CRATE DAY!

HAPPY CRATE DAY TO YOU! We got a phone call on Friday saying our crate was ready to be delivered and that it would arrive sometime Tuesday afternoon. Tuesdays is my cleaning day- but so you know I just established this "cleaning day" last week, so this was only the second time. Not the second time to clean my house, but second time to have a set routine and actually DO IT. Sometimes instead of complaining about things you just gotta get up and do it. This is why Tuesdays are now my cleaning days. After taking the girls to school, Addison and I put on some music and clean like mad women! I can get everything done in under two hours- depending on how cooperative Addison is. Anyway, today I got up and got to cleaning this house from top the bottom. I knew I would feel good about the crate arriving to a clean house. I know, whatever. (Huge props to my sweet husband who cleaned the bathroom and water closet! He really is so good to me!)

The lorry (truck) arrived right at 3:00pm, which is about ten minutes before I leave to get the girls from school! I was hoping it would come earlier so we would at least have some time to unpack some of it, but it was super fun picking them up from school and saying, "Guess what? Daddy is at home unpacking our crate!" Which led to shrills and screams all the way home!

The lorry drivers kind of messed up our plans to unload the crate, but it's done now. We were planning on having them put in out back in our garage (it's not attached to the house) and then we could unload it at our leisure. Well, the truck they brought it in does not have a lift thing, so they had to break it open while on the truck and while blocking the road, and hand things to Marc. Not cool guys, not cool. One of the drivers said to Marc, "What, you've got some boxes in here right?" HAHAHAHAHA. That is the funniest thing I've heard all week. Marc explained to them that it was packed super tight and filled with ALL kinds of things. I wish I could have seen their faces when the front of the crate came off. I had already left to go get the girls at this point. They were super impressed with Marc's packing skills and told him how well it was done. They were shocked at the amount of stuff crammed into 50 cubic feet.

Anyway, sorry for being so wordy! I'm just happy! And excited to have our stuff!

Here it is!

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It looks a bit like our crate threw up all over the kitchen!

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So happy to have my Fiesta ware that I got for Christmas last year! It takes a lot of self-control to pack a crate and wait for your things! Most of this stuff we bought right around Christmas time and just had to put it in our massive walk-in closet in McKinney. Finally today we get to see it and use it!!

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So many books to read!! (You should see the stack now that we have cleared some things away!)

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Funny, Addison actually likes her toys she got for Christmas and Birthday last year!
She was not too impressed with them at the time.

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True to their personalities they got stuck right in unpacking and playing- Cerys went right into organizing things (that's my girl!) and Bailey put on every outfit she could find- dressing up or real clothes.

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Addison provided the musical entertainment while we unpacked, Lord help me. She blew on BOTH of them while clacking along in those plastic princess shoes. :)

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It is so strange to think that when Marc packed this crate, I was laying flat on the floor on ice packs unable to hardly move. I thought I would never be the same again! I found myself so thankful to God that I was able to unpack it today with no back pain! Hey, I even did some old school Billy Blanks Tae-Bo yesterday!!!

The only room that is clear is the living room. But it was so fun to find out what we had packed. I had forgotten about a lot of things. Poor Marc said "Looks like I didn't bring anything back but books- all this stuff is girl stuff!" To which I corrected him and told him he had a giant jar of JIFF peanut butter and he could use the Bath and Body Works soap I brought back! :) Something funny I found myself saying today to Marc, "Ok, the princess shoes, wings, wands and crowns are in this box!" Hahaha. Just cracked me up. We are surrounded by little girlies, no?

We have our home group tomorrow night, so I have lots to do tonight and tomorrow to clear a space! I did bring back two small blocks of Velveeta and two cans of Rotel. Queso anyone? (Maybe I should take some up to Ruby Tuesdays???)
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