The Goods Have Been Delivered

They said "delivery between 8 and 10 AM"

This is after being told last week that delivery would be between 10 AM and 2 PM

Delivery started at 10:15 AM, good thing I was there before 8! Got Chris off to the bus, then the bank to pick up tip money, since I forgot to get it the day before, and then settle in to wait.

Got some work done on the family reunion, a couple phone calls, and then a few hours of homework in both while waiting and while the 4 guys were unloading.

After the movers were done, and Mike had picked up Chris and brought him to the house for me, we met one of the neighbors with kids. The little boy is Michael, and he's 4, and he was on his way to go pick up his big sister. Mom introduced herself as, "Hi, I'm Candy". So, what does Chris do? He goes up to the little boy to ask about his age, tell him his own age. Then, he tells the Mom, "I'm going to eat you." Guess he's never met anyone named Candy before today, we just laughed and she explained to him that, "well, my name is Candy, isn't that something?"

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As for the moving experience, enjoy:

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I don't think we have ever plastic wrapped any piece of furniture on those many self-moves. Hmmm, so this is how it's done.

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Living room

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Surprisingly, by the afternoon, the garage only ended up with boxes on the shelves to the right, and a few odd pieces on the left. They used this space as a staging area, since it kept trying to rain all morning. and the shed, now designated only for yard tools and bikes, etc. ended up with only those things, go figure.

So, my question: where the H. E. double hockey sticks is the 17K lbs they told us we have! I don't see it. No basement, not using the attic, garage not that full, shed mostly empty. It boggles my mind, could make it explode if it brews too long. Instead, we are going to continue on our downsizing project and journey.

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Kitchen, looking towards dining room

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dining room, with almost complete new guinea pig cage. we decided to put it on the coffee table for now, since the table is too big for the living room, and put in the corner of the living room, away from the floor registers and the fireplace. dining room is just temporary for the little piggies

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Christopher's bedroom, waiting patiently for a paint job and then immediate assembly. looks like his room is stuffed, but really all his things are piled up in the center of the room, to make the painting easier.

We're going to IKEA to get some really neat shelving for him to use now that he's older

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spare bedroom, where we will be spending a lot of time in the next month...

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and, yes. we do use our elliptical bike, and will be using it even more now. any smarty pants commentors are welcome to come and give it a spin around the block, we have a music player you can use

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walk-in closet, with things just stuffed in for now. we are very grateful the guys took the empty wardrobe boxes out with them, they take up so much room

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best of all: our COMFY bed! it's been 2 months since we have had our own furniture. oh how we missed you! no more hotel beds, borrowed beds, air mattresses, foam mattresses

So, we realized that this is our 7th move since 2001, and we do not like being displaced. Chris was only 14 months old when we moved in 2004 from CA back to NM, so while he had to go through changes, it wasn't so bad. He has been a great traveller and trouper through these past couple of months, but he has been feeling the changes. Trouble sleeping, nervous about being left behind, concerned about whether he will get to stay living with us "forever" since he can't conceive of actually wanting to move out yet. We try to explain to him the changes as they are coming up, in a way that he won't get too concerned. So, we will set up his room first, get him all comfy and make it fun, then move on to the rest of the house, in the order of what we will be using the most.

Moving right along....