Moving Day!!

OMG. It's finally here. Moving day is Thursday October 11th. The new floors look great in the rental house and we've up to our eyeballs in boxes over here. We're far from done but it feels great to actually be moving this adventure along. We called to get the phone and direct TV and insurance switched over and the guys are here right this moment to plan out the shrub, tree and plant removal/relocation so the excavator can come do his thing. Thanks to my trusty melatonin, I am sleeping through the night and all the stresses I wrote of in past blogs seem a thing of the past! We made lists back then of all the things that were keeping me up at night and yesterday were able to check off the very last things and throw out the lists!! What a great feeling. I need to stop procrastinating the rest of the packing so I'll be going now....more later after we're in the new place.

Renovation Update

Well, we're still not moved into the rental house but things are ever creeping along. We've all but settled on the contractor (need to work with the architect to bring the costs down a bit before it's a go), we have the loan money to get started, and the rental house is almost ready for prime time. Wonderful ServiceMaster swooped in and cleaned out the place - two dumpsters full of carpets, furniture and sheet rock later it is now mold free and no cat smell. Our chosen contractor for our house has been over to the rental and is sizing the floor job now. With any luck, we'll be in sometime this month! of course, we have a little packing to still do --- like most of it. Friends and neighbors are helping with boxes but the lack of a deadline to be out has us feeling under-motivated to pack them. We're hoping to kick it up a notch by the end of the month........more updates to come.

Thursday Thirteen #6- The Music Man

Thirteen Music and Instrument Jokes 1. What do you call a drummer without a girlfriend ...Homeless 2. What is the difference between an Oboe and a Bassoon ...a Bassoon burns longer 3. How can you tell the stage is level at a concert ...the drool comes out of both sides of the drummer's mouth 4. Why do roadies only count to two ...everyone knows you lift on three 5. What is the difference between an onion and an accordian ...nobody cries when you cut up an accordian 6. When is a Viola in tune. ...when the bow is not moving 7. What' the difference between a Viola and a trampoline ...people take their shoes off to jump on a trampoline 8. What is perfect pitch on a banjo ...when it hits all three sides of the dumpster as it goes in 9. Where did they catch the streaker in church ...by the organ 10. How do you tell the difference between a violinist and a dog? ...the dog knows when to stop scratching. 11. Why do violinists put a cloth between their chin and their instrument? ...violins don't have spit valves. 12. Why did the chicken cross the road? ...to get away from the bassoon recital. 13. How do you get a guitar player to play softer? ...give him some sheet music. More music jokes Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. Marina@Momma Writes About Books

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