We really are going to move. The wheels have been set in motion now. Last weekend, Kevin and Cindy brought our new furniture for the living room up to the house. (THANKS KEVIN AND CINDY!) Five of us had the dickens of a time getting the large brown leather sofa with two recliners through the kitchen door. We managed to do it with only one small scrape on the back side. The matching recliners and love seat were a piece of cake after that. It really fills up the room! As Daddy said, we now have six recliners for two people! The furniture is so very comfortable, and I'm sure the whole family will enjoy it when we get together. Sean's friend Win was able to get us a great discount on it. I talked Daddy into letting us keep the round oak coffee table, which looks great with our new decor.
Another great thing that happened last weekend was that Kevin and Cindy took lots of stuff back with them, so the house is finally emptying out to make room for our stuff. (Sorry, Mrs. Roberts; I know I'm not supposed to use the word "stuff," and I just did it twice!) The basement is empty of all the things we don't want, except for a treadmill, a small grandfather clock, and a big metal desk. We can move the desk out to Daddy's shop, hopefully next weekend. We also need to move a dresser downstairs to the basement. Dan came and got all the other furniture for his second-hand shop. Oh, there is still the dining room table and chairs. Daddy hopes to sell it; it really is a nice set. I need to put an ad in the paper for him since he will never remember to do it. (Sorry, Daddy, but you know how your memory is these days.)
Eventually we will move the furniture in the master bedroom upstairs to make room for our furniture we use now. I think I will wait until we've painted that room, though. Then we have to decide about the appliances. We are thinking seriously of getting new stainless steel appliances for the kitchen. If we do, we will move the current stove and refrigerator downstairs to the basement kitchen. We will sell the ones we use here with the house. If we do decide to get new ones, we will move the fridge and stove downstairs before we paint the kitchen and install the new laminate flooring. As Doug said, this moving is expensive. I'm not sure we should get the new appliances now. Maybe we should wait to see if we are going to stay there for good.
I also took paint up there last weekend to try to decide what color I want to use - what shade of green, that is. It's not easy deciding! It has to go with a blueish-green carpet and counter top. I still am not satisfied as to which shade to use. I'll decide for sure the next time we go.
In addition to the furniture, we have also bought a quilt for our bedroom. It is beautiful, and Doug really likes it. We want our new home to have a sort of country - rustic feel appropriate for a mountain home. My friend Deborah gave me a lovely old star quilt made by her great-grandmother, which I plan to hang in the stairwell. Mainly, we want the house to be comfortable and homey - livable, I guess you could say.
Since I love to decorate and organize more than just about anything, I can really get into this aspect of moving. Thinking about all this keeps me from worrying about whether or not we will be happy up there and how different our lives will be. Of course, I eventually will have to face all that, but I am hoping that we will love being there as much as Mama and Daddy do. If so, worrying about it now would just be a waste of time and energy.
I will try to keep all of you up to date on our move through this blog.
