Week 18, Day 126 - WE MOVED!!!!

The PODS are completely empty, and all the essentials are in our new house! Now comes the monotony of unpacking and putting away. There are soooooo many boxes in my house! And while I did a great job of color coding all the boxes so the movers would know exactly where to take stuff, some of my finer notes left a lot to be desired. One of the kitchen boxes had written on it, "silverware, glasses, serving spoons." Ok, great! Yay Jen! At first it made me laugh. Now it just frustrates me.


Monday was one tough day physically. Holy molies!! We only had about 6 hours to do everything as Beck, Mario and the boys were flying in around dinner time. Mom watched my two kiddos in the morning, but as we moved stuff out, someone had to follow behind and clean and remake all the rooms for Beck's crew which meant she too was pulling double duty. We all rocked all day without a break. Even after dinner half the crew stayed at Mom and Dad's to set up the crib and bed for Beck's boys, and the other half of the crew came over to our house to set up Gigi's bed and Gav's crib. Bedtime was a little late last night for our two munchkins!


It was our first night in our house though!!!!!


Ok, and I have to back up. The minute I walked in my door Monday morning, I shouted into the house (which was full of people), "HAPPY MOVING DAY!!!" The house just felt like MINE. Mine, all mine. I put Mike and Melody, the inspectors, and the movers in a good mood because I was literally dancing around with a big grin on my face singing, "I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in loooooooove!" How can someone NOT crack a smile when faced with such a silly sight? :-) Then I became exhausted. Whew!! Still just as happy, but not quit so expressive about it.


I did laundry in my new-fangled front loader doo-hickey machines for the first time yesterday! That was nifty.


Oh yeah, and GET THIS!!!!! Ok, so the first part is that from the day we said good-bye to the PODs (August 18) to the day we opened them up was almost EXACTLY 18 months. But the best part everything was FINE!!! The movers a year and a half ago were really awesome. Absolutely nothing broke, no damage, no nothing! The leather chairs and sofa are perfect. Our gorgeous wood wine armoire with glass and marble on the inside is completely unscathed. Our mattress is not droopy at all. Even my beautiful Italian fruit bowl is in perfect condition. EVERYTHING is perfect and unharmed!!! Can you believe it?!? I'm still not done being amazed.


The kids found the toys that we boxed up, and it was like Christmas all over for both of them. I think Gigi remembers some of it, but not all. After all, she was about 18 months when we started packing things up. That's hard for me to believe!


Wallman Homes totally rocks.  We walked in on Monday to find our house decorated with essentials in every room- dish soap by the kitchen sink, a laundry basket full of food goodies, trash bags already in the trash cans, tissues and hand soap in every bathroom, a doll for Gigi, a teddy bear for Gav, towels and wash clothes in both full bathrooms, and roses and chocolates for us in our bedroom.  A total surprise that left me sappy and teary-eyed!


I went back to work on Tuesday and plan on taking off Friday, so the place is still a mess and will be that way for awhile.  Sorry to say it never occurred to either of us to pull out the camera on Monday.  No pics.  But we will definitely take some pictures soon as we start clearing out the rooms. 


Bottom line, all is well here. We're in our house. I love it! And it's a mess. That about sums it up right there. In. Love. Mess. :-)