Here’s my unpacking technique: I grab a box, any box.
Many of you suggested I start in the kitchen, but the fact is that pretty much EVERYTHING needs to be unpacked at the same time. Oh sure, there are priorities, but there is something urgent needed in every single room whether it’s the kitchen, the bathroom, or a bedroom. There was a guy installing a shelf in my closet this morning and I couldn’t find the dustpan. I am still looking for hangers and dishtowels and hand soap, and a thousand other items that we need RIGHT NOW.
Every once in awhile I come across a surprise. For example, yesterday I tore into a box labelled LR-MISC and my hand wrapped around something large and awkward. It was heavier than I had expected too. As I unsheathed it from many layers of packing paper I wondered, what on earth is THIS THING. LO and behold it was my…
… bowling pin. ;)
Thank god Mark took the week off to help. He spent all day yesterday getting our technology installed along with TWO Bell guys who were here for many hours.
What else can I tell you? Well, our family bathroom is incomplete (long story, but we have a temporary plywood counter and temporary sink and temporary faucet) and there is a list of other things that needs to be taken care of … i.e. our dishwasher wasn’t quite installed and we still need to get window coverings for our bedroom. The driveway isn’t being done until next week and I think we might run out of flagstone for what we’re planning in the backyard. There’s a shed being built in the back corner and there’s still exterior painting going on. I wish it was all done but I’m trying to focus on the good stuff. For example, I am the owner of The Best Shower in the World and the view from our bedroom is golden. Some of our smaller decisions have already made a huge difference to my sanity. I am so glad we installed an electronic keypad combination lock on our side door (made by Schlage – no worrying about lost keys) and I can’t believe I ever lived without a touch faucet in the kitchen (made by Delta, and it rocks). Later I will devote another whole post to our mudroom and that dog-washing sink. :)
Sigh. There’s still so much to do. I am up to my eyeballs in paper and boxes but I am also terribly happy, know what I mean?
