them to let us in...

My daughter sprained her ankle at tennis camp today and came home and threw up because it made her queasy... wish I could say it didn't get all over the wall in the bathroom... with that paint Ryan homes uses that we all know wipes down so easily... 😕

I have been feeling more and more sad to not have my mom here to show her the house or to help me decorate. All these things I've just blogged about I probably wouldn't have even felt the need to share except that I don't have my mom, who was also my best friend, to vent to or share the fun stuff with. I find I can get through the day and not let it get to me, but its every night when I cry myself to sleep just missing her and wishing she were here to listen to me or help me figure out what to do.

I am feeling like I'm at the end of my rope, just hanging on.  I am ready for everything to calm down and feel normal.  No more issues with appliances, furniture deliveries, not knowing how to pay HOA fees, needing to get new licenses and car registrations, registering kids for school, kids getting sick or hurt, house defects needing to be addressed, cars breaking down or getting flat tires... I need a break from the mounting bills and more and more problems that need to be solved. I guess that's just life, but I am hoping for a smoother ride going forward because these last few weeks have felt heavy to carry.

Okay, that is all.  Sorry I'm such a downer tonight.