Yeah!

Yes,  I made it to my new home………It was one hell of a drive,  but we made it safe and sound.     We have been busy busy busy from morning to night,   and I fall into bed each night exhausted.    I still have lots to do,   but I am here.    I will be able to write quite a bit more in the upcoming days,    but I don’t have much time to sit here and write out a long blog.    Way too much to do still!

I will  write more tomorrow evening and the next night.     It has been really fun for us so far,   and between unpacking,  getting the kids enrolled into school and running to this store for this and that store for that,  we have not even had much time for any fun sightseeing yet.     But I feel that we have the rest of our lives here to do so.

With that,   time to get back to unpacking all the many many things I have.      Feel free to drop me a line and ask me anything!!!

Kisses and warm hugs everyone!!!
XOXXXOXOXOXOXO

Wow,  what a ride this all has been!!

Just think that in 24some hours from now we will be on the road,   starting a new life in a whole new place.   A place we have been longing to be.    It all seems so unreal yet to me.     I am feeling really emotional right now,  and I didn’t think I would be.    My whole life from the time I left my Mothers womb,  to now has been spent here.   I will miss some of it.    But I am also looking forward to the change.

Last night my Dad had us all meet up for pizza for our one last dinner together.    It was actually bitter-sweet.    There were quite a few emotions,   some not shown,  but I know they are there.    I felt like I was almost saying good bye forever,  but I know that I am not.   We will be around again someday.    Besides,  I am just a phone call away.   Sometimes hearing someones voice and feeling they are near can be good enough.

Today is crunch day.    Make sure this house is prim and proper,   all the final things are packed onto the trailer and truck that my Dad rented for us.     If it wasn’t for him,  I would have been forced to leave behind some of the things that really meant a lot to me,  as they wouldn’t fit onto the truck.    That was very very nice of him to do.    He said last night that where we are moving to,  it is a good 900 miles from here.   Wow,  just think of that.    That is quite a good distance!!     I will just be happy when we get there.

My internet and tv will be shut off some time today,  so I thought I would blog one final time before hitting the road.    I will have access again on Monday,  so that isn’t too bad.    Hopefully on Monday night,  I will get another blog entry back up so you all know that I made it safe and sound.

Yesterday we hit 65 degrees,  and it was so nice.   Today they are calling for 2-3″ of rain/snow mix.   Go figure!    Just exactly the kind of weather that I definitely will not miss.     So many changes ahead.   I welcome them all with open arms.   Everyone in life needs a change at some point.    This just happens to be one of the biggest we will have made.

Oh how tired I am.   It is only 5:00 AM here,   and I just couldn’t sleep any longer.   My mind is full of too many thoughts.    Sleep will come again tonight for me.    The last night here.     The moving company called yesterday already and said that the truck is due to arrive today.    I was like:   “What already??”    We won’t be there until Sunday evening,  but they will deliver our goods on Monday instead.    That is good.    So it looks like we may only be sleeping on the floor at the new place for only 1 night instead of 2.     That much better to me!   I will be very happy to have my bed back again.   I know the kids will be also.

Today is their last day at their school.    The teachers have some nice things planned for them.   I know they will adapt fine.    Within a couple of weeks,  they will make new friends.     Kids adjust easier than people give them credit for.    I do expect a few attitude problems (not like there isn’t any now),  but I will be more understanding when/if it does happen.    To me that is all human nature.    As long as they have Mommy and Daddy,  they will be happy.    We are rarely ever apart from them,   so they lean on us quite a bit,  and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Well even though I am awake before the birds,   I feel like I should put a dent into my cleaning,  so off I go to start the final stages of that.     It is amazing how fast the day goes by when you have so much to do.

TGIF everyone!!   I will be back online in a few days………..Try not to miss me too much!!!

Lots of love and warm wishes to you all (and me as well)!!!!  Talk again in a few days!!   MUAH!

I am sitting on my quite cold basement floor typing away……..Not much time to spend,  but wanted to drop a quick note and say how I am doing.

