Thursday Thirteen #15-The Big Move

First, let me say I have had SERIOUS blogging withdrawals. Next, this is a long post, but well worth it to the end. Enjoy!

After a few days of fast food or whatever was left over at home we decided to have our first meal in our new home be a good healthy one. Thank God for microwavable everything...we had meatloaf, buttered corn and broccoli...great treat after all that junk we had eaten.

For dessert (and to keep in tradition with our regular Friday night slumber party!) we made a fruit pizza.

Miao discovering the new fireplace.Hopefully he'll not go in there with FIRE next winter....I think that would use up all of his 9 lives in one shot!

From our very first home together (ELEVEN moves ago!!!) this little bluebird has found his home on a window in our kitchen or living area. I never intended for this to happen, but it is kinda nice to see that he has lasted this long

PandaGirl had the priviledge of placing our gingerbread family on our doorstep. She always loves placing the "family" in respective places, i.e., daddy facing work; mommy and baby going to the store, etc.

Our stunning new patina mosaic mirror from Pier 1 that I am totally in LOVE with!

You can tell that Miao has really had a tough time adjusting to his new home...wink. ; )

Though we are living in an apartment it is the BEST place we have ever lived. The lay out of the apartment is great and huge, plus we have a two car garage, a pool and no mowing!! This beautiful lake is right outside my bedroom kitchen and dining room windows. Amazing! I wake up to the sun shining on the water, with several mallard ducks swimming by quietly. I really think we are going to like it here!


And now for the Thursday Thirteen!

How to Move in 13 Easy Steps!

1. The night before your move, TOSS & TURN and get no real REM sleep. This helps the next day.

2. With what little sleep you do get, have REALLY bad bizzare-o dreams that freak you out.

3. The day of the initial move get into a big fat fight with your spouse over what boxes and things get to travel in the car and not in the moving truck....all in front our your four year old child.

4. Notice that at the BOTTOM of the huge stack of large boxes in the living room there is your box clearly labeled, "CAR ONLY!" "FRAGILE!".

5. Once all items are in the two vehicles which will be arriving at the new home first, start the 45 minute drive out by following your spouse since he can't see out his back window and watch in fear as he hits the curb going up on two wheels, freaking out the van next to him. Call him to find out that he had a mondo SNEEZE that caused him to accidentally turn the wheel causing the whole commotion.

6. Now that you are frazzled just a bit get on into the heavy traffic of a metropolitan area and view a massive wreck of a crunched up truck which JUST wrecked a few seconds or minutes earlier than your own car driving by.

7. A mile or two down the road, with your nerves now edgy from the last scene, slam on your brakes so that you don't hit all the other vehicles slamming on their own brakes trying to avoid a huge, oh let's say 8 foot, carpet roll that fell off a delivery guy's truck right on the highway.

8. For lunch swing by a fast food restaurant (AGAIN!) and bang your knee smack into the table leg. This will help you bring in boxes later.

9. Whew! Now time for beddy-bye...put in those EAR PLUGS due to the upstairs neighbor's loud party music while his parents are away.....until 2:00AM!!!!!!!!!!!!! (This place is NOT supposed to be this way!)

10. Here's a good one!...since you just purchased a contract with Direct TV a few months prior to your move you can cancel it for a FINE since the satelite dish can't face south in your new place causing you to have to go with cable.

11. Since you are now in your new home, the unpacking and decorating begins. Let your four year old child REALLY start to grate on your nerves by asking 100 times for you to play with them. This makes you really feel like a GREAT parent.

12. Be friendly to your new neighbors. Meet their pets, even. I met our neighbor's dog, Bailey. A quite large African Ridgeback who liked PandaGirl and apparently my crotch. Yes, she sniffed it while I was meeting her owner....a man. Yeah, this one was a great howdy-do.

13. And finally, to make your new move just as special as possible make sure to change your clothes, ALL of them, in the privacy of your new spacious bedroom.....only remember to CLOSE THE WINDOW BLINDS of your child's room across the hall!!!!!!!!