Nice Rack...

 

We headed out early for the new house.  A lot of "red" on the Maps app... it took a while to get there.  Soon, we won't be making this trek each day.  Plenty to get done today.

Dan and Steph were there before us - Dan got this photo of the sunrise from their patio area...

 Nice east view, with South Mountain in the foreground.

Steph and Dan were there early to let the painters in.  They are going with a tan color on most of the walls; we are staying with "extra white," while both of us are getting a deep blue on some accent walls.  Should be striking with all that extra white.

The painters getting the prep work underway...

Next order of business: a phone conversation with the lady from the HOA.  I told her our plans, she said, "That all sounds good," but we will need to submit the paperwork.

The installer for the garage storage shelves arrived and went right to work...

Thus, the title of this post.

The guy from Cox Internet arrived and got us on-line.  It's a bit faster than what we had in our Texas house, so we are all pleased with that.

Dan and I tried to level the fridge on our side, but I didn't bring any tools.  We did, however, go through the owners manual to learn how to adjust temperature and all the other stuff.

I spoke with the guy who will be doing the landscaping.  He will be out tomorrow to do the final layout and get a deposit.  I am told they should be able to get to us within a week or so (certainly better than the first company that came out and said it would be about mid-January before they could start.  Robert, our new landscaping friend said he will put 3 crews on it... "We are just finishing up a project that is about 1/4 the size of yours, and we had it done in a day."  Hope that means they can get ours done in a week or so.

Next on the agenda: the guy doing the installation of the water conditioner/purifier arrived and is working on it.  He said it will take "a couple hours"... he needs access to the attic in each garage and the laundry room... apparently, they run the pipes up through the attic in this part of the world.

Joan and Steph ran to Lowe's to get the ceiling fans they ordered.  More lighting is on the way, as well.  I am told we have someone lined up to do that install.

When they got back with the car, I programmed the garage door opener on our side into the button in the Equinox.  I still haven't figured out the best way to make that turn into our garage (the Equinox doesn't have a particularly tight turning radius).

While messing in the car, I took this photo of the view from the front of the house...

I didn't realize we have a view of the Estrella Mountains from the front of the house.  That is a "green area" on the other side of the construction container in the middle of the image, so there shouldn't be another house obstructing that view.

All this, and it is just barely 1:00 in the afternoon.  Joan has an Amazon delivery coming "sometime" today.  When we actually get settled in, I want to order something with "same day delivery," just to do it.  The traffic was busy on our way to the house this morning.  For the near term, we are going to be dealing with "that direction" early morning and "the other direction" in the afternoon, meaning looking into the sun both directions and slogging through traffic.  Once we get through all this getting settled in stuff, I am looking forward to not being on a schedule, and picking the time I want to be on the road.  

Dan has been going room to room checking the internet speeds.  I think he will be able to work outside on their patio, if he desires.  The south exposure on our side of the house makes me think I will be staying in air conditioned comfort.  We'll see how that all plays out when the landscaping (and pergola) is done.

First post from the new house.  :-)

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The water softener/conditioner/purifier guy just finished; around 3:00.  I am wearing out - it was an early morning and there has been a lot going on.  We gathered in the yard to discuss placement of everything once more.  Robert the landscaping guy will be here tomorrow for the final discussion and we want to have everything nailed down for our plan so he can go with it.

That task led me to calling the guy from Tuff Shed.  We are trying for something that is low profile, but big enough to hold the stuff we have in mind.  Neil game me some suggestions and invited me to visit the factory in Phoenix so I could stand inside different examples.  That may be a while.

The Amazon delivery came around 2:00.  With all the worker trucks on the streets here, I don't know how he got through, but I am glad he did.  Light fixtures for over the kitchen island and a new style litter box for Rufus.

When the painters are done for the day, we can head for home.