So far,  all is going well.    The truck was delivered on Monday,   and husband and I spent a good 3 hours loading boxes,  bags and small stuff onto it.    When we were done for the night,   I told him that I had a feeling that not all of my stuff would fit.    Tuesday night the movers came over (around 6:45PM) and started moving the furniture into the truck.     It was like a puzzle,   putting the pieces of furniture just right here and there to get the most out of the space that was available.    They did an awesome job.     5 hours later they were done.    Exhausted,  tired,   happy to be done.    We chatted with them for another 40 some minutes and by the time they left and we finally hit the air mattress bed,    it was almost 2:00AM.     I don’t know if that air mattress is that comfortable,  or if we didn’t notice because we were both so damn tired.

Either way we slept well.   I only woke up early this AM to the sound of the TV downstairs blaring at the highest volume from my Son.    The new house will be bigger,   so I am hoping the noise level will be more contained.      I have so much more to talk about and things to report,   but I am quite tired tonight.   I will write more tomorrow.      I have not had a chance to be online the last few days,   but rest assured,  I am here.

Enjoy your Thursday tomorrow everyone!!!!

What a weekend!     Last night we went out with some friends,  had a good time.    I drank too much,  as the chocolate martini’s went down too smoothly.    Tasted like chocolate milk to me.      Of course it didn’t mix well with a Mai Tai that I drank earlier,   so I ended up nice and sick.       Today was a very crappy day at first,  with my hangover.     Now I truly do not understand those people that go out every weekend drinking.    I am so glad that I rarely ever do it.    Now after last night,   I won’t be ready to have another night like that for a good year.    The feeling afterwards is terrible,  and definitely not worth it.

So we are very very close to done being packed.     Now we have the stress of matching paint to these walls here.    The Landlord didn’t leave any useable paint behind,   so all we had was the color swatches and codes on top of each can.      So tonight we tried to touch up an area on the wall that we had mixed,  and lo and behold,  the damn color is off!    So pissed!    We cannot return the paint,  and now we have to wait and see if the Landlord will expect us to repaint the whole entire room now.    OH MY GOD!   That had better not be the case.    I don’t have time for that nonsense.     The only stressful thing now is the frickin painting here.    This is one of those times that I would love to say “Fuck it” and leave.     If only!

Oh well,   at least my headache is finally gone tonight.   Sure took a while.    I really look forward to sleep tonight.    I was sure that with the daylight savings time change,  my Son would be awake even earlier than usual,  but he wasn’t!    That was a very good thing this morning.

Tomorrow the moving truck will be delivered.    Tomorrow night we will be super busy loading it full of our boxes.    Tuesday the moving men come and load the big stuff and then off it goes……..It will be a big sigh of relief once it is all loaded up.

I am incredibly exhausted,  so I think I am very ready for bed soon.

Happy Monday tomorrow everyone!!!

XOXOXOXOXOXO

I am so damn tired tonight that I am going to crash very soon!

I was a super busy beaver (not literally of course) today…………And tonight even!   Now my house is very empty.   The Landlord did a tour of the house last night with us,   so we know exactly what to do after all the furniture is gone.     We will have about 3 days to do the deep cleaning,  so that is nice.

This weekend will be very busy again.   Every day next week will be the same way,   maybe not as crazy on Wednesday or Thursday,   but that would not be a bad thing,  let me tell you.     Even when we finally get to our new home,   we will be very busy for several days,  maybe even weeks.      We meet with the school on that Wednesday to enroll the kiddos and I am thinking they will start that Thursday already.     Give them a chance to get familiar with the new school,   make a friend or two.     I am still quite excited about all the changes ahead.      I just wish it was all complete now,  but am working on the patience factor of mine……..Gets better with age!   Just like fine wine………

Tomorrow night we are going out together,  with friends for once in a very long time!!!   How cool is that?   My hubs already got a great table reserved for all of us,  so all we have to do is show up,  sit down and have fun the rest of the night.     It will be very nice to be out with other adults.     Goodness knows that I don’t get out hardly ever.    I used to go out once in a great while with my old GF,   but she is a just a major piece of work.   I have had no desire to talk to her in some time now.     Life is stressful enough,  don’t need any added drama from a “friend”.    If that is what it is like,  then I would rather not have a friend at all!!

Time for me to get some needed rest.    I have not had a full night of solid sleep in some time now.    I woke up way too early today,  and I am hoping,  just hoping that maybe tonight my sleep will be better.    It will catch up to me sooner or later.    It usually does for us all……

Kisses night night everyone!!    Have a fantastic weekend!!!

