Heh.
Did you get the subtle suggestion that I may feel shackled by my new abode? No? Hmph.
We moved this last weekend. My delightful in-laws were here to watch the kids and help out. Adonis worked. Did anyone just read those three sentences and thought ‘Calgone, take me away?’ Because I’ve got just the tub for that!
Anyway, here are a few notes on the matter.
1.Wow, that’s a frickin big house.
2.Could we own more crap? The movers filled a truck with our bulky items, patio furniture and garage stuff yet FIL and I made 8 1 hour trips in a car and a pickup truck and we’re still not done. Sadly the rest will have to go when Adonis can get over there on his one day off.
3. And speaking of days off, you know what Adonis did on his? If you say “help move” you need to leave. Have you not met him? Hello? He unpacked and hooked up his stereo equipment. The Dude’s clothes were lost for 4 days, I have no idea where the power cord is to my laptop, Maddy has no clean panties but by God, we have music to listen to.
4. For all those 3300 square feet, the damn place doesn’t have much storage. Coming from a 1400 square foot house  I’m quite perplexed by this.
5. All those square feet make for one awesome big ass soccer arena, or doll house, or cat lounge. Also, energy bill padder. Great.*
6. Did i mention: its a big frickin house.**
7. Day one of the move, Maddy got sick, wet her bed the first night in the house and 3 days later still isn’t sleeping through the night. Don’t get me started on The Dude.
8. Beside where I’m going to put my 8 pairs of shoes and 10 purses, I’m at a loss as to where to put the damn litter box. I’m quite tempted to leave the backdoor open and see if any coyotes visit.
9. Oh, yeah, I have 3 cats, two of which are destructive binge-eaters who have learned to open the kitchen cabinets. The other one? She’ll sit next to a bag of cat food and whine. I don’t know which is more annoying.***
10. There is a raised planting bed in the only sunny spot in our yard. Its going to be filled with lovely veggies and herbs. I’m going to pack that thing so full that Adonis will be overwhelmed by the idea of taking it out. Even if I have to plant them by the light of the moon.
11. You know the shitty thing about having a huge kitchen? It takes a whole lotta steps to make ANYTHING. “Sorry honey, dinner is going to be 75% later than normal.” Lets not talk about more sweeping, wiping, cleaning. ****
12. The little house, my sweet baby, my first love, had ONE full sized mirror in a room with really bad lighting. This house? WALLS OF MIRRORS! This post-BFing body isn’t exactly what I want to see first thing in the morning.
13. I’m an ungrateful bitch, I know. Its a great family house, the drive to work isn’t near as bad as I expected and I no longer have to hear first hand the state of my in-laws bowels. #WINNING
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*We had a tiny living room in our tiny first house. We now have 2 big ass living spaces. This means furniture shopping, my own personal hell.
**13 is a LOT of things to list. Who came up with this stupid meme anyway?
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****Or how stupid these cabinets are…. Did they not have bottles/jars/kitchen appliances over 9 inches tall in 1989?
Moving sucks, no matter how prepared you are or how happy you may be with your new place. The whole process is frickin’ awful.
Hope things settle down soon. With all of that space, find yourself a little slice of solitude and down a beer. Or two.
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I am a little envious if you have a lot of closets…that seems like it wou
D help my organizational nightmare, and the genal clutter festival. I am sorryif you have to hear about your in laws’ bowels even second-hand!
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I completely feel you! My hubs keeps promising/threatening to almost double the size of our house. My main concern? How the heck am I going to keep it clean, I can’t even keep the size I have clean…#nevermarryacontractor
I wanna see pics!!!
Moving is always a pain in the ass. If I was closer I would come help you while at the same time get you drunk on martinis so you feel better about unpacking. We would of course be listening to music since it’s all set up.
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Oh, my god. We could all come live with you and YOU WOULDN’T EVEN KNOW WE WERE THERE.
Except for the cooking and the childcare. That you would notice
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I have moved home so many times over the years so I can sympathise with you.
It’s a bummer!
And the work doesn’t stop when the furniture is all in.
Noooooooooooo!
It drags on and on and on and on and …
Oh, I’m sorry! Were you expecting a bit of a pick-me up?
Oh my friend.
We have lived in our current house for TEN YEARS and just now finally furnished the living room.
No joke.
PLEASE don’t worry about shopping for new couches or coffee tables. Let the kids play in the open space. For like ten years!
I allowed roller-skating (shhh) ball bouncing, all kinds of fort-building and messes; it was awesome, and Jack and Karly’s favorite room in the house.
Anyway, they’re older now so this winter we broke down and bought a pool table, pub table and chairs, a flat-screen and some benches/stools for a teenager-esque game room.
No one needs two formal living spaces.
Leave it empty. Live it up.
And listen to the absence of bowel sounds…
Ahhhh.
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It’s always hard to adjust to new spaces. I like the idea of leaving some of them empty-ish for a while. Let the kids run free, and take your time deciding how to fill the space later. Upside of Adonis not being around much right now: you get to claim prime space for yourself.
So funny…I wrote how I am an ungrateful bitch in my last post. For different reasons but still…
Love your writing style. And your place sounds beautiful. And huge!
This whole “let’s buy a house and move during busy season!” thing? Stinks. I used to be a busy season person, and I cannot imagine.
But the silver lining for me? You are closer. And I may have to come and bring you some wine soon.
Sweet Jesus I remember the pic of the mirrored room. No thank you.
It seems Too Big now. I know. But when Mad & The Dude are a couple of years older you will be glad you have that arena. This from a momma who has to dodge balls & pucks while making dinner. I wish for an arena. I’d pay the heating bill.
Oh yeah, moving is not much fun. You mentioning the stereo brought back memories when we as a young couple moved from one continent to another and the first freight box he sent was the stereo.
*hug*
Just *hug*
It sounds like a very difficult transition.
The more I think about this, I think about an arranged marriage . . . I truly hope you & the house get time to sit down, figure out what similarities you have, and how you can make each other happy.
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My god, I want to kick Adonis’ ass for you!
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On the plus side, when I drive up that way to visit, you can host?
And yay for veggie garden.
Boo for huge houses. xoxo