One Week Later

I have worked to the point of exhaustion ALMOST every day since we arrived. It's finally starting to show. It took about three days to unpack and organize the kitchen. If only we DIDN'T cook...

The dining room was next because it was fairly easy to tackle. Everything that was going in the dining room was going back into the furniture just the way it was in Allentown. The unpacking wasn't bad but the amount of packaging I was dealing with was unbelievable. It was all stacked in the hallways for a couple of days and I finally got the boxes broken down last night and this morning.

So formal....I can't believe this is my house....

My mom has a fantastic pair of chandaliers that are coming to live here. One is going to be perfect for this room! That bare bulb in the middle of the tray ceiling IS a look...

I also have to say something about the color. I would never have picked this color, and I thought it was going to go immediately. It really looks better than the photos show. My interior photography leaves something to be desired.

The family room is a bit of a conundrum. I don't really like the furniture arrangement, but it seems to be the only way to work it and accomidate a tv (read BIG tv). The tv has yet to be purchased....but the space is there and waiting. We are temporarily putting the shelving from Aaron's office all around the house, with the bulk of it going into the family room. All of this is on walls not shown in the photos, because there's nothing really to see (yet).

The room visible in the back is the eating area of the kitchen. It's actually the same color as the family room but the sun is playing tricks. I happen to be happy with the color. I'm sure I wouldn't have had the guts to pick it....but it works with everything we have.

The living room is moving along but I'm not posting that until I get a couple more things settled in there. It still is home to a lot of stray stuff. Our bedroom is nearly untouched. On the second day, I pulled my clothes out of the wardrobes and hung them in the closet...and the shelf/rod thingy promptly pulled out of the wall. I had a closet guy in today. I'm done messing with that.

Adrienne got her room in order in the short time she was here. She wanted it ready and waiting when she makes her first trip back. Arielle has been working hard on getting her things organized. She has BIG decorating plans (starting with a green shag rug) and that will be underway soon. Joel got a couple of pieces of furniture from Ikea and he actually assembled his dresser all by himself!!! The only thing holding him back on doing the bed frame on his own was the size and weight of the pieces. It was just to clumsy for him to handle alone. His room has it's usual pig sty look going so, as soon as we get things in order there, I'll post a photo.

So, things are moving along. I feel like it's progressing at a decent rate. I'm trying to be realistic about how much can be done in a day and the fact that there are things that are just going to have to slide for quite a while. But, I'm feeling like I'm almost to the point that I can do something else during one or two of my waking hours. YAY!!!

Moving Day

Moving day was upon us a day earlier than expected. Joel, Adrienne, Adam, Berkeley and I drove out to Long Island late on August 21 to be ready to meet the movers early on August 22. Moving is a bitch. Unpacking is a bitch cubed. I had hoped to get this journal started as soon as the computers were unpacked (while still "stealing" broadband), but there are only so many hours in a day.

So, six days into this adventure and finally, I get some pictures up to share. I guess it's good that progress is being made.


Day 1:
I moved the car out onto the cul de sac to make room for the moving trucks to pull in and noticed this view of the house. I like it better than the straight on shot. This is where we live!

As the stuff came in, I was overwhelmed as the movers asked where everything went. There were things I obviously could place quickly, but many things that I just had to make my best guess. I know that there's going to be lots of rearranging done in the next few months. And the boxes!!! Oh my god....I can't believe the boxes. It really is disgusting to think of all the material that was used to package our stuff up for just a few days. Now....I am beginning to have to figure out how to get rid of all the refuse. The boxes are recyclable, but it looks like the paper is destined for a landfill. They'll only take it a small bit at a time so maybe I'll be able to figure out a more environmentally friendly way to get rid of it in the next few days.

Anyway....when your house looks like this....




the only thing to do is get off your butt and get to WORK!!