Move, mover, movee?, moving, moved.

Verbs.  My life is FILLED with verbs.

Packing. Unpacking. Moving. Scheduling. Arranging. Hanging. Fixing. Rearranging. Buying. Selling. Washing. Cleaning. Settling.

So, here in Philly we were lucky and escaped the worst of Sandy's damage, my heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones, homes, livlihoods, and many other irreplaceable things.  There were power outages in the area, but we were lucky and didn't even experience that.  

During the storm, we moved.  We were scheduled to move, the movers called to confirm, and that pretty much sums it up.  The weather wasn't actually that bad during our move.  It was rainy, but not windy yet, so it wasn't great, but it could have been much, much worse.

Of course, we moved, but all the deliveries and hook ups were canceled (security, cable, mattress, furniture, roof inspecter, handyman) and the storage unit closed so the movers couldn't retreive our belongings from there, DRAT - I really, really WANT my sweaters back.  This coming weekend, instead of relaxing and settling in to our new home we will be waiting for people to come and go, putting various pieces of furniture together, and overseeing the delivery of our furniture/belongings from the storage unit.  The worst part about all of that (and this is silly, but it really is annoying) is that recycling day at our new place is on Fridays, so ALL of the boxes we are going accumulate in our living room this weekend are going to have to stay there for another whole week.  

Pixie has taken it all in stride, and we were worried, especially because Doggie Camp was closed due to the hurricane, so she was in the house for the move.  

She was one super tired puppy, she got in that bed as we were making it and she stayed.  For the first few days she didn't let either of us out of sight at all, but she's starting to settle in.  She really likes that she can see out the living room window - there is a SQUIRREL that goes in and out of tree just outside and she goes crazy.  It's nice to see her have something to entertain her when we are inside.

We were drowinging in boxes for the first few days, but we have been pretty determined about unpacking them even if we know that the place things are being put is not the place they are going to stay.

The biggest problem we've run into so far is that our gorgeous dining room set doesn't really fit.  I mean it FITS, but it doesn't fit.

So, we're having the movers put it in the storage unit and we'll have to figure out how to sell it.  It just completely overwhelms the room.  It's sad, it's a lovely set, and it was DH's mother's set, but it just doesn't fit.  And a side effect of this is that we have multiple boxes of curio-type things that now have absolutely nowhere to live, so we'll have to make some hard decisions there too.

Slowly but surely things are getting done, and all the things that didn't happen on Monday and Tuesday are happening this weekend, and then we will be even closer to actually being moved in.

Here's a parting shot - something that you will only see when the sunrise is at it's latest point (and can I tell you that I am CRAVING that extra hour we're getting Saturday night?), but look at this loveliness - 

I took some pics with my real camera too, and whenever I find some down time I'll edit them and share them as well.  I was late to work on my first day back after the move because of this, I couldn't tear myself away, it was just SO PRETTY.

Comments

[Jodi]

Congrats on the move and the good attitude! Sounds stressful, but so great to be in the new house, I'm sure.

Pixie looks adorable. What a trooper!

[ToniS]

Congratulations on your beautiful new home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jo]

If you're selling the beautiful dining furniture, you must be planning to stay. Glad you came through the storm in good order.