Time for a...

CELEBRATION!

Yep, we passed our inspection yesterday and we get to start moving in!! We are so, soo, sooo excited to actually start moving in. My mind is already stuck in decorating mode and we haven't even moved a single box in yet. I may go ahead tonight and order the kids new bedding & bathroom decor if I get a minute, I've been "researching" it for what seems like forever. Even though it seems as if we've been in building mode for a while now (almost 2 years!), it doesn't seem "real" to be moving in and decorating yet either. Confusing, huh? :)

The kids are out of school today so we're trying to get organized, sorted and packed up. I've made countless Goodwill donation trips this week, along with trips to the dump, in an attempt to be half-way organized packer atleast. Of course, I'm not claiming to be the best packer ever (my old packing style was actually throwing everything in trash bags at the last minute, lol) but we're actually getting a lot packed up in boxes today. I actually packed everything up in the kitchen so nice & neat only to realize that ALL the oven mitts & eating utensils were in there -- and the kids needed lunch, oops! ;)

But hopefully we can get quite a bit moved in this weekend -- with only the big things left, until we can get some help moving those down; that's the goal anyway. There is still work to be done on the outside of the house to get it 100% complete, but it'll be nicer that we can all be together as a family while it's getting done. It's been a long 2 years and we're all ready to move in and enjoy life as a complete family again. We won't know how to behave with a true "home" again and a daddy/husband who doesn't have to work all day and then work all night too. We're all tired and cranky but way beyond excited too. Woohoo!