Today didn't get off to such a great start. Nicholas had a hard time adjusting the last time we moved, but has seemed fine with it this time around. Well, today, not so much. He ended up spending the day with us at the new house.
We had lots of workers buzzing around. The carpet people came and stretched the carpet and pulled it up in the hallway and by the front door. It looks pretty good underneath except for a couple of places by the back bedrooms. We'll clean it and stain the bare spots something close until we can get it refinished. It really opened up the hallway and created a nice entry way.
We had a guy in to clean our duct work and such. Got off to a shaky start when he blew a couple of 20 amp fuses (we have the old screw in kind). He went to the hardware store and got replacements and fortunately things were fine after that. Apparently old fuses blow easier. He cleaned and vacuumed and scrubbed our HVAC system most of the afternoon. Ahhhh.... Fresh air!
David got the new stove in today, too. I am looking forward to cooking on it soon. We're hoping to get the kitchen and bathrooms moved in tomorrow so I'll have some pans and food to work with.
I got the kitchen cabinets cleaned and lined, with some help from Paula D. She and Doug stopped by to help and they went to town on all that wallpaper. All of it in our bedroom and bathroom is down, and Katie's is almost half way. It's got several layers on the walls and is much harder to get off.
Tomorrow we are planning to get all the bedroom walls stripped (a border in Michael's room and the rest of Katie's), patched, sanded, cleaned and taped for painting, and clean the carpet in the den, living room and dining room, along with moving the kitchen and bathrooms. Then on Friday we hope to see how far we can get with painting the bedrooms and move in the Living room, Dining room and office. Saturday will hopefully be our first night there with our beds. Whew!
I think we've learned two big lessons today. First of all, we don't have the time or money to do everything we thought we could this week :o)
The second is that we could do even less without our friends. We had Joe and Rhonda, Doug and Paula, Vicki, Kelsey, Barrett, and Jeff all show up to help out today. That must be why Katie's fortune cookie offered this comment, "You will have many friends when you need them."
1 comment:
God bless friends and fortune cookies. Look gang - you are going to live here a good long time - don't kill yourselves in the first ten days of ownership! I know the feeling of it needing to be "perferct" - or as perfect as humanly possible - as soon as possible, but it will come, promise. Take care of yourselves first.
And since you have your stove now, I'm still waiting for my Springerle. :>)
Hugs and blessings,
Ginny
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