Moving, Day 1

Ryan and I started off our days on the right feet! We were both thrilled with everything, nothing could get in our ways! :)
Raining outside? We don't care!
Had my toe smashed in terribly? Don't care!

Yep, that's from the washer/dryer stand... I am telling  you, it is cursed!

Our mortgage broker called and said he had a mess? We don't care!  (That's his job- we told him to figure it out- our truck was rented, we ARE closing tomorrow!)
We went to Budget to pick up our truck... not there... OK, now we care!  We drove to this hoopty place in a back alley.  Went inside to get our truck we had reserved almost 2 weeks ago.  The man inside said go talk to her and pointed.  (real professional!) We went to talk to her and she said, "oh, you want a 26 footer?"
Us, in unison "Yes!" (we were a bit excited! HA)
Her "Yea, we don't have one. It is in Colorado. We can offer you a 16 footer- they are quite big."
"Umm.... NO."
That's when she started to click around on her computer and be annoying.  She was not being helpful so we left and decided to try U Haul.  We had a lot to get done and we were wasting time... our spirits were starting to fall.  (1 hour wasted!)
We went to U Haul, they got us all set up with their 26 footer, more expensive, but at least they had the truck!
As we left there, our spirits were all back to full! :)
Then our mortgage guy called again- he is a mess.  We needed to go figure out a bunch of stuff for him that  he should have done WEEKS ago- not 20 hours before closing!!  (2 more hours wasted)

Here is our U Haul. Finally. Parked at my parents while we tried to get the paper work stuff all smoothed out.  Which we did! :)  We rock!

Ok, game on, again! :) We went to the storage unit first- it was a pretty quick unload.  Ryan stayed by the truck most of the time unloading the carts I packed.  He was much better at packing the truck then I was. :)

Unloading the storage unit!! 

These are the "sticks" I bought for our last house- right after I bought this bunch of sticks, it sold!!  These sticks were very expensive sticks, but well worth our money!! ;) haha

Just about the last load! Wahoo!!

EMPTY!!!!!!!!!!

U haul, fully packed.  (Only storage)  

This is when we realized we had a bit of a problem! : / The one truck we rented was full.  It was only 4pm.  We wanted to have everything except for beds and our one suitcase with our clothes and toiletries in it left. 

We decided it was time to rent another truck.  We had everything at Ryan's parents left to move - couches, 3 beds, dressers, a desk, an elliptical, toys, and randoms... We did an online order for a Uhaul in Eagan.  We drove right over- and the man handed us the keys and said, have it back by tomorrow at 8am.  WHAT the heck?! We are paying for 24hours, it was 5pm.  He said, sorry, that's all the time I can offer.  (well that wouldn't work because we weren't even closing until 12noon!) Left there.  Drove to Penske in Eagan.  We had all of our fingers crossed.  I would like to start by saying: Their store, clean. Their service, professional. Their deals, awesome! Their trucks, New and lovely! I was very impressed! ***** stars for Penske! :)

The man there didn't have a 26 footer... he only had a 16 footer left.  We had to settle.  Anything was better then nothing.  He gave us a great deal and was a good sales man. :) We left happy. 

We got to J &S's house.  We were quite tired by now- but we had adrenaline still! :)  Ryan loaded up the truck with all of the stuff we had packed in the garage.  I went inside to "finish" packing up the rest of our stuff with the plan to pack it all in the garage once Ryan had emptied it.  I got a lot of packing done... but we are down to the ods'n'ends here. Yuck.  So, I started the dishwasher, did laundry and then things started to catch. up. with. us. We. were. tired. 

I went to pick up the boys and Ryan stayed home to finish the washer/dryer stand.  I won't get into it... but this stand is one that has not been kind to Ryan.  Poor guy, he has tried very hard, but it has proved to be stubborn and annoying.  At one point, I said, "if I come out here in 5 minutes and there is an ax through the middle, I will understand. Love you!" (Clearly there was no ax, but he laughed and kind of agreed! hahaa) 

Still Smiling!! 

And, it is done, level, sturdy and will be wonderful!!! 

I Love it Ryan! Thanks you so much!!

 

Off to bed... tomorrow will be a crazy day!
Game plan?
Ryan work from home (conference call) 8-9am
I will go get our cashier's check for closing with the boys at bank open- be home by 9am.
9-11am.  Move the beds into the garage.  Get the boys outside to play before closing.
Noon: CLOSING!!
After closing, we need to bust our buns unloading the trucks, and filling them again.  The Penske truck needs to be back to Eagan by 5pm.  Woof.
While Ryan in unloading the trucks and re loading them, I will be at the house cleaning it, de-winterizing it, re-keying it and playing with the boys.

Saturday: All of our appliances come between 8-12.   The plumber is coming at noon to run our gas lines and get us up and running!  We will have a ton of unpacking and organizing to do ... it will be a great day!!!!

We are still all smiles tonight! We are loving this move! :)