As you may have seen last week, we finally closed on our new house and moved in over the weekend! Of course, by “move in,” I mean we got almost everything moved from our apartment to the new place, but not quite. Hopefully, tomorrow will involve the last trip to the apartment to pick up items (following Monday night’s last trip to the apartment, which turned out to be not-quite-the-last-trip).
I should probably also note that this “move in” situation also doesn’t include the two storage sheds of items down in Indiana that we have to move, either. In related news, we are on the never-ending moving timeline (though, after Paul and I moved the king mattress up our narrow stairway on our own, we will be getting movers to complete the process. Apparently, after many moves in our barely one year marriage, we have learned something. And it only took us nearly killing ourselves attempting to get a mattress upstairs to learn it!).




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My Mom said moving is the worst and that nothing feels as good as sleeping in your bed after a day of carrying boxes!
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That is very true – your mom is a smart woman!
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Hi Sarah,
It took us about 3 months of travelling back and forth between Karnes City and Fredericksburg to move. Plus one trip of the professional movers. And even now we sometimes go down there and bring back some items from the old place. So: good luck to you! 😉
Have fun,
Pit
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Part of me wishes I hadn’t read this!
Thankfully, we got everything out of the apartment, so now it’s just the storage sheds. We’ve already got plans of what goes in the garbage if the movers can’t get everything on the truck (and trailer)!
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We had three piles:
(1) = keep
(2) = goes to Goodwill
(3) = goes to trash
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Most of what we have could likely fall into Category 2. Though I tend to think it falls into Category 1.
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Good luck with finishing up the move. Choppy doesn’t look too happy behind all those boxes. He needs to talk to a cat, lol. 🙂
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Thank you!
And moving really is kind of cat heaven – I never thought about it that way!
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Ya gotta start somewhere. That looks like a great start. The most important stuff is moved in and unpacked – the family! Best of luck in the new house.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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The family – and the booze (have to drown the pains of moving somehow!).
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Moving is exhausting. Poor Choppy and her loss of routine. But you’ll all get there in the end – one box at a time! 🙂
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It really is exhausting! I just want it to be over!
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I can totally relate to Choppy right now. I’m also moving and it’s total chaos. I can’t wait to get the house in order and sleep in my own bed 😦 Very exhausting experience, but I hope the end result is worth it. Good luck with yours and hugs to Choppy! x
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We are at least in our own beds (or blanket, as the case is with Choppy) – so I am happy for that. I hope your move is going well – good luck!
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Glad to hear that! Our move got delayed with another week, even if we’re ready, so yeah..not so much fun. Looking forward to sleeping in my own bed, but it will be a while, by the looks of it 🙂
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Here’s hoping you get back to your own bed sooner rather than later!
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I have every sympathy with the forlorn-looking Choppy. I hate moving! She must be very confused. Still, she has her people with her and that’s the main thing to help her settle down. When we last moved (and I never want to do it again) we still had a cat and she made her disapproval very obvious. Ear plugs were necessary. So it could be worse.
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She seems to have already settled into the new house – I’m guessing the space and backyard make a real difference.
And I am now very glad that Choppy has handled everything so well! I have heard more than one loud cat, so I imagine that wasn’t very pleasant!
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Eventually, she made herself hoarse and lost her miaow!
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Watch out – I may steal that one for a future cat-related bad joke day!
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Dressing Choppy up as a cat! Would she stand the indignity?
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She has a lion costume that she has put up with – does that count as a cat?
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It does! And being King /Queen of the Jungle would definitely not be undignified.
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That last photo reminds me of ‘Where’s Waldo’… Where’s Choppy?
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Pretty much! I kept losing her on the other side of boxes. As it was only a two bedroom apartment, it wasn’t like she should have been hard to find!
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Oh my goodness! That last picture!
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I’m amazed Paul survived the mess.
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Hope you settle in soon. Take care of you and don’t kill yourselves moving things up and down. sending you hugs and kisses. Hey Chops.
Mojisola
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Thanks! So far, no major injuries (though we aren’t done yet, so there’s still a chance for injury).
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I know moving is such a hassle 😦 Hope you all (your husband, you and Choppy) have a good rest soon! Take care! 😉
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Thank you! We’ve at least gotten our bed in and the kitchen set up, so we can get a good night’s rest and a good meal every night!
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You’re welcome 🙂 Good to hear that 😉
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Choppy looks so sad! Life is difficult for all of us from time-to-time. But… oh. my. goodness. On a different note, hope that this comment finds you more settled [and Choppy a bit more cheerful]. Congrats on the new house.
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She does, doesn’t she? Things are far more settled now – we even have the kitchen mostly set up, so we’re getting decent things to eat, and sleeping in our own bed. Now, I just have to paint the closet and I can get my clothes in order!
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How exciting! Choppy must be so excited!
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I think she is excited now that she is here – she has space and a big backyard. It definitely beats the apartment on both counts!
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That is awesome.
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Good luck with the moving! I had mix feeling when first time moving: excitement and fear at the same time. I remember my dog was not happy on the first day in the new house. He only wanted to sleep on top of our old blanket, perhaps the smell of old house still there..
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I bet you’re right on the blanket – Choppy seemed to adjust right away. I think it was something about having space again, and a big yard. She seems to have settled in just fine. Now, if we could just get someone to come unpack all these boxes…
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moving is never easy! Wishing you the best of luck!
DakotasDen
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Thank you! We’re about halfway there. Lots of furniture remains, though, so perhaps I should try to think of it as more like 1/3 of the way there!
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Happy unpacking 🙂
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Thanks! What we really need is help with the task!
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I could loan you my army of 475 Garfields except they are inanimate furballa LOL! Take it easy and unpack with jugs of Margheritas 😀 it was be easier LOL!!
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I could use 475 movers at this point!
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Freundliche Grüsse, Wolfgang
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