Moving In

We moved into the new house on Monday, the 26th. We have things all over the place and are far from organized. We still have to get all of our boxes from storage (seems like most of the stuff has been in storage for almost two years).

We spent our first afternoon walking our property and picking wild huckleberries and blackberries. We used half of them to make cobbler and will use the other half to make muffins later on.

Our house has a lot of windows on the south for passive solar heating during the winter. Turned out the lights to go to bed and watched the lightning bugs sparkle in the woods. It is so quiet out here, so far from other neighbors houses. Very peaceful.

Roadrunners

Found some interesting facts about roadrunners.

Roadrunners are quick enough to catch and eat rattlesnakes. (this is good for us since we have snakes in the area)

Roadrunners prefer walking or running and attain speeds up to 17 mph. hour

The Roadrunner is also called the Chaparral Cock.

The Roadrunner reabsorbs water from its feces before excretion. (gross!)

The Roadrunner’s nasal gland eliminates excess salt, instead of using the urinary tract like most birds. (gross!)

Getting Closer to moving in

Yesterday, the appliances were delivered (Stove, Freezer, Refrigerator, Dishwasher), the well was gotten into working order and hooked to the house (but plumbers have work to do before we actually have water in the house). The AC company came in and installed the two units (one for the main house and one for the studio). Internet and satellite TV are hooked up and working.

Oh, and yesterday, while driving to and from the new house, I saw a roadrunner (didn't look much like the cartoon character - not as colorful), but did not see Wile E Coyote (although we have seen coyotes in the fields when out and about on the road).

Cabinets

Here are some pictures of the cabinets from a few days ago. The electricity will be hooked up to the house on Thursday, then we can have the well/pump work finished. Once we have electricity to the house we can also get the phone company out.