TVless

It was our kids nightmare, our dream. A world without Spongebob, JimmyNeutron, and the Fairly Odd-Parents. Our hiccup of moving was the lack of cable. Comcast committed to 1/12/09 (wha?). Not so bad during the holidays but my kids do enjoy watching a show in the early morning (and any other time we'll let them).

So hubby came home with this HD attenna last night. That is right, big huge rabbit ears. He installed it in the attic and we are instantly getting HD channels. Sadly we don't get Drake & Josh (even I miss that show) but we have tv without the "stupid, idiot, dumb" language of Spongebob. The giggly sounds of Curious George made all my kids smile this morning.

So, we are trying it out. No cable (less bills) and less bad influence. Yes, I still get Grey's and my favs. Hubby said he doesn't so much care about ESPN (shock to me). We'll test the waters and let you know how it goes.

Did you pack everything?

It is a good thing that I packed the cherubs when we moved!

Land of missing things:

We continue on our daily unpacking rituals. Most things have found a new place and things are running smoothly. Of course there are those quirky items that we still can't locate or just recently located. Just yesterday, I found the base of our phone. Lesson in cordless phones, they don't work without the base. Being trapped to the wall (aka-wall phone) has been torture. My face soap is still missing. Kel, I may just have to order a new one! Cherub 1's UGGs were recently uncovered. I am not sure where they were hiding. Alarm clocks have surfaced. Luckily we have alarms on our cell phones that we used in a pinch. My serving bowls are still at the old house. I guess technically they are not missing since I know exactly where they are. Try having the holidays without a serving bowl. Not so easy. Our everyday shampoo and conditioner (for cherub 1 & I). Still missing. We are using the knockoff brands...our hair...just a tad greasy in the am because of it. Shades. They aren't technically missing, but we don't have any. Dress in the bathroom or in the dark is your best bet for not scaring the neighbors with nakedness. Slowly in time, it will all come.

We have Internet!!

Ahhh, it must be Christmas time! I promise to post later to catch everyone up on moving, Christmas, etc.

Moving Day is Here

So, it is 11:30am and we have already had snowstorms, doctor appt's, drunk people and lots of moving going on. Here is a recap so far...

Up bright & early, hubby had to snowblow our driveway for the movers, then my dad's b/c he is on crutches from knee surgery (yes, he earned many brownie points for that from me), and now he is currently at the new house snowblowing the driveway so they can get in there. He ought to be pooped just from the snow removal part of his day...never mind the move.

Here is cherub 3 at the doctor's office at 8:30am. He has some virus. Ya know, non-treatable, 7-10 days to run it's course. Of course you aren't supposed to wish for strep but secretly I wanted it to be so I could give him medicine and have him feel better. He is resting at Nana & Pop's during the move.

Here are cherub's 1 & 2 who we sent out to play in the snow to get them out of the way. Since they are kids with selective memory, they seemed to always be in the same room as the movers no matter how many times I shoo'ed them into another. Now they are at the (currently empty) new house with Grammy, Grampy & hubby. Empty for now.

Here is Grampy after loading the snowblower to bring it to the new house!

Here is the truck half loaded at 11:30am. You can't see him but the mover that is in the truck is the one that hubby thinks is intoxicated. Hmmm, good thing he is not driving. The other two are fine, including the one driving. I guess that is good? I couldn't tell but hubby said he smelt it on his breath. Maybe last night's activities are lingering?

Moving Day-Tomorrow!

Boxes packed, cherub's excited, blizzard hit today, movers comin' anyway!
(That's the plan.)


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Best Part of the Day

Making a snowman with cherub 2!

Nuts.Zapped.Slaphappy.No dizzy.Pooped.Boxes.

Today was nuts. Literally. Try to keep up: shower, over house, remove dishwasher w/ FIL, ZAPPED (below), to Radioshack in neighboring town to pick up robots on hold (for boys), realize they were trying to sell me 2 good ones, 1 crappy, off to another Radioshack to buy third one. Are you kidding? Book the movers. Bring cherub 1 to friends, pick up paint, drop off with FIL, check on floor progress, meet mom at hospital, stay awaiting Dad's knee surgery results, stay in recovering until his dizziness goes away (he is good now, went well), home, pack with MIL, break up cherub's fights, help clear brush to be hauled away (from ice storm), more packing with MIL, break up cherub's fights, more packing with MIL, make dinner, ignore cherub's fights, clean up, pack with BabySis, clean up, blog.

Below are some funny moments in our crazyiness!


FIL got me good! We were removing the old, yucky dishwasher from the new house and I was holding it up as he was disconnecting the wires underneath it. All of a sudden he jumped, wriggled and screamed like he was being electrocuted. I screamed, 'OMG'! He started laughing and chuckled 'I got ya. I've got to keep you on your toes MB!' He got me alright. I was the one who got zapped!!


MIL was trying like a trooper to entertain the cherubs and STOP their FIGHTING! She got cherub 1 to join in (aka- cherub 1 took 5 minutes off from toruring cherub 2). Yes, the packing with background noise of the cherubs fighting made us a little slaphappy!



MIL say cheese! Thanks for all your help today!!


The kids are pooped (from 5 straight days of being together, fighting with each other, staying up late and going back and forth between houses). Good luck to their teachers tomorrow, they are way off schedule.


The picture is kinda dark, cuz it is dark now, it's late. But, can you see the pile of boxes? Making headway as the panic sets in. 3 more days to pack.