Countdown to Moving Day

My happy color!

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, MOVING DAY! Yeeps!

We could seriously use another week, but I'm glad Moving Day is happening soon! I'm emotionally ready! The weird thing is...I feel like I'm in a time warp of sorts. Each day feels like a week, so when I look back on my posts from a few days ago, I feel like it was weeks ago. Hard to explain.

Today John finished carpet cleaning and returned the machine. Daniel was the gopher-boy and Sarah washed the dining room floor on hands & knees with vinegar and water (it was super dirty after painting)! I did all the meticulous edging and finishing work in the kitchen, at least the first coat and part of the second. The frustrating thing is I CANNOT see the wet paint going on the old existing color!!! Argh!!! So grateful for the big light that Don brought, it really helped me again tonight!

And a peek...

Got the first coat of the periwinkle on tonight! OOOOOHHHHH, I LOVE IT!!!! Can't wait to see it dry and apply the second coat!!

Monday: assign 30 minutes per room and see how much we can get packed. Goal is to get things cleared off enough for the movers on Thursday

Tuesday: meet Comcast guy and finish up painting (probably 2 hours worth of painting remaining) and kids do the kitchen and laundry floors

Wednesday: last time we moved, Gramma helped us with kitchen moving day the day before the movers came. It worked out brilliantly!!! This time, Rhonda will come and help me pack up the kitchen and drive it to the new house and get it all set up. THANKFULLY, the pantry is done!!! I'm SO glad we did that last week! Mom is fixing pot roast for us, yum!

Thursday: Moving Day! We'll have the movers do the master bedroom first and then lock the cats in there with their litter box, food and water for the day where they will be safe and have everything they need. Then after the movers go home, we'll head back here to get the cats and the toiletries and sheets. We'll head to the new home and make the beds and get the cats set up in the garage and laundry. I like them to be confined for a few hours to a small area so they know where the litter box is and then we'll let them out into the rest of the house on Friday!

Friday: pack and move remaining stuff from old house and start cleaning old house

Saturday: some friends are coming to move whatever is remaining and we'll do more cleaning (windows, refrigerator, walls, floors, etc)

Sunday: we want to be out by 8pm, here's hoping!