Well, I'm all moved--the move went beautifully, though it was a bone-chillingly cold day. The trouble started an hour after the movers left, when the Comcast technician arrived. After many tales of woe, and 3 hours and 2 or 3 technicians in my home during that time, I finally had cable TV but no internet.
It has taken 2 MORE days and MANY more calls to Comcast to finally get Internet service. What a pain!
Anyhow, just about the time I was finally getting my Internet situation straightened out, the installer from Lowe's was installing my veranda and bathroom blinds...exciting!
And finally, I tried taking pictures on move day or the morning after--of all the boxes sitting around and such--but my digital camera had died. Dunno if it is batteries or the cold or what. I haven't been out to get batteries but will do that this weekend and try to get a few pix up.
Posts: 7208 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
I forgot that I did have a couple of newer pictures in my new place while I was there on the weekends.
Me doing laundry--in my own home! WOOHOO!
Me (looking like death warmed over) having tea and writing out Christmas cards for my Rehoboth friends on Christmas morning.
Rest of Summer Goals: 1. Exercise-Cardio: Min. 2-3 walking or DVD cardio workouts per week. 2. Exercise-Weights/Toning: Min. 1 weight plus 1 toning workout per week. 3. Food: Get those veggie servings back up to where they were! 4. Behavior: Start reducing sweets now that the automatic after-meal response is better.
Posts: 7208 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
The big move to Delaware is tomorrow, so I won't be online at all for a day or two.
Thanks for all the well wishes. Hopefully, the next time you see pix of my new home, it will be with MY furniture in it!
Rest of Summer Goals: 1. Exercise-Cardio: Min. 2-3 walking or DVD cardio workouts per week. 2. Exercise-Weights/Toning: Min. 1 weight plus 1 toning workout per week. 3. Food: Get those veggie servings back up to where they were! 4. Behavior: Start reducing sweets now that the automatic after-meal response is better.
Posts: 7208 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Originally posted by SheriaVa: As noted in my "Offline for the next week" thread, I bought my first home (which is also my retirement home) while I was on vacation in Delaware this past week. Bought a 2 BR/2 BA ground floor condo w/garage and veranda.
Here are pix of how it looks now (it was a model so the furniture and decor you see isn't mine). By the time I move in, it will have tile floor in the kitchen vs. vinyl, tile floor on the veranda vs. concrete, sliding windows on the veranda vs. just screens and upgraded lighting in the DR.
My building:
Me at my front door with sold sign:
My kitchen (twice the size of my current apartment kitchen)
My laundry room (some of you know what a big deal that is for me)
My livingroom (a little smaller than my current apt. LR)
My dining room (a little larger than my current apt. DR)
My master bedroom (smaller than my current apt. BR)
My second bedroom (which will be my office + guest room)
My veranda from inside the condo
My veranda from outside the condo (view from veranda)
My new home is walkable to the movie theatre, SuperFresh, outlet stores, restaurants, etc., easily walkable to my friends' house, and about 3-5 miles (about 5-7 minutes by car) to the beach.
Beautiful!!! The location sounds wonderful as well. I know your are going to enjoy your new home so much.
Originally posted by jillybean: So, are you living full-time in your new home? Or are you commuting between DE and VA?
I am moving to Delaware next month. From then to May 31st, when I retire, I will work from home in Delaware all but one day a week and will drive to the office in VA one day a week.
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It is beautiful and near the beach-at least I think it is!!! Any home within a reasonable drive to the beach/boardwalk is cool with me!!!
My new home is probably only a mile or so from the ocean as the crow flies, but more like 3-4 miles to the beach and boardwalk by car. I will not be living in the town of Rehoboth Beach (VERY expensive in there) but will be out off of Highway 1 where all the outlet malls are.
Rest of Summer Goals: 1. Exercise-Cardio: Min. 2-3 walking or DVD cardio workouts per week. 2. Exercise-Weights/Toning: Min. 1 weight plus 1 toning workout per week. 3. Food: Get those veggie servings back up to where they were! 4. Behavior: Start reducing sweets now that the automatic after-meal response is better.
