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It Feels Real Now

February 5, 2011 | Uncategorized

 

Happy weekend!

Thanks for all the comments on my accent vlog. I enjoyed reading through them. I had NO idea “the devil is beating his wife” was a southern thing until so many people brought it to my attention. Hilarious! Hopefully you don’t all stop reading my blog becuase I sound like a dork.

 I hope everyone is having a great Saturday! My weekend didn’t start out so great. One of the main reasons I came up to MS (besides packing) was to go to the chiropractor, and just much luck, we get here and he is out of town! This is after driving here in scary rain and ice. We did get to eat yummy Mexican food though. That’s where I made my mistake…I haven’t had sweet tea in over a month. I HAD to have it! Well..my body is apparently not used to this because I was awake in bed until 5, yes FIVE am! Also, Bobby was snoring, and I haven’t slept in this bed for over a month, but oh it was awful! I just wanted to cry I was so frustrated. We also woke up to more freezing cold and a little more of this.

I finally fell asleep and had to be up at 8:00 because the movers were coming to give is an estimate.

When he came that REALLY made our move feel real. Hopefully it won’t cost an arm and a leg to get us down there.

After running some errands and eating at my favorite, McAlisters, we came home and did more packing! I also did a good amount of throwing out. A friend is having a garage sale as a fundraiser for a mission trip she is going on, so that made me more motivated to want to get rid of some things, to help her cause.

 

The dogs didn’t like all the commotion. They get confused easily.

 

We are getting somewhere though. A lot of our bathroom is packed up and most of the kitchen. Luckily we started way back in the summer little by little, so it hasn’t been too overwhelming.

Happy Packing Boy

We were supposed to run 8 miles today, but with me running on 3 hours of sleep, we decided it was a bad idea and will do it tomorrow instead before we head back down south. We are also going to get as much packing done as possible. We need more boxes!

The girls miss grandma and grandpa I think.

Ok, back to packing! I can definitely say it really feels like we are actually moving now! Have a great night everyone!

QOTD: Does packing stress you out? Do you enjoy getting rid of things?

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  1. Kerrie says

    February 5, 2011 at 9:21 pm

    It looks like you are making progress. You must be excited! !

    • Heather says

      February 6, 2011 at 10:16 am

      thanks kerrie, we are so ready.

  2. Karen says

    February 5, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    Ugh sorry the Chiro was out of town! Bummer! Crazy about your lack of sleep, too! I would have been SO frustrated!

    • Heather says

      February 6, 2011 at 10:16 am

      I was, and that made me even more awake, being frustrated!

  3. Jen says

    February 6, 2011 at 7:56 am

    Annoying your doctor was out of town 🙁 And crazy he didn’t have a sub!

    I have packing, so much. But unpacking may be worse. We still have boxes we haven’t unpacked from when we moved here 1.5 years ago haha. Glad it’s starting to feel more realistic!

    • Heather says

      February 6, 2011 at 10:20 am

      He has his own practice by himself, so he is the only one. They give out calendars every month, but we havent been in a month so we didnt have one. he is at some chiropractor conference in orlando or something!
      haha you need to finish unpacking! or, throw it away b/c its obviously things you dont use ha!

  4. christina cadden says

    February 6, 2011 at 9:10 am

    You guys be safe!

    • Heather says

      February 6, 2011 at 10:20 am

      thanks!

  5. Samantha @ Health, Happiness & Skinny Jeans says

    February 6, 2011 at 5:45 pm

    I actually love packing! I love that I get to be super organized and label everything…I’m a weirdo!

    • Heather says

      February 7, 2011 at 10:38 am

      haha! I feel like I have been packing since july so I am ready for it to be over!

  6. Tina @ Faith Fitness Fun says

    February 6, 2011 at 5:51 pm

    McAlister’s is always a good choice. A

    And I always feel like crying when its the middle of the night and I can’t sleep.

    • Heather says

      February 7, 2011 at 10:39 am

      yum my favorite.
      I try not to let myself cry because that just wakes me up more ha

  7. eliz@thesweetlife says

    February 6, 2011 at 6:34 pm

    I love sorting through things and getting rid of stuff!! Good luck.

    • Heather says

      February 7, 2011 at 10:39 am

      thanks! 🙂

  8. Becky says

    February 7, 2011 at 10:33 am

    Good luck with the packing! I hope you are able to get some sleep, too.

    • Heather says

      February 7, 2011 at 10:39 am

      thanks, i feel more caught up on sleep today

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