It's been a long time.....Life Update

Wow! Has it really been 4 months since I last blogged?? This summer has flown! Let's catch up on what's been going on.


May:
Packing, Closing, & other stuff.
Packing took forever, who knew we had sooo much stuff!
We found out the weekend before closing that we had to replace a section of the deck before closing could happen. Luckily Chris had the time off, and it only cost about $100. It was an aggravation, but we got it done.
The closing (May 29th) went well, and only took about an hour (til about noon). After that we went straight to the house with our first load of stuff, while Chris tried to get some help mom and I painted the two rooms we wanted done and helped Chris unload. We went back to the rental around 7 that night. 
The next day we had a little help, and while they were all running back and forth loading and unloading Mom and I did the final coat of paint in both rooms. At 4 we had major help with a F250 and trailer. (Our truck {my dad's old GMC Sonoma} broke down after 1 load. Our other help only had cars, but 2 of those guys stayed and helped 'til almost midnight.) The rest of the weekend was spent running back and forth. We "moved in" on Saturday night.

June: 
Still moving, My Birthday, & Indiana.
I think we all seriously underestimated how much we had, and that moving 2 houses was way more than we anticipated. Luckily F250 guy helped everyday after work and Mom and Chris we're on vacation until Wednesday. On Friday we were done,a  few things got left (mostly junk, a glass table {wouldn't fit in car}, some bikes, etc.), but we couldn't handle the back and forth anymore. Mom and Chris went back to work and I started setting up the major rooms (kitchen, bed, bath). 
Those were done when they threw my surprise party/housewarming on the 20th.
The next weekend we took our niece to a festival in town as the kick off to their bicentennial, she spent the night and we had a cookout w/ the family the following day.
Late June Chris found out that they actually were getting a shut down for 4th of July week, which has only ever happened once before (and was only 3 days) during his 5 years of employment with them. (Back story: his Mom had called earlier that month to ask if we were coming this year and we told her no we couldn't, he'd used all his vacation to move and other things throughout the year.) So he called his brother and said we're coming (to Indiana), don't tell Mom. 

July:
Home, Niece is 5! still getting set up/settled.
We had a great time in Indiana, and came home July 3rd. We had a cookout and fireworks here the 4th. My sister (and family) finally found a house!! They should close by the end of September. (It's taking forever!)
Our niece turned 5~ I can't believe it, she's going to be in Kindergarten! She had a friends and family My Little Pony pool party.
Other than that we've kinda put house stuff/setting up on hold and enjoyed the summer with the family. 

August:
 Mom is ready to be on her own, more family time, Bristol.
In the beginning of August mom decided she's ready to look for a house, so excited for her!
(She went to an open house and hired that realtor {much to all our hesitation} after looking at several homes and losing one she fired her {yay} and went with the realtor Chris and I used.)
I started organizing some of the house, but really have all winter to get it the way I {we} want it, so again really just spending these last summer moments hanging with the family. Chris' work had their company picnic, and we all went (he won a ton of Tee Shirts). The Bristol Truck races were also in August, and our guy won!
*Mom put an offer in on a house, and it's been accepted Sept 1st, closing is scheduled for Oct 23rd ish.*



My next blog will be Wednesday. (This was supposed to go up on Monday.)
I'm sticking with the M-W-F posting and will share the schedule tomorrow!

Have a great day!
~CraftinWife