Okay I’m a day late. Conditions were removed on the house yesterday and it is now sold!
Watch out Germany, here we come!
Packing up our lives. July 9, 2009
The house is pending. The condition removal date is tomorrow and we have to be out by July 27th! So today we started packing up the non essentials. We found this old trunk in the basement….I think I’ll try to sell it.
Here are the FIRST of the boxes. I LOVE wardrobe boxes!!!
During all this Elijah and Nadia are having a picnic up stairs. And they haven’t fought even once today! Wow.
My kids… July 5, 2009
They are ‘helping’ me figure out the new camera. Every so often they come up for me to take pictures…there are lots of jumping pictures and some posing pictures. VERY helpful.
Slow on the uptake… July 3, 2009
I was going to write about how the house was listed. But I was too busy. Then I was going to write a witty post and the drama around getting us all out of the house for showings but I didn’t have time. Now it’s pending (in FOUR DAYS) and I have to organize the garage sale that is happening TOMORROW! Geez. I am going CRAZY!
So…. June 29, 2009
Yesterday I (well really we cause Scott was there too)…
primed and painted Elijahs room
cleared out the master bedroom walk in closet
Today I….
reorganized Elijah’s room and put the bed back
cleaned out the office
sanded the garage door
cleared out the stuff around the upstairs
recleaned the kitchen and laundry area
listed the house for sale (YIPPEE!!!)
Tomorrow I’ll….
paint the garage door
clean the carpets
and hopefully get some viewing appointments
This is CRAZY! We will be in Germany in SIX weeks! DAMN! So I haven’t been blogging, or knitting or going to yoga. But I’m going to a 6:30 AM class on Thurday so I’m really looking forward to THAT!
My childhood crush…. June 25, 2009
Whatever the recent passed this group made me dance around my house in my twirling skirt and sing at the top of my lungs cause there were ‘BLACK PEOPLE ON TV, Mommy, Quick come there’s BLACK PEOPLE ON TV!!!’
He ran into my knife 10 times. June 24, 2009
I have FIVE days until the house will be on the market. In those five days I have to wash the walls, paint some spots, clean the window, clean the carpets, fix a hole in emmett’s bathroom ceiling, take the dog to the groomer, take the dog to his new home, continue to pack, organize a garage sale, get boxes from shipping company and the daily cooking, cleaning AND end of school nightmare that is JUNE!. This morning my delightful husband said, ‘maybe we should look into shipping the car’. Which means maybe I should look into the costs and benefits of shipping the car overseas. I did NOT stab him with a fork but only because I don’t want blood in the carpet before we sell the house. I did however start singing Cell Block Tango…
Happy Father’s Day. June 21, 2009
So I’m curious about Father’s Day in Germany! Apparently Vatertag used to be quite the celebration. Beer filled debachery indeed….
Happy Father’s day to all the Daddy’s who can’t be physically with their kids today.
And to all the Daddy’s who are with their kids today, enjoy the days of giggles and hero worship…..
Day 1 of the crazy… June 20, 2009
It’s 6am. I don’t DO 6 am. But I can’t lay in bed any more thinking about what we have to do before moving to Germany. I had to get up and do something. Not something reasonable like cleaning or packing. More like sitting on the computer looking up where the Starbucks is and how far to the nearest Bikram studio…you know, the important stuff. It’s called research!
Heidelberg Germany! June 18, 2009
After MONTHS of searching and many bitter disappointments we are heading to Germany! The funny thing is this is a job that DH applied for in December and we assumed he didn’t get! Not only will he be teaching the subjects that he loves but the kids will be attending the International School as well and getting a hell of an education! We are hoping to be out of here in a little over 2 months. Yep. Two months to sell everything we own, move to a foreign country and NOT go insane along the way. Should be interesting.
