• Mar. 6, 2009
Days 4, 5 & 6 at Brother-in-law's
Wednesday was very productive. My dad came up and helped us. He spent part of the time out in the garage and got it more straightened up and ready for that stuff to be moved. While he was out there, I worked in the kitchen and got it all packed. Then we moved into the two smaller bedrooms and within 30 minutes we had it all in boxes. We also finished up with the movies, books and cds in the living room. Thank you dad for all the help.
While the kids and I were gone later that evening, J got a call from the carpet stretchers that they would be out around noon on Thursday so J got his friend to help and they got all the living room furniture moved to the garage along with all the boxes I had packed and placed in the dining room.
Day 5 was Thursday. We didn't get to spend as much time at bil's house because I had to work in the morning and then Legs had practice from 4-8 and Little Man had practice at 5:30. We met the carpet guys out there about 2 (they were running behind) and they looked at the places that needed to be stretched. They said that because of the age of the carpet and how Berber carpet is constructed, it would not be in our best interest to have it stretched. If it was stretched, it would cause the two layers to seperate and we would have fibers popping loose within a month. What a honest guy!
I know we want to do something like hardwood or Pergo in about a year so I was fine with leaving it like it is. J thought I was not keen on the idea of the dining room with carpet under the kids while eating so we got into a discussion about our options for a quick, inexpensive fix. The final solution was either paint or stain the concrete so off to Lowe's we went to get info on their products. We were both gung ho to rip up the carpet and get started so it could start drying but the more we talked to people who have stained their own concrete, we decided we can live with the small bubbles and just tear it up next year.
Friday (Day 6)was an errand day for the kids and I. We had to go to the bank and the church and then we went to the gym for an hour so I could work and help out in the office. When we finally made it to bil's house, Little Man and Little Red filled five or six Walmart sacks full of trash from outside while Legs used the attachments on the vaccum and worked on the windows, closets, trim, etc in the smaller two bedrooms. I worked some in the kitchen but I still can't get pictures of this room because when J and his friend were moving stuff out to the garage for the carpet guys, they moved the desk and put all of the drawers and glass inserts from the living room tables on my clean cabinets. They all moved all of my extra boxes and packing material into the kitchen so I have to get that all moved first.
Enjoy these pictures I got the last few days...
A clean master bath
A clean back bedroom (Little Man and June Bug will share this room)
A clean 2nd bathroom (we will eventually paint this in OSU colors)
A clean front bedroom (Legs & Little Red will share this room)
A clean living room (looking from the dining room)
A clean dining room (looking from the living room)
Saturday is moving day for bil's stuff. J has friends and trucks so I am thinking that it shouldn't take more than 2 hours to get it done. Most of it is in the garage so it should be easier to get loaded. We have to disassemble the bunk beds (I don't want them) and move out the master bedroom furniture as well as the washer & dryer. I still need to pack bil's hanging clothes and stero but that is the last boxes to be packed.
Mom and dad will be here to help. My mom is going to stay at our current house with two of the kids. Mom will be watching the bedlam basketball game while June Bug naps and Legs cleans her room. The other two will go with J, dad and I to work at bil's house. They still have more garbage to pick up outside and I think they will adjust to this move better if they get to be a part of the process, especially Little Red. She has been more aggressive lately and getting into anything that doesn't belong to her not to mention her attitude has been rather ugly lately.
