Tuesday 28 September 2010

done - ish

Well, we are out of our house and surprised to find internet available in the TLF (on base hotel thingy).

This morning was a little tense, as the final bit of stuff (that went in a separate shipment directly to my parents' house) was to be packed "between 8 and 5" but we had our house inspection scheduled for 1pm and had to have it all out by then. At 12 we called to reschedule the inspection for tomorrow, but they said to go ahead with it and try to work a deal with the inspector when he arrived. As it turned out, I took the children out to lunch and the movers and the inspector arrived at the same time. So Bob vaguely watched the packing while following the inspector around and wiping up any stray dust that was found. He said the inspector really checked everything, but was pleased with what we'd done. That's never happened before. It's either they don't really check, or they find millions of things wrong. But since I was out, I had my house keys with me, so the man had to come back by to get the keys. Oops. They didn't mind too much.

So we got our old room at TLF - the one we moved into when the heat quit in our first room, way back almost 3 years ago. They have ONE baking sheet, and it doesn't fit in the oven! Yikes. I bought a disposable pan, and Taryn made biscuits, Bob made eggs, and I made chocolate gravy for our supper tonight. It was nice to not be eating out for a change. For breakfast I got some Eggo waffles - I never get those things, but somehow I had a craving for them yesterday.

Anyway, we're here now and on our way. Bittersweet.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! That's wonderful that all went well. Blessings for the rest of the journey. mums

Wil said...

Glad to hear how smoothly it went, all things considered.

Of all the things I've done so far, I think moving is the most stressful (In two months, I'm sure "moving" will drop down to #3 or #4 on the list...)

Can't wait to see you all again. Our prayers will focus on your safety through the next several days.

The HoJo's said...

Safe travels to you all xxc