More Home Corners...

 

I am thrilled to say - we're just about all organised.  The only room left to finish is the "Master suite"... and that will be done tomorrow.  OH wait.... there's still the basement to organise... but that doesn't count does it?? (grinning)

So here's the last two rooms on the main floor finished.......... 

The kitchen......... 

 

well it's a kitchen - not much to do - and no I'm not opening cupboard doors to show you my dishes ........ BUT I did add some personal touches....

And then there's the den / guest room.......... 

 

see the rug?? Interesting story about that rug...... I went looking on Amazon for a blue rug....... and after much looking  found this one..... and loved it.   I left it on my 'wish list'  until after we moved.  It didn't make sense to order it and move it - better to wait and have it delivered to the new house right?? I just prayed it would still be in stock when we were ready to order.

Wellllllllll last week I went to order it...... and OMG!  it was on sale - half off!!  I couldn't believe our luck............... BUT it gets better .........
When we were packing up we came across a gift card for Amazon we had forgotten about....... (don't ask!)  so between the gift card and the sale - that rug cost us a grand total of $17.00 !!!  It adds a finishing touch to the room and just pulls it all together.....

Life is good when a plan comes together

A Kinky Move - part 2

 

It was almost the end of the day on Saturday - and youngest daughter insisted on getting our bed put together so we would have somewhere to sleep.  The kids stayed downstairs - flaked out in the living room and the adults marched up the stairs to tackle the bed in our room.

Do you remember our room ?? that massive loft space???  In case you don't here's a picture.......... 

 

Everyone was milling around - and youngest daughter and her husband and my other SIL started putting the frame together... after asking where exactly we wanted the bed....  it was decided the bed would go against the wall with the small roundish window - under the beam.

Didn't take long - and after the bed was made.. I was standing at the foot of the bed under the beam - Sir Steve came up to me - close up against me - and said quietly - I have plans for that beam............. 

 

I'm sure my face was flushed when I turned around to head back downstairs... fortunately no one noticed or heard - OR - if they did they didn't mention it.........

Sounds like there will be fun times ahead in our new 'Master suite'

A Kinky Move...... (part 1)

 

 I'm wondering how many of you have heard of 'mummification'?? 

Back in the day I was mummified a few times.  There are all sorts of materials that can be used - duct tape being one - and shrink wrap being another.

The shrink wrap comes in rolls (cause you tend to need a lot) ...........

it's pretty simple to use - you start at the top of your intended subject and wrap it round and round the body - moving down as you go...... until you have them wrapped tight.

 

So what does this have to do with your move morningstar??  You ask..........

Sir Steve was wondering out loud one evening in January how we were gonna pack all the lil one's buckets of toys - and the bins in the cabinet in the living room... and and and - so many awkward bits to pack.  I had come across his roll of shrink wrap when I was sorting out our cupboard.......... I said 'I thought we could just shrink wrap them all'
(shrug) seemed simple to me.  

That last week before our move we shrink wrapped everything that was too awkward to pack in a box........ we even wrapped the container that holds all our cutlery.... and the small chest of drawers (not emptied) in our bedroom.  Everything looked very neat and tidy and mummified.

On Saturday youngest daughter was walking around the mess and she came across the lil one's mummified toy bins....... and then the mummified  cutlery and the mummified bins from the living room.   She was quite taken with the idea....... and asked how we came up with the idea of saran wrapping everything AND where did we ever find a roll big enough????  I'm not sure who answered if anyone - I nearly choked when I heard her question and made a quick exit to another room........ 

All I kept thinking was - what would she think if she knew that 'saran wrap' had been used to mummify her mother......... and I smiled from ear to ear......

The Bumps and Grinds of Moving

 

 So the move went off with out too many problems....... 

There was the incident with snow.......

We had a lot snow on the Friday - so Sir Steve went out to clear our back driveway... yanked on the snowblower starter - only to have it break off in his hand.  Back to manual labour........ he grabbed the shovel and started to shovel the drive when the shovel fell apart.......... GAH!!!  Nothing to be done - we just managed to plow the trucks through the snow .... and move everything out.  The driveway here was clean as Sir Steve had arranged to have it plowed out early Saturday morning!  YAY!!

AND there was my attempt at acrobatics...

At some point Friday morning I was packing up the bits and pieces in the kitchen when Sir Steve spoke to me (or I spoke to him - who can remember??) and I turned to look at him.. caught my foot on a box and started to fall - put my hand out and grabbed a chair to stop my fall and only made matters worse bringing the chair down on top of me... bashing my back into the garbage pail (and denting it).  I was a tangle of boxes .... body parts.. and god only knows what else.  I think I'm lucky I didn't break anything..... in the boxes or  my body.  BUT I did manage to strain my back muscles/tendons... and bruise myself from head to toe. 

Yesterday I was still suffering from aches and pains...... and exhaustion.  I don't think I have ever been this tired before.... I believe I am due a vacation........ a nice long vacation. And please dear lord........ no more moves .. PLEASE!

Home corner posts will return when the last rooms are complete to my satisfaction (grinning)

Day 2

 

 

Sir Steve decided Sunday night to take Monday off...... cause we both wanted to get the house done!!!

We were up bright and early and took the lil one to her new school.... talk about separation anxiety!!  no not the lil one - her father and I !!! (grinning)

Then we came home and got started........... We didn't stop......... but by the time Sir Steve had to leave to pick up the lil one the house - the complete house - was 99% ready!!!

We did discover one small problem - actually a bloody big problem!!  The lil one's room felt cold...... didn't matter how high I put the furnace her room never got really warm.  Yesterday afternoon Sir Steve went down to the basement to see if the vents needed to be opened.......... and discovered........... that the ducting for her room seemingly was NOT connected to the furnace!!!  Hopefully it will be fixed in the next day or so..... in the mean time we have put a space heater in her room.

On the plus side the lil one LOVES her new school and has already made friends.  She's impressed the boys want to play during their breaks... and that there's no fighting in the school yard.  

Thought you might like to see the next room in "home corners".......... 

The Living Room....... 

Before............ 

 

After.....  

It really is becoming "Home Sweet Home"