We bought a house!

After six months of looking at what feels like every house in Denver, we finally, finally closed on our home last week! What followed was an insane 72 hours of packing, moving, assembling and organizing. Thank goodness for my family who helped us a TON! 

Highlights:
*There is not a single box left in the house itself. The garage is another story...
*Our new Ikea bed has tons of storage and fits perfectly in our room!
*One set of next door neighbors are absolutely awesome and I think our puppies will be great fence-friends.
*We have a dumpster! I never thought I would be excited about this, but when you have that much moving trash, it helps!
*Flowers, wine, and housewarming presents from friends, family and our realtor!

Lowlights:
*I measured all 9 windows incorrectly, which meant a second trip to Home Depot to get them re-cut - only after we each had a meltdown about it.
*We moved during the hottest two days of the year so far. Did I mention we don't have air-conditioning?
*It took two trips to Ikea to get the bed (not a nearby destination)!
*I got stung by a bee in the front yard - boo!

We can't wait to settle in and start making this little brick bungalow ours! I'm already learning so, so much about being a homeowner and we're loving our new neighborhood so far. Excited to host lots of dinners and parties in the near future (after we get some air conditioning)!

Changing our address

If everything goes according to plan, we will be able to to move into our new house in about 2 weeks! Hooray! I've been compiling a list of all the places we need to change our address and realized it's a LOT:

2 Employers
3 credit cards
2 Banks
2 Retirement accounts
1 Student Loan
2 Auto Insurance
2 Health Insurance
2 Driver's Licenses and car registrations
4 Magazines
2 pet microchips
3 college alumni groups
Plus my Birchbox and Starbucks cards

Can you think of anything else!? That's a long list. I know we can submit an address change notification to the post office but it's probably more effective to change these all manually.

It's time to pack!

Well - not quite, but probably next weekend! This weekend I've been making goodwill piles and putting some things in Craigslist.

Our super sweet realtor Kari dropped off a packing kit for us from PorchLight - love it! It's complete with stickers for boxes, a sharpie and box cutter, too!