moved in…
July 5th, 2009 -- Posted in domestic engineering, family, friends, hill to haven, pain / disability | Comments OffWell, we’re all moved in!
I suspect it will be quite a number of years until we’ve “officially” moved in according to Helen Parr’s standards (from our fave family move the Incredibles)…
Helen: I’m calling to celebrate a momentous occasion. We are now *officially* moved in.
Bob: That’s great, honey. And the last three years don’t count because…
Helen: Because I finally unpacked the last box. Now it’s official! Ha ha ha! Why do we have so much junk?
It’s been 1 week since the big move (of the furniture and other large items) and I actually find it’s not too much of a disaster zone over here anymore. Having the kids away with their grandparents for much of the last week was helpful. Having my hubby home from work was even more helpful (thank goodness for vacation time, although hopefully he’ll also be able to take some time off later this summer for a more relaxing actual vacation!). Paul and I slowly tackled the unpacking as much as we could over the week and got some painting and other set-up done as well.
We were so glad to have many friends on hand to help us, including a few strong men (Ian, Kurt, and my cousin Dennis), a couple of strong women (Kat and Karen T.), an awesome kitchen-packing sidekick Alicia, and even Karen and Kelly who had just had their new baby girl a week before! We celebrated in the evening after most of the move was over and Nadia joined us for that part as well. 
House-warming party will be July 25th (invites went out via Facebook & e-mail so please spread the word to non-techy people)…
It’s looking hopeful as far as staying here goes. We’ve been doing the best we can to re-budget things after the loss of my income and it has made a noticeable impact. We are saving a LOT on childcare by having the kids home with me this summer, although I fear I will not be able to be as “enriching” for them as I have been able to during other stints as a full-time SAHM.
Hopefully they will be strengthened though by the experience of having a mother with disabilities and all the adjustments, patience, and helping skills they will have to learn for the sake of the family.
More soon – I have a blog post in the works with pictures of my paint + glaze techniques!