Wow,  I have been away for a good what 2 days now?

Well I have been super duper busy…………Been packing like a wild woman.    I am now officially a good 3/4 done!   The truck is being delivered Monday,  and the moving men are loading it on Tuesday.    So for 4 nights we will have to “suffer” without our beds,  and most likely live off of cold cuts and fast food,  but that is a small sacrifice for the big day ahead!

Today I sold our washer/dryer.    The new house already comes equipped with all that,  so there was no reason to transport ours.   It just takes up quite a bit of extra room on the truck anyway.     So that will be that much extra space for other things!    Oh and that HUGE box I had thought would fit all my shoes?   Well that sure didn’t happen.   I ended up with that huge box and 3 others for just the shoes/boots.    That is also after getting rid of a dozen pairs that I realized I had not worn.     So yes,  too many shoes,  but doesn’t most of us women out there have way too many pairs?      I do have to say that a few of these boxes are way too heavy for us to lift,  so the moving men will have the honor of doing that also.    Hey,  they are getting paid to do it,  so might as well.

And did I ever mention that my most favorite Sister is coming along???   How cool is that?    She is driving with us there and will stay for almost a week.     Then she will fly home.    Already got the airline reserved.   That will be nice,  having an extra set of hands to help here and there.    I won’t be spending the whole week she is there unpacking though.    We plan to do some sight seeing,  showing her around the town.     As long as I get mine and the kids beds together and the food all in the refrigerator, etc.  I will be good!   The rest of the stuff I can unpack here and there over the next week or two.     Besides,  we already have an appt. to get the kiddos enrolled in their new schools that Tuesday,  so am hoping that Wednesday they will start.     There is not much school left for the year anyway,  but at least they will get familiar with the new school,  make a couple of friends and be ready again come August.

Things are shaping up just fine!    Everything has gone really smooth so far,  and I hope it continues to be that way.     This Saturday night my husband and I are going out with a few friends.    Our last night out for some time.    It will be a fun night,   a night to say good-bye to them,  have a drink or two,  share some laughs.    Now as long as I drink slowly,   I will be good.     Even fill up on ice water,  since after 2 darn drinks I am feeling quite good.    So many things coming up the next few days!   So exciting!

Well I am tired.   It has been quite a busy day and now I am exhausted.    A solid night of sleep I hope will be mine tonight.

Kisses everyone!!!

XOXOXOXOXO

What a busy weekend it was!

There was more and more packing today.    Now the house is really bare,  and after this coming week,  it will be awful to see all the bare walls,  floors, closets even.    But maybe it won’t be so bad.    I am one that loves the big boxes,  as they hold quite a bit more things.    My husband got some very large boxes this morning.   These are the nice and tall ones.    I filled up a couple of them and then I headed to my closet to fill another.   The one box barely fit all my handbags.    It was so heavy,  that both my husband and I had to carry it down the stairs and into the garage.    He was almost cussing at me under his breath,  but 1 huge box is better than 4 or 5 of the same thing, right?    Hey,  at least we got the box carried without it busting!!    Thank goodness for lots and lots of tape!

Tomorrow will be shoes.    Don’t even ask the size of box those will be put into.    My favorite Sister has been getting us quite a few boxes and that HUGE one is for my shoes.    That one when filled will be super heavy.    Again,   plenty of tape will go on that one too.      And yes,  I already have sorted out many of the things I have been packing,  so whatever shoes/purses/clothes I have left,  are all coming with me.

Oh man am I tired tonight!   I have not slept as good as I usually do lately.    Maybe because there is so much on my mind,   so many things to do, etc……  I think after the move is complete and we are all settled,   sound sleep will finally return.    I hope so!

Enjoy your Monday tomorrow everyone!!!

Kisses and licks where you need them (wink wink)

Yes,  it was a very, very busy day for us…………We ran some errands,  got some more boxes and did more packing.     Cleaned out the garage even!   I mean,  we actually organized it more,   made a HUGE pile of things to get rid of (tomorrow in fact),   packed more boxes and then ate a nice dinner.

Tomorrow will be another day of packing things,   getting more boxes.     So fun!!   2 weeks from now we will actually be in Colorado,  in our hotel room,  winding down from a long days drive.     Have I told you people enough how much I can’t wait????    The rest of that drive to our new destination will be amazing.    Gorgeous views of the mountains will be all around us.    Oh how I love the mountains!!   I can’t wait to see them again.   I will be like a kid in a candy shop.    Literally!

