"It's in the brown cardboard box marked..."

Well, we are all in moved in! I would first like to thank everyone who helped us this past weekend! We wouldn't have done it in such record time without you!! We had three cars, three pick-up trucks and trailers and five sweaty men helping us load and unload everything. Thank you Dad, David, John, Barrett and Larry! We also had help from my mom and sister, Jennifer, when it came to cleaning. Surprisingly, we were almost as sweaty as the men! Who in their right mind picks the first day of summer to move? Oh, wait...anyway. Thank you Mom and Jennifer. (Not to mention the inventor of the vacuum!)

The dogs love the new big yard, but Michael is still working on doggy proofing it. It's a chain-link fence that my clever girls can climb. So he is working on a hot-wire. It's been successful so far. All three dogs have gotten a taste of the fence. Once he's done then the two girls, Daisy and Gretchen, will become outdoor dogs. Not exactly great timing with summer here, but we will definitely be mindful of the weather. Frito will still live in the lap of luxury indoors. (Luxury in doggy standards anyway.)

We are really enjoying the new place. It's much smaller than we're used to so we've had to down-size quite a bit. We'll be planning a yard sale pretty soon to clear out what we don't need. Sadly, it's a lot more than we could have ever imagined. So, if anyone needs something, anything, just ask because it's possible we may have it in our "yard sale" pile. We are of course surrounded by boxes that are yet to be unpacked and think to ourselves, "Will this ever end?" This is the part I hate most about moving. I would rather take out only the essentials and leave everything else boxed. I hate unpacking. I can pack boxes all day long, I love it! (I think it's the OCD.) But when it comes to undoing all that work, it makes me cringe!

The hardest part is no matter how well you've labeled each box you're still wandering around the house with the same puzzled expression on your face asking, "Have you seen...?" Then receiving the answer that you dread, "It's in the brown box marked...!" Really? Because I wouldn't have guessed it was in the BROWN box! Slowly but surely we are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel of cardboard and poppy paper. We have two, almost three, of the most vital rooms completed. (the living room, bathroom and kitchen!) My sister helped me out with the bathroom. I was quickly losing my motivation and was glad she came over last night to help!

I wouldn't dare post pictures of rooms filled with boxes. In fact I refuse to even document that. So, once every thing's done I will get pictures up...once I find the brown box with my camera!