House Tour

Today is the builder house tour.  It's the first of 4 inspections (and walk-throughs) the first year.  This is the LONG one -- about 4 hours.  They tell us how EVERYTHING works.  We're taking notes LOL.

I'm excited.  This opens the door to the next stuff with the house.  Utilities, bug control, lawn mowers.

We packed most of the stuff we're moving ourselves (except for our clothes).  I have a few more baskets to place my family's china (it was my "inheritance").  We're moving what is extra expensive for movers to take (clothes and wall pictures because of the boxes) and what is likely to get broken by less experienced movers. (And, of course, all open liquids, freezer food, etc.)  Local movers are much less expensive, but much less experienced.  Some things are not worth the risk of breaking.

Remember the Hubby-Heads from hubby's 50th birthday?  Put to good use "guarding" the breakables.  I laugh every time I go in the room.  The gift that keeps on giving (to me LOL).

We "clear" a room before the move and label it as DO NOT MOVE.
This is less confusing to the moving crew and helps keep us organized too.
The living room (and our closet) are those areas this move.

This also starts the getting-ready for the big spruce up for THIS house.  I need to pick paint color, carpet color and get the final list of what we are fixing finished.  It's happening!

This is another full week, but less PHYSICAL -- my back is happy about this good news.  That should open up time to do more of my self-care stuff.  I need to keep the new parts going.  These are slipping every weekend because it's so dang busy.

Youngest is moved in.  Apartment looks great.  Pictures hung, unpacked (because I needed my bins back) and mounds of moving trash gone (because I took it to the dumpster).  Still "mommy-ing" him a bit but he's working hard too.  It helps to feel like someone is helping too - he needed some of the work off his plate.  He'll be home for a few lunch breaks these next 2 weeks before he's transferred to the airport for the 4 month rotation.  (Still glasses on the counter and espresso machine left on -- that won't change.)

We're on the final stage of de-clutter, give-away, throw-away.  Now that youngest has his apartment figured out, we have a better idea of what can GO AWAY.   I'm really using LETTING GO skills this time.  We have the space, but WHY move it and keep it?  It's hard for hubby too -- we're keeping each other in check.

The only thing left to be organized is the 10 (or so) containers of memorabilia.  It will take DAYS (if not weeks to do).  It was under control (even with all the boxes from his parents after they passed).  Then my mom and aunt downsized last year and gave us SO MUCH STUFF.  It needs to be sorted, purged and stored.  Some is great - some is redundant - some is junk.  It's a huge job for another time for ME and The Container Store!  For now, it gets moved and stored in an extra closet.  It's a good project for later this summer.

Focused on this week - let's have a good one.  Later gators.