Don't Box Me In

I am not sure if Hank and I will see an end to the boxes any time soon. I mean, we just had a massive yard sale, and that emptied out some. But there are still boxes waiting to be gone through in our garage. And I like to keep a couple of boxes on hand here at the house cause you just never know when you might need one.

For example, we are currently in the midst of a bathroom makeover, and that bathroom is where I normally store all my CVS swag (that's right... that's what I said). So right now, it's all in a box... and overflowing out of the box in our living room. Let's face it... it's also on my dining room table, and any other place I have for storage as well! You can tell that this particular box has seen better days... and probably endured 3 moves too!

I had some cool boxes for packing pictures and stuff when we moved, but they have long since gone to the recycle plant. My sister-in-law had some cool custom boxes from one of their moves that they gave to us. They sort of looked like this:

Moving Day!

Moving day was stressful but necessary! Ha! Especially if we wanted to LIVE in the house that we had just bought! Everything was fine until Hank pulled the moving truck up our driveway. I say up because it's on a hill. He pulled it in, then decided he needed to back it in. I guess the back and forth of it all took it's toll. Here's what happened:The dresser that goes with the master bedroom furniture took a hit, but Hank says he can fix it. Mostly everything was fine. Now it's just time to settle in. We still have work to do on the house. Mainly stuff like finishing the cabinet doors in the kitchen and then all the little details that make a house a home. I know I had promised pictures by the end of last week, but things are just piling up a bit with Christmas so close. So you'll all have to wait until next year for pictures of the house. I'd rather take this time to concentrate on my family!

Tired and Swollen!

Well, it's been busy but fun, as usual! Hank actually had July 4th off in who knows how long. It was great to spend a family day. We chilled at home for the first part of the day, where all three of my guys invested some time in their latest obession... Lego Star Wars. I sorted & washed clothes to bring over to my Mom's while they did that. While not all that patriotic... it still needed to be done! Then I grilled up some hamburgers on the old Foreman Grill. Next was a stop at the park, at the request of the boys. They had fun, but it was super humid, so we cut that trip a bit short. Then we headed to the theatre to catch Ratatoullie. We were gonna try to Drive-In again, but I begged Hank to let this be in a building with A/C since I've started swelling a bit lately! Ugh! The movie was really cute, and the boys really enjoyed it. Hank and I both received a lap full of Bryant's Dr. Pepper at points in the movie, so we stayed busy cleaning that up. Nice.

We ended the day at my parent's house. Hank and the boys went swimming and I headed upstairs to get closets emptied and organized, so that we could put our stuff in them! We spent the rest of the evening doing that and I felt pretty much like we had accomplished a good bit by the end of the night.

Today, I brought over my clothes & some of the boys toys. I've spent the day sorting again, and now I'm ready to relax and catch some Big Brother, baby! Yes! It's tonight! I'm so sorry there are no funny pics to go with this post, but I totally forgot to take them today! Very un-Jamie-like!