It happened. We moved!! I know this post is SO overdue, but I can’t begin to tell you how busy it has been over here finishing up the house, Christmas, moving, and now trying to unpack and put things away. There were many a blog post in my head over the past few weeks, but it just wasn’t happening! As I sit here typing and looking around, it still seems like there is so much to do, but then I remember all the stuff that has been accomplished in the last few weeks and know we will get there, it will just take some time!
Here are some highlights:
-First off, over the past few months, we have had family come and visit and with every visit we-of course-roped them into helping us! So HUGE thank you to them! From watching the kids, helping lay down carpet protector, packing boxes, lifting very heavy cement blocks for the retaining wall, to now helping put up bathroom mirrors…and this isn’t even the half of it…Thank you!!
Christmas 2019 She’s been scooting around! No…not a basset hound calendar…it’s a gift card! Santa came-ate the goodies & left a letter! Our helpers would even make us breakfast! Build the Wall!
-We started the move the Thursday before Christmas (if you live in Asheville, remember that really rainy day before Christmas? That was the day!!) We got the bulk of our stuff and furniture in that day. However there was the issue of power. We had heard from a few neighbors that there was a gap of a few days from when they moved to a new build to when the power came on. The power was scheduled to come on the day after we move….and….it didn’t. And because of the holidays, the next appointment was the day after Christmas. Luckily we could stay in the house we were in, so we did. We would come over some and attempt to unpack, but could only do so much with two littles, without much heat and getting dark…actually it was mainly the two littles that slowed us down! We were over unpacking that day after Christmas and a little down because of the power situation (actually the kids weren’t down, they were still jazzed from all the cool stuff they got for Christmas!). It was mid-day and the power guy hasn’t showed up. We went out to lunch and came back, still bumming and within minutes he was there! Very exciting when he showed up. But then…AC, electrical, and plumbing all had to come back–and they did later that day–and it was like Christmas all over! At least for us!
A packed up box of rocks and sea shells. Yes, I am a hoarder. The Move! Rainy day for a move Playing with Dad’s old Micro Machines from storage Found treasures: playing with a spatula during the move!
-Now…it’s unpacking battle…we lived out of boxes for a good two weeks straight. You know where you unpack part of a box, it sits, you get whatever you need out of it, and it still sits… it’s been hard because 1-we have two young children who can’t seem to go more than a few minutes without needing something, and they were out of school when we were moving, 2-we have so much stuff! We forgot all of the stuff we had in storage and frankly didn’t use it for two years, so we are trying to take a little extra time To go through it as we put it away. And 3-our painter was still finishing up touchups as we were moving (and that could be a whole two part blog series…) so it was difficult to get things up or put away because we would just have to move it again. Despite all these things, we have slowly been getting things out of boxes. It seems like every week we just buckle down, throw on some Lion King/Nella/Daniel Tiger and get through some things.
My little helper! Taking time to play outside… …and jump in puddles!
Here are a few preliminary pictures and will post more once things are starting to look a little more put away and up! These I took before the movers loaded the house with all our stuff!!
Living Room Kitchen Office, sans countertop Dining Room and Living Room Master Bedroom
So long for now!
xoxo,
Kris