I Can Almost Breathe a Sigh of Relief

So, our get-away last weekend was very nice, but definitely sent me into a state of panic once back home.  The past week was a blur as we prepared for closing and now the "Big Move", which is tomorrow.  Last week, we had the final loose ends that needed tired up: contacting the utility companies and letting them know when to transfer service (which Steve had to do the day of closing since his loser wife let it slip her mind all week), wiring the money to the mortgage company (another thing that poor Hubby had to deal with at the last minute, thanks to his wife's ineptitude), making sure all necessary T's were crossed and I's were dotted.  Notice my omission of mentioning packing anywhere in there... Accidentally omission?  No- as of today; there really has been no packing yet. And since both Hubby and I work today, I have a feeling that all remaining packing will have to take place tonight between the hours of 9pm and midnight.  This is unfortunately a trend with us and moving- we usually don't realize till the last minute and then we go, "Shit!  WHY didn't we start thinking about this a month ago?!"  and then everything gets thrown haphazardly into trash bags (unlabeled, of course, because that adds an extra element of surprise to it when you open a trash bag and find either it's the trash you forgot to set out a week ago or breakable things that SHOULD have been wrapped up, instead of just pitched into a trash bag and now, since you didn't take the time to properly secure said items, are broken).

Over the weekend, we spent a good portion of the time at the new house, painting and starting to hang blinds in the bedrooms (so the neighbors don't get to know us THAT well).  We found that one of our bedroom windows is just THAT much too small for the blind we'd ordered, so now we have to return it and special order the right-sized blind (Ouch; can you say twice as expensive?).  Painting was a success, though.  we managed to get both boys' rooms painted and they look GREAT.  I've learned that you get what you pay for, as far as paint goes and I'm now sold on Lowe's Valspar brand of paint.  We had several walls that we painted in dark colors and all of them were covered very well with just a coat of paint and some touching up; BIG improvement over the last time I painted (in the old house) when it took 4 or 5 coats of red paint to get the wall relatively covered... 

Now, we're coming up on the final move tomorrow.  The movers are coming at 8:45; right after we shoo the kids out the door for school.  The kids are excited; we're excited; I'm sure everyone who knows us are excited (so we'll finally shut up about the stupid house).  We have many, many other exciting projects left inside (hanging lights/ ceiling fans/ more blinds) before heading to the outside, where there's an endless list of projects awaiting us. 

When I can catch my breath, I'll post some pics of our journey.  It's been a long year for us and I'm very happy that it's almost complete.