We survived the move, sort of....

My parent's visit wasn't as stressful as I thought, aside from having to put the guest room back together for 2 nights. They took the kids out of town on "Grandma & Grandpa's Adventure". The kids loved it and so did my parents. They pulled out on Monday morning about 45 minutes before the packers arrived.

For a change, the packing seemed to go really well. We had intelligent packers, who were using common sense. Or so I thought. As I've begun to unpack I'm realizing that I need to stand over them with my own Sharpie and list specifically what is in the box. I'm all sorts of crafty--quilts, kid's clothes, scrapbooking, stamping, and lots of kid's crafts. I recieved about 30 boxes labled "Sewing Linen, Sewing Room" Um, where is my scrapbooking stuff? Oh, right, I have to open all the boxes and sort it out. My craft room was nicely organized by hobby. You wouldn't know that by opening the boxes though. It's hard to put stuff away when you can't find its "friends".

The craft room is a mess, but it will be fine. My children's beds, on the other hand, could use their hardware. What's that? You LOST it? How the heck are we supposed to put it back together? Oh, order some from the manufacturer. Righto. Let me get right on that. Our girls' bunk bed is from Germany and our son's bed was discontinued. We found comparable hardware for his bed and fixed it all up. The girls are sleeping on their mattresses on the floor. We move them each morning so that they have a place to play each day. And now we have to argue with the moving company over whether or not they will pay for a new bed.

I've also found lots of broken items. I still don't get why wrapping Tupperware in 6 sheets of paper is a good thing while wrapping my china gravy boat in one is ok. Hmmmm, maybe I should start teaching a Logics of Packing Someone Else's Stuff course to packers. If you don't know what it is, don't bend it, cram it, twist or otherwise deface something just to get it to fit in the box.

One of these days I'll get the hang of this moving thing. Hopefully before July 2010!