Surviving the Chaos: Our Moving Journey from Virginia to Our New Home

[erinyourpclady]

today is day 12 since they pack our belongings in Virginia and I started living without! LOL!! We moved into our new house on Thursday. Our stuff will be delivered next Wednesday. Yesterday we put in a fence. Today we painted the girls room. Tomorrow we paint the living and dining room and I find a laundromat to wash our clothes.
Did I mention that I hate moving?

 

[Gina M]

I feel for you Erin- I haven't moved in almost 12 years and can't imagine lugging all the junk out of my basement to do it - will probably stick it out in our tiny house til the kids go to college - Good luck with your move - I'm sure it will be worth it!

 

[katie0128]

The last time we moved (almost 4 years ago), I was 8 months pregnant and it was late fall... and it was really rainy that year! I agree, I HATE MOVING!!!

 

[GourmetGirl]

I'm with all ya'll on hating moving! I moved 10 times in 3.5 years (college, studying abroad, moving abroad, moving across the us, etc) and I am so sick of moving!!!!

 

[JaimeQ]

I hate moving also, but it's part of the military life so there is nothing I can do about it... except complain

 

[raebates]

I also hate moving. When The Furry Guy and I moved into our current home it was our ninth move in 8 years. He was a deployable marine, and every time they sent him to sea I moved back to stay with family. We've lived here for almost fourteen years. It's our plan for our great-grandchildren to visit us in this home.

 

[PamperedChefDebi]

But Erin, you have to admit, having someone else do the actual moving REALLY helps. I never mind putting my house back together as long as I didn't have to do the physical moving.

 

[erinyourpclady]

But Erin, you have to admit, having someone else do the actual moving REALLY helps. I never mind putting my house back together as long as I didn't have to do the physical moving.

Absolutely Debi!! LOL!!
This was the first time though that the packers wouldn't pack candles or light bulbs. I know the always say they don't but then they do. I have a lot of candles and apparently lamps.
Ah well...only 3 more nights on a air mattress.

 

[erinyourpclady]

I also hate moving. When The Furry Guy and I moved into our current home it was our ninth move in 8 years. He was a deployable marine, and every time they sent him to sea I moved back to stay with family. We've lived here for almost fourteen years. It's our plan for our great-grandchildren to visit us in this home.

DH is a Marine as well...we are on our 5th duty station and 9th move. We lived in 4 different homes in Okinawa over the 7.5 years we were there! Oh and we will be moving out of this house in a year as it is due to be renovated.
LOL!! Though as Debi pointed out..at least I didn't have to pack all those moves!!

 

[angmillar]

Okinawa!!! That's where I am right now!!

We're only on our 2nd house here, and we've been here 18 months.

Since I've been married to my AF hubby, we've lived in five different houses in five years!!

Ah, the military life...

 

[raebates]

The Furry Guy always did all the packing. He's a genius when it comes to packing. He helped some friends of ours move to a plain (think Amish) community. He and his family were using a semi to move everything. They had packed half of their stuff into the semi and it seemed to be full. The Furry Guy had them take everything out. He supervised (and helped with) the re-packing of many of the boxes, then the re-packing of the semi. Everything fit nice and tight. Nothing was broken or missing when they arrived at their new home. My man has many talents.