Year 2 - Day 134 - May 15

I packed a whole lot of stuff into today.  Thank goodness it's summer and there is plenty of daylight! The best surprise of the day was that it didn't downpour. For days they were telling us of the horribly rainy weekend we'd be having, and then it didn't hapen. That was A-OK!

First, we packed our friends lives into two gigantic PODS. Great inventions, those PODS. Pop your stuff in and poof they appear at your next residence.

Then, I left them to their packing and headed off to a baby shower. It was lovely. I am very happy that the first baby shower I had to go to in this season of life was small, friendly, and low key. It made it much easier and I was able to enjoy myself. I was still sad at times, but I'm thinking that just doesn't go all the way away. It's good to have people to celebrate for!

Finally, I did the biggest grocery shopping excursion I've done in years. I actually spent $103, which is WAY more than I ever spend shopping.  But it was a ton of stock up things that drove up the price. AND, I saved $102. So really, it was an excellent trip. Plus I have $29 in store money to spend next week. Not too shabby!! :)

Year 2 - Day 98 - April 9

Moving day!!!

Our friends moved into a new house today.  This is a lovely shot of the last layer of things in the truck we spent the morning packing.  There's a LOT of stuff in there!  After moving, we had stamping... it was indeed a busy day.

Day 95 - April 5

Today, we painted the kitchen & family room a pretty green color.  Yes, I know we painted a different green room blue on Friday, but what you gonna do? :)  Mike's dad came over to help, so he and my mom did a lot of the painting while Mike and I taped ahead of them and worked on some other things.  A list of what has happened in the last week:

Monday (Settlement day)
-Lowe's run
-Target Run
-Clean fridge & freezer
-Clean bathtubs/showers
-Clean toilets
-Replace toilet seats
-Clean bathroom floors
-Vacuum all carpet in house
-Move boxes

Tuesday - Nada

Wednesday
-Mike moved boxes while I packed them

Thursday
-Mike took the day off and moved a few more boxes

Friday
-My mom & I painted the front room blue (Which only gets one line on the list, but took forever)
-Waited for Comcast (Fail!)
-Moved the cats

Saturday
-Target run
-Moved
-Put together bathrooms so we could shower
-Got kitchen, Family room, and living room in perfect living order with tables, couches, etc.
-Spent hours figuring out how the stuff in the kitchen was going to fit in the cabinets
-re-built computer desk in office

Sunday
-bought dressers & nightstands
-put together dressers & nightstands (the rest of the set we started buying a couple years ago)

Monday
-painted family room & kitchen
-painted trim in blue room (cause every section was a different color)
-Home Depot run
-Wait for comcast again (fail, again.)

Day 90 - March 31

I have been looking for this box for about 8 months now.  As you can see, I clearly labeled it "Put On Top" along with the addition of "don't crush."  Labeling means nothing in this home, so it would seem.  This box was in the back corner of the first room we filled - on the bottom.  Under 3 boxes of china and 2 boxes of video games.  I haven't untaped it yet, so hopefully everything is ok. :)  I'm hoping the winter gloves/hats/etc kept the fragile stuff from breaking. :)

Day 86 - March 27

All done ... just need to put on the addresses and mail them.

Oh, and buy the house.  Minor details. :)

Day 82 - March 23

Almost done ... 36 trucks stamped, colored, & cut ... 36 sets of furniture stamped, colored, & cut ... 36 card bases cut & folded ... 36 patterned pieces of paper cut & glued to the bases ... 36 "roads" sliced ... 1 silver sharpie to draw the lines ... 36 trucks & sets of furniture glued to the fronts ... 36 "just moved" words stamped & punched ... 36 colored circles punched & glued ... now I just need to stick the label with our new address inside!

The cards are a rainbow of fruit flavors because I was using up all the random paper I had laying around.  They came out cute but if I ever see this set of stamps again, I just might say bad words. :)  And if my darling husband says "Why are you doing this when we could just send an email?" one more time, I also might say bad words! :)  Since I can't mentally prepare to move via packing like normal people, I made "We Moved" cards.  What can I say?

Day 80 - March 21

Another shot for posterity - this time, our storage locker.  The left side is just peeking in there; you can see the edges of bookshelves and movie racks.  Below the camera's range is Mike's nice desk. (Although, come to think of it, I don't know where the rolltop part is.  I guess it's in there somewhere!) The light colored loveseat can be seen above the boogie boards, and if you look toward the very top, you'll see our deck chaise lounger 9 feet in the air, wedged between some cross beams.  Luckily, the boys who helped fit the stuff in are coming to help get it out! :)