"Moving In" Day!

Hey everyone.  Before I share a few pics of moving in day, I just want to thank each and everyone who has made such sweet comments on my last few posts.  Sorry, I'm too busy to respond to each of you individually, but I truly appreciate ya'll.  Hopefully I'll get my head above water here soon & get back to visiting each of you.  I MISS ya'll!

I can't say enough about the professionalism of this moving company, Always Professional in Moving.  The owner, Ray, was right on-time, arriving at our new home at 7 a.m.  The very first thing he did was put down  long blue cloths that stretched from well outside each entry & then into the house.  This was to clean the hand-truck wheels before they ever went onto our carpet.  They unloaded the flatbed first.

Several of the crew had been with us during the "Move Out" day, but there were a few newbies, too.  After unloading most of the garage (The Man's stuff.....lol!) & lots of boxes, Ray herded the crew into our laundry room to wash up before they started handling our furniture.  I was sooooo impressed!

They used large sheets of plywood to section the truck & keep things from shifting.

The Boss Man kept shouting orders of caution & instruction.  I heard lots of  "rack 'em, stack 'em."  They would sort and stack the boxes according to the room locations (I had marked those rooms clearly on each box) & as soon as there were 4 boxes for a particular room, one of the crew would slip them onto an awaiting hand-truck.  They were definitely "worker bees" that day.

Prior to the movers' arrival, I put directional sheets all around the house so they would know where things should be located.  I had also made little marks on the walls where things needed to be centered.  They always made sure that any electrical cords were easily accessible for us.

I have unpacked about 75 boxes so far, and there has been no damage or breakage.  The kitchen is all unpacked, & my FiestaWare dishes are all safe & sound.....WHEW!  

It feels so truly wonderful to be in our new home.  The Man is retiring at the end of the month, so he can be here full-time, too.  Even-though it felt like this whole "buying-selling-moving" process had taken a long time, it really has only been 9 months since we made the decision that we wanted to move to this area.  That's a lot of juggling in a short period of time, well, at least it is for us "older folks!"  We feel truly blessed that everything has fallen into place.

Again, thank you for hanging in there with me & for stopping by.  Please come again soon.

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Help Me, I'm Drowning in a Sea of Boxes!

Hey everyone.  I'm just kidding about the "drowning bit," well, sort of kidding......teehee!  Unpacking is a whole lot more fun than packing, but it is a ton of work.  I'm not ready to show you any rooms yet, but thought I'd share some of what went on just before and during "Moving Day."

Well, ya'll know I've been packing for a loooong time, so we were truly ready the day before the "Big Move."  I was even able to get a "hair fix" from my wonderful hairdresser who I will truly miss.  I had packed almost 200 boxes.

The mover "Always Professional in Moving" had a 4 hour drive just to get to us, but arrived promptly at 8:30, first with a pickup and flatbed trailer.........

and then with the big truck.  Please forgive the strange fuzzy cast on some of the pics.  It was so humid that day, my camera lens fogged up each time I went out to take a photo.

I couldn't believe how quickly these guys worked, even with the heat.

That's the "Boss Man" on the truck directing his crew.  He stayed in the back of the truck most of the time, making certain the items were packed just right.  It was rather interesting to watch.

They brought plenty of wardrobe boxes -- thank you, thank you, thank you!  We used 5 or 6, I think.

I was kind of getting nervous because the truck was filling up and there was still so much yet to go on.

That's our mattress getting lashed on right there.

Here's a closeup.  There was just enough room to completely fill the remaining space with the small-size boxes -- just barely.  They told me it was so much easier to pack our things because we had used regular packing boxes, & they could all fit together like a puzzle.  We got them at Lowes, and used 3 different sizes but more smalls than anything.

All of The Man's tools went on the flatbed trailer, plus a few other things.   

This made me nervous until........

I saw how well they strapped everything down.

These guys worked so hard, and had everything loaded & were driving away in 3 1/2 hours!

I took one last spin through the house.  The Man will be returning to Yuma & staying in the house for a couple of weeks.  He has a few loose ends to tie up at work before he officially retires.  During that time, he will do the touch-up painting, etc.

The very bare studio.

I hope you enjoyed the "moving experience" with me.  My next post will be shorter, but will cover the "Moving In" part of the experience.  It seemed too much to do all in one post.  I love ya & didn't want to bore you to death.  Anyway, I hope you'll return for the next installment of this "journey."  As always, thanks so much for stopping by & please come again soon.

CAS

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A Little Something That Just Has To Make You Smile

One more day till "moving day," so I'm about to sign off completely for awhile, at least until I get my internet set up at the new house.  I have to leave you with something that just has to make you smile.  At least it makes this Nana smile!

This is Avery Quinn and she is just now 6 months old!  She is always smiling and has such a great personality.  She is just one of the 6 sweeties luring The Man and I to the Phoenix area.

Are you smiling yet?

Ya'll take care, and I'll be back as soon as I can to share the continuing saga of 

our move and the settling-in process.

CAS