Doug brought it home Tuesday after work. We got busy. Mind you, I had been busy for about a week or so - boxing and packing almost everything in the whole house. Anyway, we started loading our stuff. We were making progress when Al Wolf came by to see if he could help. YES! So he stayed for a few hours and helped. Well by about 10 or so we were pooped. Our backs hurt, our feet hurt, our arms hurt , everything hurt. We went to bed and were almost done. We had luckily decided to put quite a bit out on the back patio. Also we had quite a bit on the driveway. And even though we didn't think we would fill up the truck - it was pretty much filled up.
The next morning Doug and I got our bed out and a couple of other things and he left for work. There were several boxes and bins I thought I could move around from room to room as they did their work. NOT! When they came in at about 8:30 they tore into every room at once. So I stacked the bathrooms fuller than they already were.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE THIS MUCH JUNK??!!
My long day of standing and waiting began. I could really only stand in the kitchen or in one of the bathrooms. So I spent a lot of my day doing that. Also we had a small table and chairs on the driveway. So I spent some time there as well. By 10:30 or 11 they had all the pad laid down and the carpet was rough cut and rolled out in the appropriate rooms. But they didn't get everything finished until about 3:30.
At about 4 dad came home and the unloading began (we needed to get the truck back by 4 Thursday afternoon - and actually we wanted dad to be able to drive it in on his way to work). This time we worked alone - no Al. And slowly but surely everything on the truck came back into the house. Our goal was to get everything we needed into the family room and living room and I would spend the day getting everything into place so when Shayla - the dog I am dog sitting for 2 weeks - came over at 2 things would at least appear to be mostly normal. And I did successfully get that done. And yes Thursday morning dad took the truck back to U Haul. We have been working pretty hard at getting stuff unpacked. Making it fit like it did before will be tricky.
Today is Saturday and we still have some stuff on the driveway - organ (anyone want an organ?), shelves, end table thingys, etc. We also still have our freezer on the back patio. Dad was called in to work today so I'm not sure we'll get this stuff in today or not. Either way, my forearms and fingers are sore from so much grasping and holding of heavy things. My body looks like a punching bag. I have lots of bruises. But I have lots of work to do so I must press on. I will just chip away at it a little at a time.
As for the carpet - welove it! Especially the stuff in the family/dining room. The other stuff is nice and plush but it gave us a new problem - it is so plush that the bedroom and closet doors can't swing. So all the doors are on the driveway awaiting some resolution of the problem. That was not something we planned for. Oh and as for the 7 years bad luck. I was trying to re-attach the mirror to our dresser during the day and all alone. I had it all lined up just perfectly and balanced on the edge when one little movement made the whole thing slowly slide back and then down. There was nothing I could do. And sure enough the frame and mirror broke - so if the saying holds true I'll have 7 years bad luck. That takes me through 2015. I sure hope not!
At about 4 dad came home and the unloading began (we needed to get the truck back by 4 Thursday afternoon - and actually we wanted dad to be able to drive it in on his way to work). This time we worked alone - no Al. And slowly but surely everything on the truck came back into the house. Our goal was to get everything we needed into the family room and living room and I would spend the day getting everything into place so when Shayla - the dog I am dog sitting for 2 weeks - came over at 2 things would at least appear to be mostly normal. And I did successfully get that done. And yes Thursday morning dad took the truck back to U Haul. We have been working pretty hard at getting stuff unpacked. Making it fit like it did before will be tricky.
Today is Saturday and we still have some stuff on the driveway - organ (anyone want an organ?), shelves, end table thingys, etc. We also still have our freezer on the back patio. Dad was called in to work today so I'm not sure we'll get this stuff in today or not. Either way, my forearms and fingers are sore from so much grasping and holding of heavy things. My body looks like a punching bag. I have lots of bruises. But I have lots of work to do so I must press on. I will just chip away at it a little at a time.
As for the carpet - welove it! Especially the stuff in the family/dining room. The other stuff is nice and plush but it gave us a new problem - it is so plush that the bedroom and closet doors can't swing. So all the doors are on the driveway awaiting some resolution of the problem. That was not something we planned for. Oh and as for the 7 years bad luck. I was trying to re-attach the mirror to our dresser during the day and all alone. I had it all lined up just perfectly and balanced on the edge when one little movement made the whole thing slowly slide back and then down. There was nothing I could do. And sure enough the frame and mirror broke - so if the saying holds true I'll have 7 years bad luck. That takes me through 2015. I sure hope not!
Here is the new carpeting. The family room has flecked carpeting. The best thing is that where the carpet meets the tile it looks great now!
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