MOVING... AGAIN.

Our original plan was for Big D to take a load to the new house every day when he went to work, (since he works in town) during the week while we wait for all the utilities to be turned on, then move all the rest of our things over the weekend. But as you know, the owner effed up that plan.

So, we resorted to asking Big D's sister (yes, the one who thinks I'm a user, which, by the way, she changed her story, now my kids and I are baggage and he would be much better off without us) and her boyfriend to help us move with their pick-up truck and toy hauler.
After work.
Tuesday and Wednesday.
UHG...!

As a result of this last minute "move or police" threat, I had to pack up the entire house and disassemble all the furniture and prepare everything for transfer all by my lonesome self (because you KNOW the kids wouldn't help) in two days flat while Big D was at work and everyone wanted to get it done as quickly as possible. It took two loads Tuesday night  and one load Wednesday night, which also included the kids and pets. Big D's sister (let's start calling her "L") is NOT a animal lover, so Zelda the horny toad, Snowflake and her 6 babies rode in the back with Paige and Jersey, all the while hissing and growling and clawing in motherly defense, meanwhile Mischief, Fiddles the crab and Dozer all rode on my lap. I tell you what.. THAT was FUN! <= Dripping with sarcasm.

And since everybody was tired and in a hurry to go home and go to bed since they had to work in the morning, our crap just got piled on top of each other in the living room in a very unorganized way. AHHHH, the chaos!

I had all the kids' rooms, den and living room done the first day. The next day I was completely exhausted but managed to do a few loads of laundry that never made it to closets or dressers. (They are still piled on the couch right now as I type...) I also finished the dining room and our room. Then yesterday we did most of the kitchen.

You see, we discovered this house was infested with mice. So we set out some mouse traps and got two the first night. Once we stopped seeing fresh turds and empty mouse traps we cleaned out the cabinets and lined them with contact paper. Most of them are done and we got most of our kitchen things put away. It is a huge disgusting job.

Today we decided to do a little remodeling. We put a door in our room leading into the closet/laundry room/bathroom. The new door is MUCH closer to the light switch and we can block off the other door in the den, which will make set up easier.

 We did this....

Now it's time to clean up the mess.


Disclaimer:
For those of you looking for a parenting blog or step parenting blog, you will get it as soon as we settle in and the focus isn't so much on our epic move and re-move.