The finished product and move in!

We finally made the move out of the storage unit on the 5th of December.  Hard won progress!  On Monday the 3rd we had movers all lined up and about an hour into the truck loading we got word that we DID NOT have a Certificate of Occupancy or a Final on our permits - so nothing could be moved into the house... So we ended up paying the company to move all the stuff back into the storage unit - and then found out that they were booked on the 5th...  Geez... if it hasn't been for bad luck - we've had no luck at all.  On top of it all - the wife to the contractor is a snotty little ***.  If excuses were dollar bills she could paper the county... and most of it false to boot.  I guess she figured that I wasn't smart enough to find out when the permits were pulled or inspections requested.... NOTHING was done in the promised time frames.

But I digress (me and my soapbox!!!)

We did get our final, called a couple on Craigslist.com and met them - and got all moved, set up, and done before 2 pm on the 5th (the last day so I didn't have to pay for another month of storage!).  Thank you guys for the awesome and happy job!!!!  It was soooo cold!!!  and it started snowing just as they finished!!!

As soon as school was out I had LOTS of awesome help in unpacking!  It was an early release day so the kids were home early.  Bray, Jay, Tetee, Mak, and Caveman all pitched in and worked really hard getting all sorts of stuff unpacked and put away.  Ty came over after work and helped out too.  They worked really hard and it was so great for them to pitch in!  Bray put away all sorts of kitchen paraphernalia while Ty moved furniture and did bathrooms.  Tetee and Caveman helped to move and break down boxes and pick up all the materials that got scattered in the processes!  It was such a great help!

At the end of Day 1 - we had this much stuff washed, stripped, unpacked, organized and put away!  It never would've come together like this without the (can I say it again?) AWESOME assistance of my Grandchildren!!!!  And all without begging, pleading, or coercion!!! LOL  I think we even had dinner ready over at S'te's - so we were in them!!! :)

I will have some more organizing to do - but this has been a great day!!!!
Mak helped me get the TV's up on the wall and the cables hooked up right.... so in 2 days - we accomplished bunches...

AND IT WAS ON TO THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PROGRAMS!! :)