Our first night in the new house was Wednesday. I spent the day cleaning up over at the rental and bringing things here. We had not yet had the closing but it was coming and Fred, the previous owner, told Kim to give us the key so we could be here. That was very nice of him.
The closing ended up being Thursday (12.23.10)at 9am in Elko. We took the kids and went to Elko. While there we hit up the Walmart for $300 and checked out furniture stores for a bed. Joe had enough of sleeping on the floor and he was thinking of me as usual. We found the bed we wanted and said we would be back the next day to buy it, Christmas Eve. So, the Walmart purchases elude me now, only a week and a half later which is amazing since we spent so much.
Friday (12.24.10) we went back to Elko, dogs in tow and hit up Walmart again. Once we were getting settled we kept discovering things we needed. One very important item was a rug shampooer. Gracie and Buddy both decided to christen the new creamy white rug with pee. $200 there and $900 for the bed and the closing costs the day before and we were quickly depleting our bank account. The bed was absolutely worth it. Queen size and firm, which we both need for out back. It's the king size we were used to from NY but at least we could now feel each others presence in bed but no room for dogs! And the shampooer could not have come at a more perfect time. The very next morning Gracie threw up in three places. Good morning to us.
Christmas Eve a neighbor from across the street, Rixie, brought over fudge to welcome us. She was very nice and we had never had that happen before. One of the neighbors in NY gives us white puffs of couch stuffing via the wind blowing it from the pile of shit in their yard. I felt like she wanted to visit longer but I had started putting the lasagna together and the kitchen was in no shape for visitors. I will invite her for coffee and a fresh popovers before I leave.
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