Catching My Breath

I have finally taken a moment to catch my breath (for a second or two...ha!) today since we move-in to our new home tomorrow.  Allow me to under-exaggerated the situation and say that I am TIRED.

Here's the 'dealio' about the past few days:
Monday:  We closed on the house at 3:00pm, and walked into the house at 4:00pm.  We unloaded packed up things from his car, my car, and his mom's car.  We cleaned all the kitchen baseboards, mopped the floor, removed all the light fixtures and switchplates, and put down painter's tape.  We then proceeded to paint the Kitchen with its first coat of paint.  This wouldn't have been so bad if the Kitchen was a normal sized Kitchen, but it is two rooms in one.  The previous owners took down the wall between the Dining Room and Kitchen to create one large room.  They (and we) are going to use the old Dining Room area as a Kitchen Lounge/Coffee Bar.  This process lasted until 9:00pm.  My mother-in-law thankfully brought us our first meal (ARBY'S), which I had the foresight to take a photo of us eating!

Tuesday:  My husband has to work this week, so I was left to my own devices as far as prepping the house was concerned.  I brought over another car load of things to unload, and then I cleaned the all the kitchen appliances inside and out.  I then started to clean the section of cabinets closest to the stove, which took forever.  The previous owners must have:  A.  Never Cleaned the Cabinets in the entire time they lived there and B. Cooked with a LOT of grease and oil.  That section of cabinets felt like someone had sprayed PAM spray on them and let it soak in.  It was g-r-o-s-s.
I also went to the hardware store to buy another can of Kitchen paint and proceeded to paint the whole thing again myself, for a second coat.  THEN I went and tutored a 2nd grader, and I returned an hour later to clean the windows until my husband got off of work, and we unloaded his car full of stuff.  Eventually, we went to the store to get paint for the bedroom, and my husband prepped the bedroom for painting.  We went home at 8:00pm.

Wednesday:  I unloaded another car full of stuff at the house.  I tend put down painter's tape in the bedroom, and painted the entire thing.  Thankfully it covered in one coat.  I also cleaned another section of the Kitchen Cabinets, cleaned the toilets/light fixtures/mirrors, and vacuumed the whole house.  My husband got off of work, and we unloaded his car.  He tend put all the light fixtures and switchplates back up in the Kitchen.  We went home early at 7:00pm.

Thursday:  I unloaded yet another car full of things (yay! *sense my sarcasm).  I wiped down the inside of all the closets since they had some dust and cobwebs.  I cleaned all the sinks and another section of the Kitchen  cabinets while I waited for the closets to dry.  I then proceeded to paint both closets in the Master Bedroom and the Linen closet.  Afterwards I got cleaned up and went to tutor my 2nd grade student.  When I returned I helped hubby unload his car....again.  We moved a ceiling fan to another room, and put up our DIY Chandelier in the bedroom (I'll divulge about that later on).  We finally ate dinner on a card table with a random assortment of chairs, plastic utensils, and no plates, which his mom brought (such a sweetie).  Then hubby removed all the switchplates in the Living Room, and I started to put down painter's tape until I ran out.  We left fairly early at 8:00pm.

Today:  I have started to load my car (are you
seeing a trend?) and I'm doing laundry here at my Mother/Father-in-laws
house.  Eventually I'll unload more stuff at the house, buy more painter's tape for the Living Room and put it down, and clean the rest of the kitchen cabinets.  I'll put all the shelves back up in the closets since the paint is dry and start putting in clothes, shoes, towels, and sheets.  Then I'll start painting the Living Room until hubby comes to help me.  *BIG BIG BIG BIG SIGH*

My Family

Tomorrow:  We move ALL of our stuff in with family/friends.  I am only looking forward to 2 Things tomorrow.  #1  We will have our LULA
DOG back!








#2  I will get to spend a well deserved night on  my Tempurpedic bed again- I seriously have issues about loving that bed so much.  I'd definitely recommend splurging on one.