The Catholic Cricket

It’s been a long time since I posted, but I thought I’d throw several things up today during lunch.

We’ve moved. It’s been in the works for a while, but two Sundays ago we realized something: our renters were told they would be able to move in on August 29th. Therefore, we had to be out before then. It was only the 3rd…plenty of time, right? Unfortunately, what dawned on us that Sunday evening was that we were going on an extended family vacation with Heather’s side of the family (mom and her new husband, brothers, sister, etc.) from the 16th to the 24th. This completely eliminates the two weekends before the 29th (a Friday). So, August 3rd, we realized “We need to move this weekend!”

Afterward, a massive amount of work was done by both Heather and me, attempting to get things ready for moving. Heather tackled packing as much as she could, a job made more difficult by her mothering duties, recruited a few people to help on Saturday, and went to the new house to scrub a few things in need of scrubbing. I prepped the new house, painting 3 bedrooms (with some help), and also contacted a few people about helping us move, as well as getting a truck reserved.

To all those who helped us move, thank you. Jeff & Jen, Mike & Jen, Jake, Scott, Sharon, Alex, Kevin, Mom (x2), Dad, Heather & Dale, Courtney & Drew…I hope I didn’t forget anyone. Thanks for the help painting, cleaning, lifting heavy stuff, having a ridiculously heavy washing machine dropped on you, watching the kids, whatever it was. Your generosity with your time on such short notice was very much appreciated.

I’ve been running over to the old house every night, trying to pack up things that didn’t make it on the truck. With not enough foresight on my part, we didn’t have time to pack everything, so there is still about 5 minivan loads worth of things at the house…plus it needs to be cleaned up for the renters. And, since the city inspector is out to verify that the property is fit for renting, I’ll probably have to fix a few things up.

Did I mention we’ll be gone for 9 days?

And we’re still trying to get settled in to the new house. There are a ton of boxes to unpack, some furniture to move, etc.