Moving = Not Fun

I am officially never moving again.  It's hard, tiring, hellacious work...especially in the 100 degree heat.  We got started at the crack of dawn this morning, and very thankfully, with Katie and Bryan's help.  It was so wonderful to have an extra set of hands to help me pack and to help Graham move the heavy stuff.  Twice the man power and twice the trucks makes all the difference! 

I forgot to take pictures of the major moving that happened today, but here's a few from one night this week when Graham and I moved a few things to storage.

 

This is the storage building before it got packed to the celing and out the front door!

This move has me feeling very out of sorts.  We have furniture and boxes everywhere.  Some things are in our storage building, others are in my mom's storage building, others in my dad's storage building, some in Page's attic, some at the new house, some at Pam & Gils, and the things we need to live for a month or so at my dad's house.  Very unorganized and I do NOT love it. 

Even though we worked ALL day today, we still aren't finished.  We've recruited Pam & Gil's help to finish off the moving and to help clean in the morning.  Woohoo!  We're hoping to get settled in over at Dad and Lisa's tomorrow evening so that we'll be ready for the work week.

I am sad that this is our last night at Rutledge Street.  We have really loved it here.  It has been such a perfect first home for us.  We've talked about all of the things we're going to miss, and the list seems to keep growing!  We have so loved being in Converse Heights, having the old craftsman style house, enjoying the tall ceilings, the little coal fire place (which sold me on this house the minute we saw it), and all the character that old houses offer.  There are so many great memories at this house will all of our family and friends. 

I think I'm definitely going to miss our front porch the most. I love swinging or rocking when the weather's nice, and our porch is perfect!  It's like an extra room in the house and I so enjoyed it.

This house is also so close to the Broomes.  It's definitely going to be different living more than walking distance away. 

Okay...sniff, sniff. 

Even though it's sad to leave, there is so much we are looking forward too! More than one bathroom is going to be so wonderful. Having a lot of land and privacy is on the top of Graham's list. Oh, and more storage!! Can't wait!  My Christmas stuff won't have to be stored in the crawl space any more!

We close on both houses in 5 days.  Fingers still crossed that all runs smoothly and this whole plan/move actually works!