Posts: 7208 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Sheri, So, are you living full-time in your new home? Or are you commuting between DE and VA? I am so excited for you-retiring, a new home! Very exciting! And, I saw the pics and post about the gifts from friends and the lawyer and builder-how very sweet! Makes moving so much nicer. I do hope you enjoy your new home-how can you not? It is beautiful and near the beach-at least I think it is!!! Any home within a reasonable drive to the beach/boardwalk is cool with me!!! Jill
Summer Challenge Goals: 1) Walk 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week 2) Plan weekly menus
Originally posted by tina: I will be in DE for sure in JULY ... I will get in touch with you so that we can meet ! I am planning a trip to MD, VA and to see the round up of the ponies and would love to make it to see you !!
That would be awesome!!! I'd love to meet you. I will be retired by July so I should have a much more flexible calendar by then.
Rest of Summer Goals: 1. Exercise-Cardio: Min. 2-3 walking or DVD cardio workouts per week. 2. Exercise-Weights/Toning: Min. 1 weight plus 1 toning workout per week. 3. Food: Get those veggie servings back up to where they were! 4. Behavior: Start reducing sweets now that the automatic after-meal response is better.
Posts: 7208 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
That is wonderful for you !!!! I will be in DE for sure in JULY ... I will get in touch with you so that we can meet ! I am planning a trip to MD, VA and to see the round up of the ponies and would love to make it to see you !!
Originally posted by tina: sheri ! it looks wonderful...so I know I missed some stuff...did you officially retire or will you be traveling for work???
No, I haven't retired. When I put the contract on the Delaware condo in October, I told my bosses that I would need to retire much sooner than my original May 31, 2008 date because I could not afford to maintain both residences that long.
Thankfully, my employers were motivated to offer me a deal: they are allowing me to move to Delaware and work from home all but one day a week and, in exchange, I have deferred my retirement date back to 5/31/08.
I think that this will allow me to deal with some very stressful and overwhelming changes in my life (buying my first home, moving to another state and retiring) over a period of 6 months or so instead of all at once. I also think it will make the retirement transition easier because, by the time I retire, I will have been living in my new home and living in my new city for 5 months.
Rest of Summer Goals: 1. Exercise-Cardio: Min. 2-3 walking or DVD cardio workouts per week. 2. Exercise-Weights/Toning: Min. 1 weight plus 1 toning workout per week. 3. Food: Get those veggie servings back up to where they were! 4. Behavior: Start reducing sweets now that the automatic after-meal response is better.
Posts: 7208 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Time to decorate for the holidays Sheri!!! How exciting for you! Maybe you can get a nice Chiminea for your little outside porch to sit by on those chilly nights!! God Bless you in your new home!!!
Posts: 1374 | Location: West Florida | Registered: March 12, 2004
The flowers and card are from my best friends, who snuck in (with the help of the sales lady) and left them in my new home so I'd find them at walkthrough. So sweet!
The flowers and card are from my best friends, who snuck in (with the help of the sales lady) and left them in my new home so I'd find them at walkthrough. So sweet!
The candy jar to the right of the flowers was a gift from my settlement lawyer. It says "Home Sweet Home" and is engraved with the date of my settlement.
The builder also gave me a gift--a Home Depot gift card. I wasn't expecting gifts, so they were a wonderful surprise!
Rest of Summer Goals: 1. Exercise-Cardio: Min. 2-3 walking or DVD cardio workouts per week. 2. Exercise-Weights/Toning: Min. 1 weight plus 1 toning workout per week. 3. Food: Get those veggie servings back up to where they were! 4. Behavior: Start reducing sweets now that the automatic after-meal response is better.
Posts: 7208 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Originally posted by SheriaVa: I'm back from Delaware and, as of last Wednesday, I am a homeowner!
I have looked at blinds and shades and furniture until my head is spinning. Haven't bought anything yet but some temporary window shades for my bedroom and bathroom, which my friend Mikie put up for me yesterday. It's starting to look like home a little bit at a time!
I plan to move there to live full-time in January.
Yeah Sheri!! I know picking out furniture, window treatments, etc can be overwhelming but it sounds very exciting too. Congrats on your new home!!!
Jill
Summer Challenge Goals: 1) Walk 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week 2) Plan weekly menus
I'm back from Delaware and, as of last Wednesday, I am a homeowner!
I have looked at blinds and shades and furniture until my head is spinning. Haven't bought anything yet but some temporary window shades for my bedroom and bathroom, which my friend Mikie put up for me yesterday. It's starting to look like home a little bit at a time!
I plan to move there to live full-time in January.
Posts: 7208 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Dunno if it is batteries or the cold or what. I haven't been out to get batteries but will do that this weekend and try to get a few pix up.
