Moving, Part 1

We are halfway through the process of moving, but it feels like we have a million things left to do. With any luck, we close on Monday, but we won't be in the house until June 10 or so. We're getting the floors sanded and hopefully will get lots of painting done before we move in. I think the house will be lovely when those are done. We've learned a lot from doing this before -- it really pays to sand those floors before the furniture is moved in.

We've had oodles of discussions with the kids about stuff that isn't critical, but gives them a little control over the process -- what our phone number will be, what color to paint the bedrooms, where to put the futon couch, etc.

So far, everything has come together in a way that makes it feel like this decision was destiny. Karl got into the high school of his dreams; we bought a house in my favorite neighborhood; we got the other kids into the neighborhood school; and we sold our house. I don't know how people do it when they move to cities where they don't have family -- we've gotten so much help from family along the way (Mark making me supper every night; Kat taking me to work each day and getting me set up with a bedroom; Mom helping out a million ways; and the most fun was house shopping with everybody). Gretch, how did you do it on all those moves?

I'll try to post some before and after pix. Here's one of the house from the outside: