Check list went to heck in a hand basket!

Soooo....my check list below looked sooo good, BUT, let me write about the challenges presented.

First....gas was turned on at the house but the hot water heater wasn't working. You got it, pilot light. I am AFRAID of gas, so no way was I trying it. Danny tried. No luck. I called a local guy yesterday mid day and he FINALLY came last night and in 30 seconds had it lit. This was after Chelsey and I went out to the other house and showered.

Day two of DirectTV. Not hooked up yet. They can't get a satellite. Seriously? I LIt.THEM.ON.FIRE today and they finally asked if I knew if there was already a dish on the house....heck I don't know...I mean shouldn't THEY know this? So....I called Chelsey and she looked and sure enough, there is one. So...they are coming tomorrow night They better. The silence in this house is driving us all crazy!

Next...house phone, which I do not think we need, but Danny does, SO, it was to be moved today. I called our number this afternoon only to get this loud screeching noise. Got home and no dial tone. Tomorrow AT&T and I shall have a conversation. It shouldn't be this hard!

Tonight we had pizza delivery. This is a treat, because we have always lived outside the delivery area. Not tonight....Pizza Hutt at my door step. Least that went well!

Also, can't get our wireless to work. That little AT &T box makes me want to scream. Least I have my iPad. It is the only thing keeping me sane.

Work was crazy today...when I am not at the office, I read my email on my Blackberry, and if I need to do something with it, then I mark as u read. I did this all weekend and then yesterday, since I decided at the last minute sorta to stay home and wrap everything up. I had 96 emails that I had saved....whew. Still have about 15 of them, but by percentage, I won. This excludes the 200-250 new ones I got today. I shall not take off again, unless it is planned. Spent all day long catching up!

Now....I sit in silence, waiting on Danny to get home, as Tank and Lily chew on their toys, Colby plays xbox and Chelsey is at a friends, because she can't stand it one more night without TV!!!!

Joy joy joy....welcome to the neighborhood!

Megan and Sharon...thanks for the update. You are both so strong... Keep your chins up. Love you both!

Carla, thanks for the chat. Ashley, thanks for the chat. Love you all!

Pam

We are in!

We are in...took 5 1/2 hours to load all the furniture, tear apart the red couch, ring all my Xmas stuff from the attic, and craft stuff and furniture and get it all to the new place. And dang I am tired now....new place is cute. A/C is on 75 and I am shivering...I think I am going to love this place!

Lily and Tank are here. Duke will be to or row. I decided that the only way I can completely finish is to take off tomorrow. This way Direct TV gets hooked up. I can do a forwarding order on mail. I can take Lily and Tank to the vet. And get a few more of my clothes from the other house. This way I can be ready for work Tuesday, and have all my clothes here to get dressed.

Thanks to Mom and Daddy for coming up to see us. Thanks for the sewing Mom. Much appreciated and the BBQ.

Off to bed before I pass out. Let's see if Danny snores me out the first night.

Love to all!

Pam

My check list....

My check list so far....

Turn on water. - check

Turn on gas. - check

DirectTV - that comes Monday afternoon.

Move house phone - that happens Tuesday. Although I am not sure why....we use our cells way more. Danny said keep it, so I did!

Find a fridge on Cragslist.com - check.

Drive fridge from Little Elm to new house, unload, put in it's place. Pray it works - check. (tearing the handles off when bringing it in the house was an added attraction). Never fear, super glue to the rescue! It dumped it's first batch of ice right before I left.

Move all decorations - check. Only took two trips with my car loaded to the headliner!

Hang the shower curtain, that was the decision maker on colors - check. Did that last night.

Decorate top of cabinets in kitchen. - check. Did that last night too. Chelsey said "it really looks cute Mom.".

Sit on patio one last time. - check. Doing that right now...as I listen to total silence outside...except the birds. Lots of cars out and about in the neighborhood this morning. That is going to take some getting used too. There were about 5-6 garage sales going. Maybe that contributed to all the cars going by.

Now....to load up the kitchen and go put all the pots, pans, mini appliances in place. While...Danny and the kids take a nap. They must be tired from all of the above. Ha!

Movers come at 9am in the morning. Gotta get my butt in gear for a few more hours...bet I sleep good one LAST time in the big house tonight.

The move...to be continued!

PK

Friday!!!!

Good lord what a week....went to the new house last night at 8pm....swept, mopped, lined cabinets, cleaned bathrooms, forgot the vaccum but I did clean every base board. Took all of 2 hours. Can you see the smile? Takes 5 hours minimum to clean our current house and that is minus the baseboards...that alone could take 2 hours. Utilities to our name today. Direct tv Monday. And I somehow missed moving our house phone so I have to do that today. The sticky to remind me has been on my work commuter monitor all week....just never got it done.

I also put out rugs and a few decorations on top of cabinets. So far, so good. Tonight is football of course and I do not even know where the game is as I type this....tomorrow we move the little stuff and movers are coming Sunday morning at 9am to get the furniture. Just couldn't stop worrying about moving it ourselves....so I broke down and called a moving company. They are by the hour, so I shall be hot on their tail to get it done quick!

Off to get dressed to finish this month out today!

Love to all,
Pam

And the color scheme is...

The color scheme is.....brown, cream and brick red! That's the shower curtain Chelsey picked out and the one I liked too. So, now we build around that. The good news is, I already have several accents that are that color, so this should be fairly easy to put together.

We also got kitchen rugs, and stopped by the house to see how they looked. Chelsey liked, me....we shall see.

Have gotten rid of many things this weekend. House is looking bare.

Off to watch tv and clean up the kitchen. Happy Sunday evening all!

Pam

Great football weather...

What a gorgeous night for football. Let's review the past three games. 3 Fridays ago it was so hot the letters from my Senior Mom Jersey stuck to my back. Last Friday night it rained us out. Tonight capris, flip flops, and a jacket by the end of the game. Just perfect. And the final score.... Celina 41 Paris 22.

Got the key to the new house this afternoon. It's now empty, so Chelsey and I measured a few things. Her bed is going to be a bit snug, but she is DETERMINED to get it in her room. Colby's King bed will be snug too, but he said he didn't care. Those kids love their beds, what can I say? And.....we actually have a concrete patio. Not sure how I missed that, but we can take the patio couch and chairs. No cover, so I'll have to figure that out, but at least we have a patio! No flower beds...can't decide if that is a good or bad thing for me.

So, tomorrow I start to pack and plan. Measure a time or two more. Buy a shower curtain. That curtain will determine our decor colors. Either going with green and blue with brown OR red, cream and brown... Again, shower curtain is what determines it.

Have a nice weekend all!

PK

Three shots...

THREE shots today....And not rom shot glasses! Steroid, B12 and flu shot. Got the crud After the wind and rain storm Sunday. Change in the season gets me eveytime. Oh and an antibiotic, 1 giant horse pill for 5 days. I actually already feel better told Kim at the clinic here in town, that I may leak water from all the needle holes received today. No time to be sick, so it was a must!

The new soon to be Mrs Owner is bringing her sister out to the house tomorrow at noon. That's a good sign that she already wants to show it off. After all, it is very important that sisters approve! Right Carla?

Nothing exciting around here....starting to think about packing. But I actually think we can move one room at a time and not really "pack" just yet. The plan is to get everything out of the big house and into the little one that will fit and we use, then see what is left. I will say, there will be a lot left, but we have a couple of weeks to get it all out. Not worried. One room at a time, and I can knock it all out. Danny and the kids are not worried either, since they haven't said one word about what the plan is....I shall take this bull by the horns, trust me, and they will be in for a quick ride!

Take care all....and I can't help but wonder who all the visitors Royse City, Mesquite, Terrell....I know Winnsboro, College Station, but the others are a mystery.

Happy Hump Day tomorrow....trash day around here.

Pam