I still have my purple couches!!! They fit! Apparently, while the movers were literally packing us up and carrying things out to the truck in Bremerton, Tim was scribbling down measurements. A 5 was interpreted as a 6. 50 inches versus 60 inches is a lot of room!
We discovered this once the movers here had brought in the speakers and the entertainment system. Everything was going to fit! I was over-joyed. Tim said that it made the move go so much smoother, especially since our expectations were so low.
The antique dentist chest (literally has drawers where the goop to fix teeth was mixed in the wells) took a hit, and our large computer won't start up, neither will the HDTV large screen monitor. Oops. They say it's insured to full value. Tim will do a bit of trouble shooting before we start the big claim.
Other than a few plastic items that crunched under the heavy pressure, everything else seems to have arrived safely.
We helped the movers heave-ho the king sized mattress and box springs up over the balcony. We'd always been told to keep at a queen sized bed size here in Japan. But I had said that I wanted to remain married. Sleeping space is so important. At the Navy Lodge we slept in separate beds. So, now Tim and I are sleeping together again!
I met with the Realtor representative today. She is very nice and married to a Navy guy. She went through the house with me and described what all the kanji means on stuff.
I'm kinda intrigued that I can fill my bathtub with a few presses of buttons from the kitchen. We'll keep that fact away from our son. I love the video monitor on the front gate when people ding dong us. The giant water drop on it today obscured everything, but it's still cool!
She did tell us to ask for a larger microwave from the base. DARN! We thought this microwave was COOL!!!
It has little icons for things like re-heating a bowl of rice. This must be their version of the popcorn setting. And our favorite? A pre-set button for heating sake to the right temperature for drinking!!! Is that cool, or what?
Meanwhile, William is doing really well in his swimming class. He jumps in and kicks to the top. He even did an epileptic version of a backstroke today!
He figures it is his job to watch for the postman. He came today with a letter from the water company for T Putaansuu. We're officially getting BILLS already! Actually, it wasn't a bill, just a confirmation that we were indeed the ones in the house and responsible for the water meter readings. They turned it on automatically, nobody showed up at the house and asked for a signature.
At 8 a.m. on moving-in day, our power came on, and our water came on. The gas guy showed up in the middle of things and showed us how to work the stove. The cable guys came the next day. One played with William. Tim remarked that you would never have seen that happen in the states. He was playing hide and seek and picking him up. Nothing weird, just having fun.
The appliance guys from base showed up. They installed our washer and dryer (stacked on top of each other) and our fridge. They dropped off our satellite dish for the Military TV channels, and the microwave. It's kinda nice that they give you these larger items, so you don't have to go buy them.
Our Japanese fridge has 3 levels, the freezer being on the bottom, and the vegetable bin in the middle. It even has an ice maker. There is a small container that you put water in, and it makes ice. No hooking up to anything!
Since we have a fish cooker (it is so small, you could maybe cook one small trout in this thing), we don't qualify for a stove. Japanese don't usually have stoves in their houses. So, tonight we went and bought a counter-top oven that claims it can fit 2 12" pizzas in it! It is a convection oven, and it was 1/4 the price of the Japanese ones. So, our next move is to go and figure out a counter top space for all our items. Japanese kitchens are only half-done by American standards. The sink and stovetop are all one counter. The rest is up to you to install! Ikea, here we come!!!
William is happily set up in the master bedroom (and toy room). His 'ducky' bathroom is set up as well. Since the sink for the upstairs in in the hallway (the toilet room is right next to it), it is on a little more display than we once we had it. He is happy, and loves to take people on this 'tour' of the house. He shows them his picture in one of the ducky picture frames and claims himself really cute. Groan. Now we're explaining why you should not claim to be cute.
Tim's kegerator is in and he is happy. The realtor lady wanted to know what it was. :) Tim says he'll put a complete blow-by-blow on the kegerator conquest when he has more time. I dunno. I think he's going to be too busy building IVARs and BILLYs.
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