Settling In / Setting Up

Lots going on at the new Herrin Manor.

The dogs enjoying their yard

Thursday was chock full of workers - our security system was installed and our new locks were installed. Yay! Chuck went in to the office for half a day, but came home to oversee some of the installations. Willow and I took a quick break to go to Petco to get Butter a new bowl that she can't slide across the tile,  and Target for a few groceries, home and organizational stuff.

On Friday, Madison and I went to IKEA! Talk about organization! We got a lamp, a picture, shelves, a bathroom cart, a cheese grater, a fruit bowl, a bath rug, a treat jar, a squeegee, a recycling bin, ice trays and a trash  can. Awesome! Then we dropped into Willow Brook Mall for Madison's make-up, then a stop buy H.E.B. for beer. What a humongous grocery store! It's crazy big- theres a sushi counter a tortiallria  (sp?)  and coffee roasting kiosk. We didn't cover the whole store, but it definitely merits a longer visit. We made it home in time to meet with a water purifier salesman since our water is almost pool ready in it's chlorine level, and we scheduled installation for next week.

Shiner=Texas Beer!

Ikea Expedit for our closet

Ikea cart and rug in powder room

We've continued to eat out as our stuff still hasn't arrived (Monday at the latest). We made it to Pappa's BBQ, and tried a Tex Mex place near the house called Guadalupe's Kitchen, plus had our first Papa John's delivery in 14 years. Tonight we've ordered Chinese delivery after having lunch at the movie theatre- the Silverado 19- complete with pizza, burgers, sushi, a full bar and of course the standard movie fare. It's less than 5 miles from the house!

Pappa's BBQ

Kids enjoying theirs

Chuck had tamales and a Po Boy

My BBQ stuffed potato

Theatre inside- ice-cream and Starbuck's, too.

Theatre outside

The dogs got their personalized collars. All three of them have no neighborhood sense and think they can bolt out the front door and run the woods as they did in NC. So, I ordered them all embroidered collars with our phone number in them. There are no jingles so I don;t have to worry about taking them on and off, and there's piece of mind.

Pretty Butter

Coming up next week - movers arrive, school starts, Rooms To Go delivers,  and water purifier installed.