Memorial Weekend Moving Day

Almost three months after our big moving day weekend, it was time to put the muscles to work to help Phu move into his brand new studio apartment in Cambridge. Thankfully, there was no rain on this moving day!

One of the first things to go was his big screen TV, which thankfully was a flat panel and light enough to be carried down the stairs:

Phu's girlfriend Magali also served as free labor and hustled one of Phu's many bikes (the kid owns like five of them) outside:

While I thought Phu had a pretty full bedroom, along with belongings scattered around the apartment, turns out all his possesions fit nicely into the back of my car and a rented U-Haul truck. You can tell these things belong to Phu because of the plants:

The two biggest plants went into the back of the U-Haul. Did I mention that he had actually moved a bulk of his plants the day before? You'll see what I mean further down in this post.

It was time to say goodbye to the apartment in Brookline...

...and hello to a brand new apartment in a gorgeous building:

I loved all the green spaces around the building, including large patches of beautiful purple flowers complete with benches to take in the view:

Walking into the apartment, it's all stark white walls until you hit the massive wall of windows that faces Phu's new kitchen and dining/living room. I think his plants add the right touch of home and life to his new new space:

Here's his beautiful new kitchen (adjacent to the windows) with stainless steel appliances and granite counters:

A surprisingly roomy bathroom:

And the studio bedroom that is not quite a studio, since there is a half wall separating it from the kitchen/living room space:

It was exciting to check out Phu's new apartment and the whole moving-in process only took a few hours.  We ended up toasting his new place with the strawberry lemonade served in solo cups.

The unpacking process may take a little longer, but I think Phu will find much to be happy about in his new digs. Congrats Phu on being a homeowner!

Slowly But Surely...

...there are signs of us moving into our new house. Andrew and I have spent every night this week moving a carload of things into the house. So far, not much has been unpacked but we consider it a huge achievement to get the majority of our things over before the rain starts for the weekend.

Of course, the first thing that came over was our new bench, installed in its permanent home:

And one of boxes I did manage to unpack was filled with my spices and baking accessories, all fitting perfectly into our new spice cabinet next to the fridge. The whole bottom row is devoted to cupcake liners - who knew I had so many? And I'm pretty sure there a few more packages lingering in some of the boxes:

Also, we had fun tonight showing off the place to Andrew's parents Tom and Charlotte, the first of our family and friends to see the place. Thanks to them, we also had a our first piece of mail addressed to us at our new house - it was a card congratulating us on "our new digs." Yay for being homeowners!

Every Day Should End Like This...

I'm not saying that everything was smooth sailing in buying our first house but the sellers did leave us a nice surprise in the fridge:

Official gift: A bottle of champagne and a box of chocolates with a note wishing us happiness in the house. 

Unofficial gift - a lone can of Bud Light that was sitting on the bottom shelf - we're thinking that they forgot  about it somehow!

Magic Straps?

A chance comment by Liz on Sunday prompted Andrew's latest purchase:

Not the furniture but the orange lifting straps. As he happily pointed out in an email to me, he said the women look happy moving that massive piece of furniture. Um, not sure that I will look that calm and collected lugging our heavy pieces of furniture. I may have to tag in Phu and Pete for that. But I am curious to see if it really works.