Quick update

So the last post was pretty impersonal. Here is what is going on with us right now. The baby is having fun in her exersaucer, I'm blogging, and the cat is sleeping. But in a more general way, our belongings arrived last Thursday. We spent Friday in Germany at Spangdahlem AFB getting Eric's eyes checked and running errands. The weekend we cranked through the kitchen, office and master bedroom. Last night I finished the last box that was in the living room (though we still have some book boxes somewhere). We are a little shy of the half-way mark in unpacking -- but with only the laundry/mud room, garage, and bonus room over the garage hosting the things to be unpacked, the house has become almost livable.

In answer to questions that usually arrive with the movers:

1) yes, there was some damage, looks like we might get a new buffet and get my two cherry bookcases fixed.

2) we are missing a shelf from one of the book cases (maybe it was packed in a picture pack?)

3) we have a box that was actually packed for non temp storage that showed up here (I will unpack it and repack into a crate that we have)

4) we have at least one box that I titled: OOOPS I packed it again.... filled with things that we did not intend to send to the Netherlands (like two hairdryers, curling iron, curlers...), or having tried them out, realized that they won't work (like the living room drapes), or the things are extraneous (like the silverware organizer).

So, we can actually host visitors at this point. In reality, we would like another two weeks to finish unpacking, though...unless you are the type of guest who will play with the baby so that I can have my hands free.