Elizabeth was so excited to be Tinkerbell tonight that it was nearly
impossible for me to get her to take a quick nap. The last thing I
wanted was a grumpy Tinkerbell! She did FINALLY go down for a short
nap about 4pm. She only needed about 30 minutes to be pleasant tonight & thankfully she was.

ANYWAY, we took the girls into town for Halloween tonight. I had
wanted to make Charlotte's costume SOOO bad but with everything being such a hectic mess this pass month....on top of both girls being sick the past week & me STILL being sick....the Mermaid costume I was so excited to make just didn't get finished.

Instead, Charlotte wore Elizabeth's cheerleader costume from her first
Halloween. I was expecting it to be WAAAAYYY too big for her, but it
fit her well enough. I was disappointed that I wasn't able to finish
the Mermaid though.

Back to tonight, we did some door-to-door Trick or Treating right
around the park that we went to. The park was the site of the 32nd
annual Halloween Carnival. Organizations come & set up booths with
games & activities while the city supplies all of the carnival
participants with candy. Well lit AND safe. That is a winning
combination. Toss in FREE & it's unbeatable!

The booths surrounded the outside edge of the football field at the
local high school. This was no small carnival. We didn't have time to
see it all. She got to play games, have her hand painted & got candy
at each booth. She also got to meet Chester Cheetah, Twinkie the Kid
& Cracker Jack.

Her costume was turning heads left & right. I heard people of all ages
saying "Look! It's Tinkerbell! She is SOOO cute!" She was so busy
pointing out all of the Darth Vader, Spiderman, Batman, witch &
animal costumes she didn't even hear most of the people saying she was
cute. Several people even had their dogs with them & in costume.

Saturday night we were on our way to Wal-Mart when "Mr. Incredible"
pulled up in a convertible & jumped out to get $ from an ATM. She went
NUTS when we yelled "Hi Mr. Incredible!" & waved. Then he waved back. She was jumping up & down yelling "Mommy! Mommy! Mr. Incredible WAVED at ME!"

I hope you all enjoyed "Halloween" or as some call it "Samhain".

Moving = STRESS

OMG! I've had the absolute WORST moving experience I've ever had! I have moved to apartments, etc 19 times in the past 20 years. I only know because I figured it our recently. ANYWAY, I made sure the boxes were all CLEARLY marked on EVERY side except the bottom, numbered the boxes & kept track of what was in each & even put signs on the doors telling the "movers" where the boxes were to go. The "movers" were my DH & my BF DH....they paid no attention to where the boxes went. They literally just dumped them ALL OVER THE NEW HOUSE! When I saw what they did, I was PISSED! I was however too tired to complain. I did appreciate the help...but I will NEVER let MEN make a trip to a new house WITHOUT me going with them.

Let start from the beginning shall we?

First the closing date omn the sale of our house changed THREE times! Okay, I can deal with that.

Next we call Budget moving trucks to confirm our reservation the night before....they say no problem. When we call to ask them if we could pick up our truck an hour later....due to circumstances beyond our control, they say they received a fax from us CANCELING our truck. In the same conversation they claim to have received an E-MAIL canceling as well. Here we are thinking that we have no moving truck on moving day. One hour later I call, & ask them if they have ANYTHING available....they say if we can get there within an hour they have a 15 foot truck. We get there in 20 minutes. We originally had a 25 foot truck reserved.

Our 12 hour move turned into a 24 hour move for DH & I. It took us THREE round trips of 110 miles instead of the two we planned on because of the 15 foot truck. Needless to say, we were getting punchy.

Our realtor STILL has to tell us which two rooms we are to paint. The telephone installation took the phone company SIX hours to complete. Our new home was SUPPOSED to have been cleaned by a cleaning crew...they never showed up. I had to do it instead. That was no small task as the inside of our house was covered in overspray, plaster, nails, SUNFLOWER SEEDS! Come on WTF already!

In addition to everything (I haven't even listed all of the problems), both of the girls & myself have all come down with nasty head colds. This morning I wake up to find ANTS coming into our new place & getting into the pets food bowls. I will be so BEYOND glad to turn the keys over to the new owners so I can unpack & make our new home livable.

At least our new neighbors are nice!

I need to go & do some laundry while I am cleaning our soon to be "old"house. I just want to get the "F***" out of here! I will miss my neighbors here in CB, but I won't miss the stress this move has caused me.

We finally got a closing date on the sale of the house. It is Wednesday October 12th.

We finally got a closing date on the sale of the house. It is Wednesday October 12th. I have been packing like crazy! I still have a LONG way to go. We are going to rent back our house for one week to get the inside painted, cleaned & fix one interior door. We will be shampooing carpet, touching up knicks in the paint on the walls, repainting two rooms (at the new owners request) & weed our backyard once more before we turn the keys over.

This weekend my husband is installing the AC in our new place. Next weekend my best friend & her husband are helping us move. We will have all of boxes in the U-Haul already. My friends DH will help mine with the big stuff. You know, the couch, recliner & the king size mattress. My lower back just hasn't been the same since the birth of DD #2 this Spring. I am hoping that stregthening my abs will help with the back problems.

The dishes are packed, with the exception of few items we use for cooking. We are eating & drinking on paper dishes & plastic utensils & cups. It makes doing the dishes easy! I'll be packing most of the clothes today. I'm leaving 2 weeks worth out because when we get to our new place we have to buy a new washer & dryer. Since we are ordering them I'll be headed to the laundry mat for a couple of weeks.

Monday I have a Dr appointment for Charlotte. She is getting shots & Elizabeth REALLY doesn't like to hear her baby sister cry & scream when she gets them. I did tell her that Charlotte is going to cry & scream because it hurts to get shots. I asked her to help me out by being quiet. I am NOT looking forward to dealing with that on Monday.

On Tuesday I have to drive to Casa Grande (54 miles one direction) to do the walk through on the new place. The walk through is no big deal...it's the drive with an infant that seems to HATE riding in the car that I am dreading. When DH drives I can turn around & give her a bottle, but with just me...I think I'll go deaf. I have two choices, either drive with an infant screaming at the top of her lungs OR stop every 15 to 20 minutes to get out, console her, feed her, change her or all of the above & the drive will take TWO hours instead of just one. What fun!

I am thankful that we HAVE a houses to move out of & into. I am thankful that we have both of our girls. I'm just not looking forward to the actual move & everything that goes along with it.

I need to go feed my screamer now.

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