Sweaty, dark and loud.
It is 115 degrees at 2am. Tom and I are alone in the old house which is a very echoey tile shell at this point. It is too hot to move during the day and fairly decent at 2am when there is a breeze.
It took us almost 7 days to move out of our place - the truck wasn't big enough when we did our big move on Sunday but we had many kind friends help us on three different days when we filled cars and then one small truck.
Our new place is freshly painted and looks awesome and full. I know everyone says this, but WHERE did all this stuff go in our old place?!? Granted, my two huge storage cabinets are sitting empty still and my pantry shell that held all manner of DIY things and random house things is now in the kids' playroom for toys. I keep turning over strategies on what to do first to make the biggest impact. Tonight (meaning at 1130pm) I decided it was arranging the plants on the front steps and moving out the massive purple throne chair that was left here by the previous two families.
I have no idea where this chair came from, but it is HUGE. Our house helper wanted it in her room (help yourself!!!) but we could not squeeze it through the door. So I'm going to try and move it from our main room and put it outside on the front step partly as a conversation piece, partly as a place to dump bags or children while getting in or out of the house, and partly as a place to sit and have a cup of coffee outside whenever that sounds appealing again.I will take a picture of it once it is in place.
Each chunk of time I have to work I ask myself what will give the most impact or I end up just doing totally random tasks the whole time. When that happens I feel like it is pushing sand uphill. Lots of moving about with very very little effect.
Must go find a place to put something away now.
It is 115 degrees at 2am. Tom and I are alone in the old house which is a very echoey tile shell at this point. It is too hot to move during the day and fairly decent at 2am when there is a breeze.
It took us almost 7 days to move out of our place - the truck wasn't big enough when we did our big move on Sunday but we had many kind friends help us on three different days when we filled cars and then one small truck.
Our new place is freshly painted and looks awesome and full. I know everyone says this, but WHERE did all this stuff go in our old place?!? Granted, my two huge storage cabinets are sitting empty still and my pantry shell that held all manner of DIY things and random house things is now in the kids' playroom for toys. I keep turning over strategies on what to do first to make the biggest impact. Tonight (meaning at 1130pm) I decided it was arranging the plants on the front steps and moving out the massive purple throne chair that was left here by the previous two families.
I have no idea where this chair came from, but it is HUGE. Our house helper wanted it in her room (help yourself!!!) but we could not squeeze it through the door. So I'm going to try and move it from our main room and put it outside on the front step partly as a conversation piece, partly as a place to dump bags or children while getting in or out of the house, and partly as a place to sit and have a cup of coffee outside whenever that sounds appealing again.I will take a picture of it once it is in place.
Each chunk of time I have to work I ask myself what will give the most impact or I end up just doing totally random tasks the whole time. When that happens I feel like it is pushing sand uphill. Lots of moving about with very very little effect.
Must go find a place to put something away now.
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Thanks for the update! Sounds like you have a good strategy going there!
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