Laura and I are safe and sound in our new house. We are 100% in the house and will spend the next few days unpacking and putting everything in its rightful place. I'm so grateful for Laura's great help, and for my son Jon and his friend Juan!! Everyone did just an amazing job!! I had the easy part; I only had to pay for it, but I did drive the 10-foot truck back and forth one time on Friday. Jon drove the larger one on Sunday. We used Saturday to rest, relax, put things away, and break down a few boxes to take back to the old house to load up again. Now, we have about 30 good boxes to give away. I'll put them on the Facebook page (our city has a couple) and see if anyone needs 30+ good boxes. They'll have to buy tape for the tops.
OK, so we're in, and we've slept a couple of nights here. We slept here on my birthday, Saturday night, and it was awesome to be in the house that day. We ordered the truck around noon on Friday and kept it until noon Saturday. I went with U-Haul, as I always do. They've just always been so reliable. I went 54 miles, and the 10-footer cost me $121. I put $12 of gas in it and only used about $9, but I wanted to bring it up to the mark, so I wouldn't be charged. The 15-footer cost $141 after all was said and done, and Jon ended up putting more gas in it than he needed. The man at the store claimed it was full, but it was only 3/4 full -- dog gone it!
It's really important to check the tires, take photos of all the corners and sides of the truck, and check the gas level. Both Jon and I forgot, but he put in a lot of gas, and it wasn't full. I told him I only spent $9 on my trip, which was the same distance as his. The clerk obviously misrepresented the gas level. The kind people at U-Haul trusted me; they only charged me what I should have been charged, and I'll take Jon out for a big, fat, hefty burger when he comes out to see me next time. That should make up for it! He's such a great man. I really love him.
Juan works with Jon, and he couldn't have picked a better guy to come out to help. Juan took every tiny thing, big thing, bulky thing, and put them into place like a puzzle. That truck was absolutely full, and we didn't need to make more than one trip for the big things (furniture and appliances mainly). Laura did the same thing with the smaller truck. I just wound her up and watched. She put it all together, and basically, I just assisted. GREAT help. Could not have been better -- and God was so very gracious to hold off His rain until the very last minute. So good.
We're slowly moving things around, unpacking, placing, deciding where things go. Laura hooked up my computers, and she has been deciding where everything will go in each room since I have to work and don't have time to do it. I will say this: I would SO much rather work than move again. Yes, I told my boss, I will take working over moving any and every day! He agreed with me. Two other co-workers moved this past weekend as well. It must be time of year to move to a new house! All of us went from renting to owning -- very nice.
I just bought a bunch of fencing at Tractor Supply -- Laura is going to put up a horse fence now. She is doing the horse fence first, and then the dog fence. It won't be as big as we will do it later, but it will give the dogs a place to go and have fun outside, as well as a place to do their business. Right now, we're having to walk them, and that's not a lot of fun, really. The first day, we got up at 4:10 a.m. to do it, that's for someone else -- not me. I'm not good at getting back to sleep once I get out of bed. It's all good. We'll make it all happen -- God has made it all happen. So super happy right now.
I probably won't use Kroger delivery as much now; we have a really good and almost empty Walmart. We have a United Supermarket as well, and I can't wait to see how their prices compare. I think I'm going to actually save money living in our new city. Several items on my Kroger list are at least 15-20% lower at Walmart -- this could be a game changer. Also, if I can get something at Walmart as opposed to Amazon, I'll do that as well. I didn't do it in the big city because the place was always so crowded, ugly, and the energy was terrible. Here, we literally see a few people each time we go - maybe 50 in the entire store, and that includes the workers!
Pulling into my garage, closing the door, and hearing it shut makes all the difference to me. I've not had that in over 10 years. Washing dishes in a dishwasher is nice too, and ours is a Maytag. We didn't have a dishwasher, washer, dryer, or doorbell at the apartments. We did have a washer and dryer at the house, but not a garage or doorbell! I go outside sometimes and just ring it to ring it -- I'm like that. One funny thing, and then I'll let you go. My bedroom door doesn't shut all the way. That's hilarious because in a number of places I've lived, it's always been my bedroom door that has had an issue with properly closing. Geez!
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