Packing packing packing

The packing has officially started! Josh is with Poppa & Grammy this weekend so David & I have gotten a lot of packing done. When we met my parents in Rocky Mount to drop Josh off Mama gave us a lot of boxes from all the cleaning out at her school. They're all full!  David went and got some from the warehouse at work and we've filled those, too!

Empty boxes ready to go!

We've made a lot of progress but it sure doesn't feel like we've done much. We've packed: most of J's toys, everything from the bookcase, all of J's clothes for the fall/winter, all of the clothes he's outgrown and were put away for storage, all of his stuffed animals (except Monkey, Butter Bear & baby wolf), all of the clothes from his closet, our winter clothes & coats, some of the clothes that are in season now, Christmas dishes, some bake ware, mugs, non-essentials from the bathroom, dvds & "office" stuff from under the tv, most of the utility/laundry room....I think that's all so far.

Most of the boxes are from Josh's room. He has so many clothes & if he doesn't grow too much he should be all set for the fall & winter.

Thursday night's progress

I've decided to use a color system for moving. Each room is assigned a color; red for kitchen, yellow for J's room, etc. Every box we pack gets a the appropriate colored sticker and a short list of what's in the box. Then when we move in the new place we can just put the appropriate boxes in the appropriate room and I don't have to stand around & read boxes & direct people as to which box goes to what room. :) I hope it works. Haha!

My color coded packing list

We're running out of room in the dining room to stack boxes. I guess we'll move on to J's closet and then our room for stacking. I feel unsettled about not having anywhere to move our stuff to. I'd much rather have a certain date to be out and a specific place to be moving to. Right now we have no place to move to and up to a month to be out of our apartment. I like a plan...this doesn't feel like a plan. ;)

Friday's progress

Saturday's progress

We stopped by Marty & Exie's house to get our stuff out of their attic. They've been kind enough to let us use some of their attic space for as long as we need it. Most of the stuff up there we donated. We haven't needed it for years, so we won't miss it. Things like our Christmas tree, ornaments and out of season clothes will go with us. 

Sunday's progress

While handing stuff down to me from the attic David lost his balance when he tried to catch a falling box and fell out of the attic! It happened to fast and so slowly all at the same time. Ironically enough, it was the smallest box up there! He's fine, just banged up a bit, has a few scratches and will be sore. Somehow he landed on his back and side and NOT his head (I don't know how he managed that) but he took down Exie's picture frames on either side of the hallway on his way down. None of the photos were damaged and we'll replace the frames. I'm just thankful he wasn't hurt more than a bruise or two. It could have been much worse and I've since banned him from all attics for a long while. :) I bet he'll let the box fall next time! hee hee!

This evening we're taking a break. David is working on school work and I'm going to meet Mama to get Josh back. I've missed him! We'll probably work on the art projects for his teachers and spend some (supervised) time with the paper shredder. He should enjoy that. ;) 

We'll be working on finding a house to buy or rent this week so please pray that the Lord will handle that quickly and easily. I'll feel much better when we have an idea of where all this stuff is going to go! I'd really like to have officially moved before David starts work on the 10th.