Finally Moved!

I have moved a lot in my years, but this move has been the hardest. I think it's because of several things.

1. We had been at the old house for so long.
2. It was just me and my son.
3. When hubby did get home, we had a very short time to move our things.
4. uhaul screwed us over and we didn't have a moving truck. Haters. In the end though, it saved us about $150 for truck rental, so take that evil uhaul.

We are now out of the old house and in the new. We have actually been out officially for two days now, this is day three, but we've been sleeping at the new house since July 2. It's been nice. We have all been so tired that as soon as our heads hit the pillow, we're out. LOL

My mother came up from Austin to help us move and we were able to spend a couple of days NOT moving when we were done. It was great! Very short, but it was nice to see her again. She just left out early this morning...even before the chickens wake up! Ha! I already miss her.

While Mom was here, we hit the "city". She had been telling me about all the cool things that she and my sister have found at a local thrift store over the years and suggested that we go check some out. Especially for things like dressers or cabinets or other furniture items we might need. We found the Goodwill in the "city" and ran in to take a peek. Honestly though, I didn't expect to find anything but old junk that I didn't really want. I was pleasantly surprised however, when we found a tv and PlayStation game for my son, a shelving unit, three pairs of pants for my son, a pair of Tommy Hilfiger jeans for me, and some odds and ends for around $30! The TV was only $3.99!! My son was VERY excited about it. He has been wanting one for a while now and I just couldn't justify spending $150 for one for him. Besides, everything is hi def and blue ray and we have none of that, so a new TV wouldn't even work with our (old) entertainment system. He was thrilled to set up his little TV and video games in his room.

Ohh it looks like I got a little off topic! ha! This was supposed to be about the move! LOL Well, we're officially moved, though I have tons of boxes everywhere and I can't find anything! My furniture is in disarray and nothing is in place yet, but it feels good to finally be done with the move...especially since I've been moving since June 19. As soon as we got to the new house, hubby set up the washer and dryer and I've already done about 13 loads of laundry - and we didn't have to haul the water!!! Mom helped me get my plants into the new garden and found a sprinkler...omg I can actually use a sprinkler now! If something breaks, all I have to do is call the property manager and they will fix it...I don't have to wait a month or two (or three or four) for hubby to get home to fix it. Wow...what a change that will be!

So what does the new house look like? Take a look...

Okay, well it's NOT quite like THAT... LOL But it does look like an alpine ski lodge on the inside, and it looks like a farm house on the outside. It's much smaller than where we were, but SO much nicer! And it's not that far away from where we were. We won't have to change much of anything - phone, bills, etc. And we can pretty much keep our normal routine with our runs to town. Ohhh, and I forgot... the road to the house is PAVED! No more potholes!

Now we will have to see what winter brings us...