In the Unpacking Zone.
The unpacking is going pretty well. I’ve been in the zone for three days now and I’m just starting to feel a tiny bit tired. Overwhelmed no, just a little creaky from working hard. I’m loving the challenge of finding a place for everything. I know I can do it and when I’m done this house is going to look sooo good!
Even though everything is messy right now, I have a feeling that this house is going to be very photogenic when it’s done. I love the layout and the charming wood floors. The windows are nice with lots of light and offer great views of their giant backyard. I love how the back deck leans out into the branches of the nearby trees. I don’t have a great photo of that but that’s only because I have been unpacking non-stop. I don’t even like to stop to eat.
Of course we have to stop to eat every once in a while because we have little girls in our company with strong growing bodies who demand that we do so. “Feed the kid!” Bug yells at me from time to time. Don’t worry. Nobody is starving. Bethany is taking good care of us when it comes to eating. She’s making lemon bars right now as I type this! I can’t wait.
We’ve made a couple of trips to IKEA to scout out a new couch and some rugs for Bethany’s house and then back again to pick everything up. Shopping at IKEA is pretty fun (especially when you are helping spend someone else’s money) but it does get a bit tiring when you’ve been there for an hour or three. All the choices seem to run together and you feel a bit like a mouse in a maze going crazy. But I can’t complain because I don’t have to put everything together.
Troy does.
We’re all happy in our zones. Me unpacking…
Bethany cooking and baking…
Me eating…
And the girls doing whatever it is that they do.
12 Comments
linda
Next time I moveI’ll have to fly you and Bug to Australia, you really seem to have a nack for unpacking
a chris
Ah, for a few moments I’m living vicariously through Bethany and Troy. It’s so exciting!
Jeannette
You make unpacking sound like so much fun!!! It almost makes me want to move myself. Almost.
susana
Oh the girls look so happy :) love the Bug’s multicolor tutu!
Ruth
You guys are so much fun :)
anna b bonkers
You are soooooo coming here to help me unpack when we get to the lake. No questions!!! And Bethany, well of course somebody needs to cook and bake, ahhhhh.
BA looks tired, I am guessing it was her sinuses?
a chris
Also, it must have been really nice for Annalie, having a visit from good friends in her new town.
Kate
Looks like you’re having fun – all of you. What a good friend you are to help. :)
Holly
Would the unpacking fairy like a trip to Edinburgh? Bug must come too!
BeachMama
Wow, look at you go!! I know exactly how you feel, I too love unpacking. It’s something fresh and new a place to organize and get organized. Do you re-unpack for people who have been in their house for five years?? I could use a super fun organizer to join me in the reorganization of a few closets and bedrooms.
bethany actually
Anna b bonkers – I was tired because it was 10 or 11 o’clock at night! :-) Also, the lighting wasn’t very good. No problems with allergies at the moment, thank goodness.
Jenny
Looks like you’re making progress!
I completely identify with the unpacking bug. When I moved flats recently, I had the whole place completely unpacked 12 hours after the boxes arrived. I can’t go to sleep with an unpacked box in the house…I know if I don’t deal with it while I’m still motivated by the Moving Day Buzz, it will sit there for weeks!
Can’t wait to see the finished product!