I Finally moved in!

Tonight will be my first night sleeping here.  I was supposed to move in yesterday but the movers that I selected on Uhaul's website was a no call no show!  How could they be so cruel?  Chris ( the mover from "Two Men No Truck") literally cut his phone off before he stood me up.  Uhaul did hook me up with another company (Movers R Us) and I am grateful that they jumped right in at the last minute to move me at 8 AM the day after Chris' unprofessional ass stood me up with a Uhaul truck and all my worldly possessions ready to go.

The new movers were cool and hard working, I think that the move was too big for them though.  I paid for 3 hours but ended up with using them for over 5.  They left my dryer, dresser and a few other things behind.  Couldn't get my fridge in the door so it is sitting in the garage.  One of the guys had to leave for work so there is a lot of things undone.  I still respect them though, they were working so hard and they wrapped my delicate items with such care.

I managed to unpack most of the kitchen and my bedroom.  I am overwhelmed by the stacks of boxes in my living and dining room.  I am wondering how I came up with so much stuff; mostly never used that I've been collecting for the past few years for this moment.  I have A LOT OF STUFF, GOOD LORD!

Day 15: Ewwww

While cleaning the master bathroom, I noticed that the sink had a slow drain.  I then remembered the inspector saying that during the home inspection prior to me purchasing it.  I took the thingy off to look in the sink and this happened.

I wish you guys can smell it too.  Gross huh?  Well I threw the sink thingy away and guess what?  No more slow drain.

Day 14: Moving Sooner than Thought!

I booked a UHaul Truck and they offered a list of movers and the prices were very right.  I selected "Two Men No Truck" after reading the reviews of their satisfied customers.  It will only cost me $140 for two hours and $55 for each additional hour.  I will be so organized that I will only need them for two.  I am just moving down the street...

Today, I bought switch plates and plastic mattress carrying bags for our mattresses during the move.  I put the switch plated and outlet plates up throughout the house and it gives it a more finished look.  I took down the masking tape from the ceilings and baseboards through out.  I think I will need to touch up some paint from where the masking tape accidentally covered,but I will do that after the move.  In fact, that will be best because there may be a few nicks on the wall from the move so I would have to touch paint up anyway.

 (insert photos with switch plates here)

Tomorrow I may be at the house that I'm moving from more than at the condo, I have to pack.  I will be loading smaller items into my jeep and take them over to the condo when I do go; killing two birds with one stone.

Day 13: Striped Wall

I was only at the condo for about an hour today.  We need to rest, we've been at it for 12 straight days from morning to night.  Although I was supposed to rest today, I did sneak in some prep for my striped wall.  I measured the lines 15 inches apart, drew them with pencil and taped the wall.  All under 1 hour.  All I have to do is fill in three stripes with white paint then I'm good.  Much much easier than the stenciled walls.  You can't go too wrong with straight lines unless you attempt to do it without a level.

Day 12: Getting the inside of the cabinets and drawers ready to fill

I lined all of the drawers and cabinets with gray and white chevron contact paper.  I wrestled with that stuff and still got creases but I'm not going to worry about it.  I lined some drawers and the cabinet with the dishes with a gray non-slip mesh on top of the contact paper to keep things like my wine glasses from sliding or my utensils from sliding when you pull the drawer open.


I am really regretting not taking a "before" picture of the stove.  It was really dirty.  It was so dirty that I originally planned to just throw it out and get the stainless steal one that I want.  I came to my senses and just gave it a well-deserved scrubbing though.  As mentioned in an earlier blog that I self-cleaned the oven and it looks great.

The grates on the stove were wearing my fingers out and I knew that there had to be an easier way to clean them.  I found a Youtube video saying to get four 1 gallon ziplock bags, put a grate in each bag, then put Ammonia in the bag.  Let them soak over night and then the next day, lightly wipe them with your dish towel and soap, then rinse with warm water.  I did just that the other day and it was easy peasy.  I also soaked the stove knobs and those round thingies that go on top of the burner.  Today all I had to do with the stove was get a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, dampen it and wipe the dirt from the side of the stove off.

Day 11: "Same Old" from yesterday

Yeah, so we prepped with frog tape then painted baseboards, door frames and doors today.  Nothing picture worthy.  I'm exhausted.  Hopefully I will be moving in within the next few days.  Tomorrow, I'm bringing my iron/ironing board, all the curtains and curtain rods for the rooms.  Whichever window frames that don't need another coat will get covered.