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December 18, 2009
Settled in Record Time
Well, hello. The truck pulled up in front of the house a week after we arrived in California. The week was good to get the house ready. The walls needed some repair, patching and painting. The floors were filthy dirty. But by the time Friday rolled around I was finding the empty house a little tedious.
Then the movers turned all of that upside down. Within 5 hours, everything was in the house. Except for our container of Christmas decorations. And the parts for the vacuum. The vacuum canister arrived, but none of the attachments. And the hinges for our book cabinets (which we found two days later taped to the door of the bedroom wardrobe (?).
Chis took Monday off, and we finished unpacking and hung the art. By 7pm, we were 97% done.
We've done this so many times, it gets easier and easier.
It is super fun to be here, and despite arriving to some cool and rainy weather, today was +20c and sunny. I planted some pansies in the garden and put some Christmas lights on the front of the house. The gardeners came to mow the lawns and rake the leaves. I hopped on my bike and rode to Palo Alto to do some Christmas shopping for Chis.
This is SO not New York! A foot of snow is expected there tomorrow. We got outta Gotham just in time.
Posted by dave at December 18, 2009 09:10 PM