Since we moved into our new home at the beginning of this month, we have been busy settling in.
I know I haven’t been here as much and that is mainly because we are working so hard to get unpacked before school starts next Tuesday.
Not only do we need to get unpacked, we also need to get our garage cleared out and ready to store our new kitchen cabinetry when it arrives until we get the demo done and are ready to install.
I have to admit, moving 5 years ago with 2 less people was A LOT easier.
Moving 6 people, unpacking them, and getting them all settled is exhausting.
Having an infant in that mix who is still nursing, rarely naps, and just learned how to crawl also tends to slow things down.
So, I apologize for the lack of updates and hope you will continue to stop by and read my reviews, enter my giveaways, leave comments on the cute and awesome pictures I post of my kids, and just leave a message every now and then.
I am keeping my fingers crossed that next week when the kids (3 of them!!!!) head off to school, I will be able to have more time to blog while enjoying some 1 on 1 time with little Ellie.
Until then…..please bear with me.
Tag Archives: Moving
Always Have a Backup Plan!
During our recent move, I managed to misplace a few items that I will need in the next few months. You know, various items such as important paperwork that the kids will need for school, tax records, birth certificates, etc.
Although I misplaced the hard copies of these items, I am happy that I always make a digital copy of important information and that not only do I save it to my computer, but I always make sure to use my online backup program as well.
After reading a variety of reviews of online backup programs, I am happy that my internet service provider includes one for free with our service. Having this type of program always ensures that I will not lose anything important!
Do you keep digital copies of your important documents?
Goodbye E.A.R.L!
It’s official….after just over 5 years, we have said goodbye and moved from the place that kept a roof over our heads and have finally escaped the E.A.R.L. Just after midnight, on the morning of August 5th, Alex, the kids and I met my parents at our new home to finally show it to the kids.
Since we moved, we have been busy making the house beautiful. The first night we came in, we immediately pulled out the filthy white carpet to find this:
After some serious TLC of removing staples and tack strip, sweeping, vacuuming, AND oiling, the final result was wonderful!
Once we were finished with the living room floor, we moved on to removing carpet in the hallways and in Libby’s bedroom. Under one hallway we found a pretty decent 1970’s poured floor. In the other hallway, we uncovered peel and stick tile on top of another 1970’s poured floor. After removing the tiles, adhesive and years of dirt, we ended up with a pretty decent floor that will suffice until we lay the new floor.
Now that those few projects are done, we are busy unpacking the rest of the house and getting settled in before the next project begins.
The next project is taking our 1973 kitchen that currently looks like this (no, that is not our stuff, that is the previous owners).
And we are turning it into this!
It is going to look beautiful and I cannot wait to get it done and share pictures! I will be blogging through the whole process of demoing the current kitchen and installing the new one!
Until then, I have A LOT of unpacking to do! The cabinets have been ordered and now we just wait.
Always on the hunt
I have started looking for items online that I want for the new house and have been waiting to purchase them to make sure that I get the best deal on them. I am constantly on the hunt for voucher codes for different companies to help lower the costs as well.
Since we will be moving to a new home, I am planning things out both in my head and on paper. I have great plans to construct an awesome playroom and office in the basement so I can work while the little kids play. I have also been toying with the idea of setting up a work station for the kids as well complete with their own desktop computer. I have found some great dell coupon codes that might make the decision to purchase a new computer easier, but I will not be making that final decision until after we are moved and settled.
Other things I have been looking for are an island with a butcher block top that I found on Facebook. A friend of mine just happened to post to a group that she had an island for sale and I snatched it up for a cool $50 and cannot wait to get it in our kitchen! I’m also on the hunt for a great deal on loft beds as I am wanting to buy 3 of them….now I just need to find a company that will give me a nice discount for buying 3 at once!
Until we move at the end of August I will be on the hunt for more great deals to help turn our new house into our happy home.
What do you do to help save?
Preparing for the BIG move
We’re moving.
Just a few blocks from where we are currently living.
The house isn’t getting bigger but we are losing the den/office area we currently have and gaining a 4th bedroom.
Oh, and no more E.A.R.L. (for you newbies, E.A.R.L. is short for Evil Anal Retentive Landlord).
Not only are we finally going to be free of E.A.R.L. but we will also have the freedom to do as we please.
We get to paint, decorate, have a dog, a sandbox, a garden and really….anything else we want to do.
We aren’t moving until mid-August but we have been busy preparing for the BIG move for the last 2 weeks.
Winter clothes are packed along with a majority of our other clothing to help reduce the laundry that needs to be done until we move and to ensure I am not packing boxes and boxes of clothes at the last minute.
All of our pictures and knick-knacks are packed away.
The basement is organized and ready to go.
We have been clearing out the clutter and sending things off to Goodwill.
Everyone in the family is excited to move.
Our new house is lovely!
It is just perfect for our family of 6!
4 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms and a very inviting living space that is open to the kitchen. There is also a full basement that gives us plenty of options and that is where our new office will be located and hopefully a 5th bedroom at some point as well. We are also on a huge lot so our new backyard offers a ton of space for some fun and it includes 2 apple trees and a garden I can’t wait to get my hands on.
We are also very excited to have a HUGE 2.5 stall extra deep garage that will finally give us the space to store all of the kids toys, the van and other items we currently have crammed in there. The garage also have a built in work bench and I will finally have somewhere to keep my tools and I can get a toolbox!!! (Yes, I WANT A TOOLBOX OF MY OWN!!!)
Did I mention that the house is also right across the street from a park??
It also happens to be right in the area I grew up in as a kid.
Across the street in one direction is the townhouse my parents and sister lived in while my mom was pregnant with me.
Down the rode in the cul-de-sac is the duplex I lived in with my parents and sister until I was 4 and my parents bought their first home.
Directly across the street and out our new front window in the townhouse I lived in with Zack and Libby when I met the Alex.
This is MY neighborhood!
We are all looking forward to the move and cannot wait to be in our new home!