By this time next weekend,   I will be overly anxious for the following weekend.    I know that our stuff will all be packed and ready to go by then.    Hell,  my house is already looking quite barren,   but in a  a good way…..

I hope you all are having a great weekend so far.     Enjoy it,  as it goes by way too fast!!

Kisses everyone!

Wow,  what  a great day!!!!

To start,  the weather was nice yet again.   Full Sun and warmer temps………..Then we got our call that we got our “dream home”!!!!   This house is LARGE and in charge, baby!!!    Over 2600 sq. ft of living space,  which is bigger than what we got now and and 2 stories at that!    There is a balcony off of the Master bedroom with awesome views, including views of the mountains!    A 3 car garage,  gourmet kitchen,   fantastic neighborhood…………so many other things to list!     It is truly a dream come true for us.      Now tomorrow we will get the school stuff lined up for the kids and then soon,  very soon,  we will be there!

Tonight my Mother in Law wanted to spend time with the kiddos,   so we dropped them off to her and husband and I went out for a nice dinner.     We had very good food and I had myself a couple of drinks.    Martinis,  that were actually stronger than I remember them ever usually being.    I am not a drinker at all,  so these 2 drinks have me buzzing right about now.    This has been almost 2 hours ago and I am still feeling quite loopy.      Man,  good thing I didn’t drink 3!   I would be plain drunk then.     But it was a nice celebration of our accomplishments.    I feel just fine right now,   so why the Hell not?     Now it will be quite some time before I drink again.    I can count on less than 10 fingers how much I drink in 1 years time.    I guess that would explain my intoxication level right about now.     This is what most would call a “lightweight”!!     But I don’t much care……….I deserve to have a couple drinks here and there.    Not like I was driving or anything.     Hey I still kicked butt in UNO tonight with the family,   so there!

My Dad brought me a big bag of newspaper this evening,   so tomorrow I will spend time packing more of the fragile things.    After I get the main level packed up,  I will only have 2 more levels to pack and that will be just fine.    The many pairs of shoes and clothes of mine will be a challenge for me,   but in the new house I will have plenty of space for it all!    That is very nice to know………..

Well my head is starting to throb just a bit,   so I am thinking a couple of Asprins may be what I need.    I am quite sure I will be in lala land soon enough………

Goodness,  it has taken me a while just to type all this out!    Finally done!

Kisses and hugs everyone!

TGIF tomorrow!

Today was another good day.

The weather was quite nice,   the Sun was bright all day.     I met my sexy man for lunch and then I ran a few errands after that.      I did no packing today.    Took a  day off from that.   Mostly because I ran out of boxes and newspaper.     Tonight my favorite Sister brought me some more boxes,   so I will find some time tomorrow to pack a few more.

We should find out by Friday for sure if we get our “dream house”.    If we don’t,  then there is another home I know we will like that we will have the option of.      So far,   our goal is to be outta here by the 20th.     2 weeks from Saturday!   OMG!    Now we were going to take what we thought would be a bit faster,   but after researching it,  I couldn’t drive forever and ever with absolutely no scenery.     So we decided to do the Colorado route instead.     That will give us many beautiful mountains to see on our drive and that is just what I will love!    Heck,   we were just there is September,   so the drive won’t be bad at all.    If anything it will be even more fun,  because we know we are getting closer and closer to our final destination.

I have been busy getting all the final things settled for our move.      There are so many little things a person has to do when moving out of State,  that some things can be easy to forget.    But we have made our lists,  checking them twice and soon will have all crossed off.     The moving truck so far I think will be here on the 19th,   so that means we will have to spend one night in sleeping bags on our living room floor.    That will suck,  but it could be worse.

Wow,  tomorrow is Thursday already.     Oddly this week is going by too darn fast.    I wish it would slow down just a bit,  but I don’t think that is going to happen.     No plans for the weekend as of yet.    Probably will spend some good time out in the garage and going through all that stuff and adding to the ever growing pile of things to donate.       So many things to do,  yet so little time it seems.    I will get it all done.   I am getting closer and closer each (almost anyway) day………..

Time to head to my den and relax for the night.      Kisses everyone!!