Day 3

Well the house is pretty much cleared out and the luggage is packed.  Dear Lord do we have a lot of luggage!  Trying to clean as we go.  Everyone is getting antsy, ready to go but nervous.  I am hoping that we can fit everyone in the suburban without having to hang out windows and hold onto suitcases (which may not fit either!)
Ok, well it is almost midnight and I have to be up early for the yard sale.  I'll let you know how that turns out.  Talk to you tomorrow!  Goodnight.

Day 4

Day 4 has just ended, and oh my goodness does it finally look like we are moving!  The house is getting empty.  We got Bridget packed, it took some Space Bags and some creativity, but it fits.  We are still working on fitting all of our stuff in the allowed bags.  It is almost 12:30 and I am exhausted!  We unplugged the modem so all communications are currently going through my phone and posts will be short.  I cannot copy and paste the link from the blog to Facebook, so if you don't see the link, just check back, I will try to keep the blog updated.  See you tomorrow!

Day 5

I did not get much sleep last night, apparently it was Rick's turn to freak out.  When he reads this he will vehemently deny freaking out, but that is what happened anyway.  I was all set to go to sleep about 10:00 pm, but ended up staying up talking to him until after 2:00 am.  Today will be a super busy day, we are down to counting on one hand so we may have some late nights ahead.  I have to get ready for Todd and Sherry Spence from 3G's Auction to come back tomorrow, and I am also trying to get ready for the yard sale this weekend, plus trying to do the final packing for our trip.  I have so many things to do, I feel like I am just spinning in circles.  I have two cups of coffee in me now, so I think I am caffeinated enough to get started.  My desktop computer is going away today, so I will be down to the laptop.  I have Skype installed and I think we are going to go get the Magic Jacks today, which will greatly aid in communication once we arrive (and get internet) but I am not sure what day they are turning off our internet here at home.  I will be able to post via mobile until we leave, and will try to post as soon as I can once we arrive.  Everyone wants to be notified that we arrived safely, so I will probably post on here so that everyone can send out the bat signal to those who don't follow our blog.  Ok, off to start Day 5, wish us luck!

Day 6

This was an incredibly busy day.  Todd Spence from 3G's Auction spent the day over here loading things up and filled up two trailers and two van loads.  I know that sounds like a lot, but we still have so much more to go!  We had a funny experience with a VERY heavy refrigerator, well it was funny to me because I wasn't the one who had to move it three times!  The fridge that was upstairs in the apartment over the garage was set to get loaded, so Todd and his helper Kevin went upstairs with a dolly to bring it down.  I was working downstairs, and didn't see that they were trying to bring it down the inside staircase until it was too late.  Poor guys!  They got it to the bottom of that extremely steep stair case, and the fridge would fit through the doorway, but not the handles.  They couldn't get to the handles either, the way it was wedged in the doorway, so they had to take it BACK up those steep stairs.  You would think it wouldn't have been too bad on a dolly, but it kept slipping up on the dolly and they pretty much had to man handle it all the way up.  After they got it back up, they had to take it down the front stairs, which aren't as steep but are three times as long.  I don't think they were liking me very much after that.  Anyway, it was a hot and dirty day.  No auction people tomorrow, but they will be back on Thursday to get the storage cabinets and washer and dryer, so all the laundry has to be done tomorrow, and all the cabinets cleaned out.  Off to bed...  Goodnight all!

Day 7

One week to go, I am overwhelmed with emotion.  I am excited and ready to go but scared and can't sleep.  Had a very busy day today with Todd Spence from 3G's Auction.  We got a ton of the small stuff out of the garage, but not nearly enough!  LOL.  He will be here every day through Thursday hauling things off.  Tomorrow is the big stuff in the garage and starting on the small stuff in the house.  The yard sale is this weekend, so what ever he doesn't want to auction from the house will be moved to the garage as we go through it.  From now on out it will be constant motion and commotion.  TV is set to be turned off on Thursday, and since we won't have desks, all of the desktop computers will be going to work as well, which will drop us down to just the laptop.  I don't know what Bridget is going to do for four days with no TV and no computer.  Can anyone send me a double handful of Xanax?  Pretty please?!  We are going to try and leave as early next Monday as we can to give us a nice slow trip to Ft. Lauderdale.  Between Bridget and the three kids we will likely be stopping to potty about every 5 to 7 miles.  You think I am joking don't you?  I'm not.  So anyway, long slow trip to Ft. Lauderdale, then depending on what time we finally get there we may either get a motel room or just go ahead and go hang out at the airport until our flight Tuesday morning.  It is almost midnight now, so I am going to try going to bed (I don't even know WHY I am trying, but I am going to try none the less.)  My camera is supposed to be here tomorrow (AGAIN) but we'll see.  See you tomorrow night!

Day 8

Happy Easter everyone!  What a pleasant,beautiful day we had.  The weather was perfect, I could not have asked for better.  We took the day off from moving, and I got my nap today.  I stuffed myself with ham, deviled eggs and pasta salad.  With the gorgeous warm weather, the nap was just inevitable!  I am so looking forward to daily siestas.  A week from tomorrow we start off on our adventure, and I am ready.  I know there is a lot left to do, but I am starting to appreciate Rick saying, "If it doesn't get done, it just doesn't get done."  What's going to happen?  We are still going to leave, that's what!  Good night, sleep tight, I will see you tomorrow!

Day 9

Well, we are down to the single digit days!  Things are actually progressing pretty well, the snafu with the yard sale put us a bit under the gun, but I had Sierra make signs and tape them to the doors saying it is NEXT WEEKEND!  LOL, I slowed down a bit today and have been scanning photos.  We made a quick trip to the store to get some food and Easter things.  It is so weird, we have been buying in bulk for so long that trying to only buy for the next few days was really hard.  We kept telling each other that, yes, the buy one get one free IS a great deal, but we probably won't use it all before we leave, which makes it NOT a great deal.  Easter will be a very simple affair this year, we don't want to get them any more STUFF, which will just have to be gotten rid of, and we don't want to over-sugar them.  Since we still have one left who believes in the Easter bunny we can't just skip it, so we tried to get creative.  I think I am having a low stress day, I would love to say that the stress is gone, but that would be a lie.  The stress is just postponed.  Next weekend is the yard sale, followed by THE MOVE, and I know for certain that the stress will come back with a vengeance.  I am fighting fatigue right now and would really like a nap, but that is not going to be possible.  Looking forward to island time and a nice hammock!  See you tomorrow!