This is Day Three for us in Florida. We are in a mess still. Lots to do. We still have many unopened boxes to work on and others we just have no room to put the contents, because we need to build shelves first.
We spent the day today mostly doing errands. We set up bank accounts, went cell phone shopping, got groceries and went to Home Depot. That store is going to be our favorite for a while. We walked around the store looking at shelving units, cabinets for the laundry room and even stone for the lanai. I'd love to win a shopping spree to Home Depot right about now.
We definitely need shelving. I don't have as much cabinet space as I did back in the other place. But even there I remember we built units and closets in the cellar as well as around the house. We don't have a celler here but we have a nice laundry area and garage we can make do with. I did get rid of alot of stuff before moving here, but I think I'm still going to get rid of more.
We went for our first three mile run in weeks yesterday. Less than a quarter mile from the house is a beautiful golf course littered with big Palm trees. We ran by the brand new swimming facilities as well as our mail boxes. You can go for a dip and pick up your mail while you're there. What we noticed is there are drinking fountains right there which may come in very handy during our runs on a hot day. It's beautiful here. It's very well landscaped and cared for.
We would love to get a golf cart but may have to wait until we sell our house trying to keep expenses down. It's really quite the mode of transportation around here. As we ran, the golf carts would go whizzing by with friendly hands in the air.
We've had two sets of neighbors come by to visit so far. The last couple after a few minutes of chit chat came over to see our house after I invited them in. Of course the place is still a shambles. Since we were standing out by the lanai they came in that way. They noticed our view and commented how we had the "million dollar view." We purchased this house basically sight unseen because of the lot. It overlooks a body of a man-made small lake with houses built all around it. We were able to see the neighborhood before it was really a neighborhood. Back in August it was nothing but empty shells; this house unfinished both in and out. All we could see were studded rooms.....ahhhhhhh but the view was what drew us here.
We seem to live for the moment in a ghost neighborhood since we must be one of the first to move in. The two neighbors that came to visit live behind us, their homes facing the next street over. The homes on either side of us appear vacant although around here some use their homes as second homes. This whole neighborhood is brand new as of October so it's not really surprising we have a quiet street right now. That's sure to change soon.
The weather here is unbelievable. It's like our best May days back in Maine. We heard it might get a tad cold and we laughed. Ya, how cold can it get? We had the wood stove cranking more than once before we left. In fact quite a few nights in October we ran the woodstove at night instead of turning on the oil. Today in Home Depot we looked a a few woodstoves in disbelief. Do they really have a need here for a woodstove?
We missed Rudy today. He was going to be right here in my neighborhood two miles from our house. We wanted to ride our bikes down to the square but found ourselves in the bank looking at our watches saying...."it ain't happening." Now if it were Mike, we would have gone to the bank tomorrow. It's funny but the day before we left Hillary was in our neck of the woods up in NH which was about 10 miles from the house. But the difference between Hillary and Rudy was Hillary's visit was restricted to only those invited. Today anyone could go see Rudy and listen to what he had to say and many were expected to turn out for this.
Tomorrow it's back to Home Depot to get more shelving, get our cells and continue unpacking those boxes. I still have to find those pink and white Nike's. Now which box do you suppose I put them?