I'm back, unpacked and in complete disaster mode...

So what to do in disaster mode? Why fix a big cup of coffee and sit on the floor in front of my make-shift computer to catch up with email!!

We are in our house with ALL of our stuff - the movers came at 8 on Monday and by time they left at 3, the two semi's were unloaded and the had unpack almost every box, leaving things in piles on the counters and floors ( there were 7 of them and they worked fast - the falling snow and negative temperature will make them work quick!). I'm so glad that I won't have to unpack but a few stragglin boxes, but seeing piles of stuff is overwhelming! I'm such a procrastinator though that I can walk around boxes, I cannot walk around piles (at least for too long!), but it makes me realize that we have too much unneeded stuff that will be heading to Goodwill.

Alex and I had a transition meeting yesterday with the old school district and the one that we're in now - GOOD news, he's enrolled, his super-sweet teacher was at the meeting - we're gonna love her and we're touring his class on Tuesday at which time they'll give us the date/time for his IEP meeting. So at the IEP meeting they'll give us his starting date. He'll be going M-F, 9:00-1:00, eating lunch there and taking the bus to and from school (I really like taking him, but because of the road conditions, the bus is the smarter option - man he'd be late every day if I had to take him!). Such wonderful news there!

Another goodness that has happened is that my craft room is gonna be ALL mine - hehe! After only half the boxes were unpacked in my room, the mover told Andy that there was NO more room, so that's where the majority of the boxes that need unpacking are. Andy said that I have TOO much stuff and he was very worried that there was no room for the computer, so would I want the room to myself and have the computer in the small room off of the kitchen?? Heck yes! I have to say that I love having the computer near by to chat over at j4k, look at my saved ideas, scan in layouts, etc. while crafting, but to have the whole room just for my stuff - looooooove it (I sang that, you're lucky not to have heard it, it wasn't pretty!), I might even make a pretty little sign for the door that says, "no boys allowed" - hehe! Andy did have the cable guy activate the outlet in my room in case we upgrade computers, he'll give me the old one, but what he doesn't realize is that I WILL be taking my mack-daddy printer/scanner with me.

Okay, enough rambling, I need to get over to j4k to see all of the awesome stuff the girlies have been up to while I've been away and then I'll get back to work on the piles.

Have a happy day!

Quick check-in.....

The house is now ours (notice I didn't say closing went well, it was an experience, but all said and done, the house belongs to us!) and we couldn't be happier!

Our realtor came over with a bobcat to clear our driveway (it hasn't been done at all this winter and after both he and Andy drove their 4wheel drive trucks on it, it wasn't pretty!) and heavily salted it, then took Andy out for beers to help him relax after a very stressful day!

Realtor Shawn also told us to go to Appliance Smart to get our appliances and all I can say is WOW! We walked out of there with a gas dryer, frig and stove for what we had budgeted just for a frig! YAY - it was so fun to walk into the store and pick exactly what I wanted, getting the upgraded stove even (thanks Leah for your advice, love you!).

So today the temp is supposed to peak above freezing (high of 2!) and we're going to pack up LOTS of stuff from here and head to the house. Andy's boss is helping him move the new appliances into their perspective spots. The movers are coming tomorrow - woo hoo. The unpackers are coming on Tuesday. We will be in our house Tuesday for good (we have to be out of the apartment by midnight on Tuesday) and have a meeting on Wednesday with our new school district to get Alex enrolled in school. Whew, my head is spinning, but it's a good thing!

BIG {{hugs}} to all of you for your thoughts and prayers, they were very appreciate and needed!