Moving in

We took possession of our new home on 4th December at 11am. It was wonderful to have our own space again and more room around us. It's been over 3 months since we last had a home of our own so it was an extra special feeling to get the keys to our own place again. The house feels so spacious and bright and we are thrilled with it.
Since we moved in, Neil and I haven't stopped unpacking, sorting and building and have gone to bed each night exhausted. We haven't got much furniture yet but there has still been plenty to do. I can't believe that we arrived with 5 suitcases a month ago, and ended up moving about 4 carloads of stuff over from the basement apartment where we have been living for the last month!
On Friday, we had to go to Canada Customs in Calgary to clear our container, which had arrived by train the night before. They were very pleasant and helpful, and didn't want to open the container to check things, which saved us time. The removal firm over here are going to deliver our goods on Monday morning first thing, so at least we will have some furniture at last!
Even though we haven't got much furniture at the moment, at least the children have beds to sleep on, and a big TV to watch, so they are happy!
Well, still plenty to do, including installing blinds at the upstairs windows to give us some privacy! We have clear glass in our bathroom window (which seems to be commonplace in Canada) so need to get a blind up pretty quickly!
The children are enjoying the freedom of walking to and from school on their own, and particularly like letting themselves into the garage using keypad entry and the automatic garage door opener! They still seem really happy at school and are doing well. Jake in particular seems much happier now, which is a big relief for us. I'm going in to help out with some of their school Christmas activities next week, which I'm looking forward too - particularly making gingerbread houses!
The next step is job hunting I suppose. Much as I like being a lady of leisure, we need to start earning soon. Time to start scanning the job pages. I can't teach until I'm registered (and I've just sent off my forms - which usually take a while to get approved), so need to look for something else in the meantime. Neil has an appointment with a real estate agency next week to discuss becoming a realtor, but will also need to look for temporary work in the meantime.