Getting Gone

We are officially out of our home {bittersweet}.

Movers came last week and had the entire house packed and loaded all in one day.

It was a whirlwind of chaos, but very efficient and kinda nice that it all happened at once. We basically moved everything we didn't want packed into one main room and told the packers to steer clear of that room.

Oh my goodness it was a disaster! We couldn't even walk in the room at one point...but slowly we got it all organized and somehow made it out!

Right now we are in Albuquerque. We left Portales on Tuesday and we will leave here on Saturday. We don't actually have our plane tickets yet, so still no word on our actual leave date...we have a general time frame.

As it gets closer we get a bit more nervous, but deep down we are just excited and ready to get there!

{Break time during the move!}

Goodbye Sweet Romeo

Today Jon and I drove to Dallas and said goodbye to my sweet Romeo. It was a hard goodbye to make, but a very necessary one. We figured it was just another car payment, and since the AF wouldn't store it, our best option was to sell. He was a great little vehicle for me and my first big purchase with Jon. This Jeep brought us to Abilene, and brought our baby boy home from the hospital. Such awesome memories. Goodbye, my friend!

 

Just one step closer to our actual move date! This week is going to be super crazy.

Tomorrow and Monday are set aside for organizing the house between items we are going to store and ones we will take. Movers will be here Tuesday to start packing!

 

 

and the winner is........

 

MONICA CAROLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

with a guess of 737 pounds!

 

Our actual pounds in our first shipment was

 

Thank you all for playing our first game!!!!! <3>

Competition #1

So we have a few ideas to try to get our family involved in our move! It's nothing extravagant, and some may think it's silly, but we want you all to experience some of this with us so that we can feel our family and friends throughout each step! SO here goes.

 

COMPETITION NUMERO UNO!

 

For our first shipment we were allotted 900 lbs. We didn't have a scale or anything, we basically just put it all in a room and hoped we were within limits. Well, today we got the final "poundage" of our shipment from our movers and your job is to guess how many pounds we were at! Below is a picture of the room...

Now, I did add a few things, and there are a couple things you can't see so I will try to help you out there as best I can. On the far left side we have the big pack of toilet paper and paper towels, and we added a desk that we bought (semi-small from my IKEA trip!), and I also added an extension cord, and a pack of straws from WalMart. Can't tame me, i'm a wild one ;)

 

The way to submit a guess!

-comment on this post!

-comment on the link I have on facebook leading you to this post

-send me an email :)

 

Winner will be announced tomorrow night at 7pm our time.

What does this winner get?....

WINNER GETS THE FIRST PHONE CALL WE MAKE FROM JAPAN!

 

so you better make a guess!!!!!!!!!!! only one guess per person! and no changing your guess once it's submitted!!!!!!

READY, SET, GUESS!

 

ps.

we will have another competition soon, so keep an eye out! ;)

An insight into a crazy mind

This above saying rings so true with me right now! I find myself going absolutely crazy with all the things running through my mind lately...between work, school, packing, toddler time, life, bills, dogs...it all starts to pile up. So this post is two-fold. It will give you an insight into my [crazy] mind, but it will also allow me the opportunity to write down everything that has my mind on overload. And let's face it, sometimes making a list is just the easiest thing to do.

READY.SET.PREPARE YOURSELF

• Dogs gotta go to the vet tomorrow, gotta get them caught up on shots and all their records in order for my mom
• I have my dentist appointment tomorrow. last one. big YAY.
• movers Tuesday. nuff' said.
• [^I wish nuff' said...]
• gotta get the final things together...toaster, bedding in space savers, extension cord, toys,
• oh that reminds me, clean logan's room
• clean my room (like that's gunna happen)
• 2 weeks left of school, 4 papers left to write. lord help me.
• {screaming toddler, can't think}
• need to look at a stroller for our travels
• need to look for a fan
• water bill due this week
• gotta clean real good tomorrow (sending my mop and vacuum in our shipment Tuesday)
• oh crud. I need to borrow a mop and vacuum before we actually move so I can clean.
• need to clean out the jeep and take it to a dealer to see what they will buy it for

ok i'm done for now. may not seem like much, but if you could see my house right now, and then know that in 12 days it has to be empty and spotless...you would probably be like, "good luck, sister!" ;) It'll all come together, of this I have no doubt. Now that we are down to crunch time, it's just a little bit more stressful, like most moves are. But it'll all be great! and if my above worries are the small sacrifice for the adventure that lies ahead...I wouldn't trade it for a bit.

Down to the days

Well folks, we are less that 72 hours away before the movers arrive for our first shipment. The house has officially exploded into a hot mess. We figured we would put all our items for this first shipment into one room...which I still think was a great idea, but in the midst of it all I feel as though my house is a disaster. We spent most of today in the garage, organizing and sorting through what is going into storage, what we are taking, and what we are selling...which resulted in an impromptu garage sell, and while it may not look like it, the garage is pretty much set.

We put tape down the middle of the garage; one side is storage, one side is take. Anything we didn't sell today got loaded up and taken down to the Salvation Army. We haven't even started on the inside though. Since we know we are downsizing, we have lots to go through. I've pretty much sorted through my closet but now we have to sort through what we are taking during our travels and what we are putting in our "to check" baggage.

I've basically started to just take one day at a time, if I think any further ahead I freak out and become crazy overwhelmed. So as of now, we are putting the last minute touches on our express shipment items which will get picked up at the beginning of this week!

Today marks 13 days left in our home. So crazy. To know that in 13 days this house will be empty, kinda freaks me out! haha. It'll all be worth it, but good golly, this is a lot of work!

 

Also wanted to update everyone on our going away parties...

We will be having our party in Portales on Aug 10 and one in Abq on Aug 16. We will head back to Abilene on August 17th to finish up things here.

 

Getting closer...

As we head into a new week we are literally days away from this move becoming reality. Next week our mover's come for our first shipment. This entails about 900 lbs of the stuff we will want right away. Basically stuff that gets there faster as it is shipped by air and not boat! So about a week ago I made a list of some of the "basics" that I imagine we will want right away...pillows, pots, pans, hangers, shower curtain...etc. all the big furniture and stuff will come much later. Since Jon doesn't have any days off before the packers show up, we opted to get a head start on it all today...

We figured if we put everything in one room, we can just direct the packers into one place, rather than scramble all over the house that day and get something we don't need, or forget something we do. So the toy room is now packing central. May not seem like much, but we are just getting started. I imagine our 900 lbs will go fast! haha. Thankfully my mama is coming in this week to help!

Hope everyone is doing well. I know we haven't been the best at keeping in touch lately. As August approaches we become more and more crazy. School will come to an end around August 11 and start up again around the 26th. So much to do! So little time!