We're FINALLY Here!

We've moved in!

I think I emailed everyone our new address, but if I somehow forgot you, and you'd like to have it, please let me know in the comment section. What a week last week turned out to be!! Monday thru Wednesday were spent giving finals to students, saying goodbyes to all of my favorite people at Oakland, and packing up my entire teaching career and moving them to another school in town. Thursday was spent packing up 5 sedans...some of them we ended up packing several times, and making several trips to the new place. Here's the shortened version of the story...

Thursday I paid the first months rent, along with the deposit and get the keys. Mother & I already have our cars packed and ready to unload. We get to the apartment only to find out that things were NOT ready for us. Needless to say, we met the painter, the fix-it-up man, the maintenance man, and got a personal phone call from the Manager herself. Cleaning needed to be done, repainting, and several other things. We went to lunch and I went to Target while they finished up.

Several hours later, we unloaded the cars and went home to meet up with the in-laws and one of my friends, Wanda. Each of us had our own vehicles, which totaled 5 cars. We packed them to the brim and headed to unload another load. We got so much done...from unpacking, to putting things up, and my mom was especially helpful in the kitchen. She was in charge of taking things out of boxes and putting them in the cabinets & drawers...amazing task, and she was good at that!

Friday I made another trip to the new place, and got ready for the "movers" to come that evening. Several people from church came to help, Steven picked up the U-Haul truck and headed to the storage shed with the missionaries, his best friend Scott, and his father. Meanwhile, at my parent's house, 3 trucks showed up with several men to help out. Everyone loaded up, and amazingly enough, they all arrived at our new place at the SAME time!

Everything went well...we got everything moved in about an hour and a half, believe it or not. The last few days have been spent unpacking, throwing away CRAP we have saved for many years (and sometimes we aren't sure why, really), taking things to the Salvation Army, and dropping off books to donate to the Public Library.

We have made much progress, but there is a lot still to do. Summer School starts on Monday, and I'm not ready for that either. I've enjoyed the week off, even though I've been spending time at the Dr's office, downtown, and going through boxes. I have found some time to catch an Oprah episode every now and then...now that's what I call RELAXING!

Here are a few pics of our new place...

Here's the KITCHEN. It's pretty big, and has new appliances. Very cozy. Don't really have a theme or color, I just buy whatever is on sale, and put it in there. I guess you could say it is colorful (even though this pic doesn't quite show much of it now).

MASTER BEDROOM- ya, really not much in here yet. That is a compact refrigerator in the box...something that has yet to be used, but Steven is thrilled at the idea of having water or a Coke next to his bed for whenever he wants it. There are 2 closets, and I may end up STILL putting some of my shoes/clothes over in Steven's one day (he he he).

LIVING ROOM- The couch was given to us from another young couple before they moved to the East Coast, but it's quite cozy for now. You can see the coffee table which was a PAIN IN THE $%* to put together, but we are now proud owners of a matching coffee table, 2 end tables, and a magazine rack (and Steven & I made it through almost 3 movies while cussing at each other and getting all upset at directions that don't make ANY sense).

SECOND BEDROOM--right now, it's just full of boxes, but it will be the storage/computer/sewing/random room in the house. Steven & I have decided to put things in here that have no other place in the house. But, if you need a place to stay when you come to CoMo, you can stay in the random room, free of charge!

p.s.- this is only a small portion of the boxes that were stacked in here! This pic was taken after 2 days of going through boxes!

p.p.s.- Can you find Steven in the bottom pic? (He REALLY is in there...)