So the big drive to North Carolina was pretty much uneventful. I am not complaining, don't get me wrong. We did hit a bit of a snag in the beginning, there was some sort of accident that caused us to lose about an hours worth of drive time. We left around 8:30pm so that Isabelle would sleep through the whole thing. That was the best idea I ever had because she didn't cry more than 5 minutes on the whole 13 hour drive.
Once we got here we settled in to a hotel and unfortunately for us we couldn't sleep yet ... Isabelle is wide awake. It wasn't too bad since we had hit our 3rd (or maybe it was our 4th) wind so we were still functioning. We went to check out a house that had just come up for rent and we ended up signing for it the next day. We couldn't move in right away since it wasn't clean and we were unable to get our household good for another few days so we stayed a week in the hotel. It wasn't too bad.
During the day we were cleaning up the house and repainting it. It was awful. The colors were bad and the paint job was even worse. We tore down wall paper and replaced it with clean fresh paint. Needless to say this house looks much better. Next time I move I want it to be move in ready and I don't care if it costs thousands of dollars we are not painting again. Talk about work, but I digress. At night we would head back to the hotel and swim in their pool. Isabelle loved it. She kept putting her face in the water so we just bit the bullet and dunked her. The girl never even flinched. To this day when you give her a bath she still tries to dunk her own head. Silly girl.
This move has been a lot of work but all in all it has been for the better. Our house is better, the neighborhood is better, Ft Bragg is better and the kicker ... the weather is better! We bought new furniture last week and that was delivered today so my living room is full again. When we were at the store the couch and love seat didn't look nearly as big as they are. They make our end tables look like midgets. I also had a washer and dryer delivered today so things are finally starting to shape up around here.
Now all we need is another car. Josh is happily working on that. While he was here checking in he came across this Jag convertible that he fell in love with. He has since gone back to look at it a few times. I finally gave him the green light to go and buy it tomorrow. I had to give him some conditions obviously but if it all lines up he will bring it home tomorrow. He is so excited. Its little compared to our SUV but its red and sporty so it has Josh's name written all over it.
So far I like North Carolina ... I can't wait to see what happens next.
Once we got here we settled in to a hotel and unfortunately for us we couldn't sleep yet ... Isabelle is wide awake. It wasn't too bad since we had hit our 3rd (or maybe it was our 4th) wind so we were still functioning. We went to check out a house that had just come up for rent and we ended up signing for it the next day. We couldn't move in right away since it wasn't clean and we were unable to get our household good for another few days so we stayed a week in the hotel. It wasn't too bad.
During the day we were cleaning up the house and repainting it. It was awful. The colors were bad and the paint job was even worse. We tore down wall paper and replaced it with clean fresh paint. Needless to say this house looks much better. Next time I move I want it to be move in ready and I don't care if it costs thousands of dollars we are not painting again. Talk about work, but I digress. At night we would head back to the hotel and swim in their pool. Isabelle loved it. She kept putting her face in the water so we just bit the bullet and dunked her. The girl never even flinched. To this day when you give her a bath she still tries to dunk her own head. Silly girl.
This move has been a lot of work but all in all it has been for the better. Our house is better, the neighborhood is better, Ft Bragg is better and the kicker ... the weather is better! We bought new furniture last week and that was delivered today so my living room is full again. When we were at the store the couch and love seat didn't look nearly as big as they are. They make our end tables look like midgets. I also had a washer and dryer delivered today so things are finally starting to shape up around here.
Now all we need is another car. Josh is happily working on that. While he was here checking in he came across this Jag convertible that he fell in love with. He has since gone back to look at it a few times. I finally gave him the green light to go and buy it tomorrow. I had to give him some conditions obviously but if it all lines up he will bring it home tomorrow. He is so excited. Its little compared to our SUV but its red and sporty so it has Josh's name written all over it.
So far I like North Carolina ... I can't wait to see what happens next.
1 comment:
I am so glad to hear that things are going smoothly now for you and that you like North Carolina :) I wish I could travel.
I am so happy to hear that Isabelle loves the water even when it is deep. Colby freaks out in the deep stuff.
Sorry you had to go through all that hard work...painting a house is tough, but it sure does pay off.
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