House Update

Hello! Sorry for the delay - it's been a busy few days here. We finally are finished with the house (minus a few piles of papers and such that need to be organized). To celebrate, on Friday we popped a bottle of champagne in the backyard and then went out in town for a nice dinner.

But it was a bit of a long haul finishing up the house. We didn't end up taking any touristy trips last week, instead choosing to stay home and get the house organized. On Friday, the couch and wardrobes came which was quite exciting.

The couch started off slow...

But after a little hard work we were really happy with the result!

The wardrobes were also a bit labor intensive, but not as bad as I thought they'd be. And they're totally worth their weight in gold - all my clothes have such a nice home now and Jay is able to use the whole closet in the room for all of his. Mission Accomplished.

And here's the rest of the bedroom...

We also hung the rest of our artwork and pictures which really gave the house a more homey feel. We were especially excited about the Boston skyline canvas print we found at Tesco:

Here's some shots of Jay's wonderful picture hanging in the front hallway and the stairwell:

And now that we have our couch, we were able to move the futon up to the spare bedroom, along with the vanity/desk that used to be in our room. So even the guest room is coming together nicely...

We also found this cute little Memo board/key holder that we've hung next to the back door (we generally use the back door rather than the front for coming in and out).

And as it was Jay's birthday on Saturday, we celebrated in the morning by taking the motorcycle out for a quick ride - it finally became legally road ready on Friday. In the afternoon, we took a quick overnight trip to his parents house in Milton Keynes. The drive was lovely - just over an hour on mostly back roads through beautiful countryside. We had a nice dinner with his parents and then on Sunday more of the family got together for a delicious Sunday dinner. By the time we got back on Sunday evening, we were exhausted, and crashed out on the couch to watch some NCAA action.

Now we're off to get a few more things done, mainly trying to open a bank account for me. For a little added fun we're going to bicycle into town instead of drive (about 2.5 miles each way). Hopefully, all goes as planned :)

I'll keep you posted!

Meg