Move Update

Things are progressing again on the whole move. We rented a U-haul last weekend and took the last things from my parents house. A few things are still left in the living room but now much and most is give away anyway. We were tired at 8pm on Sunday when we were unloading, so it all ended up in the garage. So it still needs to get brought in the house and sorted, but at least it is there which is a huge relief. We can tackle it a little at a time now after work. The painters started working on their house on Monday also (which is why we had to get the stuff out). They have a whole crew working and they are really getting the job done. Hopefully the house will be on the market by March like initially planned! They are fixing the drywall in the entire house and finishing the basement. Then the hardwood floor people need to come in and refinish the floors and the retaining wall needs to be replaced (which is held up in permitting right now). Mike is also working diligently to draw up a floorplan for the addition as well and we have already talked to builders. So hopefully when their house gets sold, we can move forward with the addition pretty quickly. Although, we all know how that goes :) Our house is still not rented, it is still stuck in the permitting process with baltimore county! AHH!! Very frustrating but not anything we can do about it. They said we should get the permit today and the listing is already written up so it will go on the market the day we send in the permit. Also, we have now bought and/or installed all "new" appliances in the kitchen. A new cooktop and dishwasher are sitting in the garage still waiting to be installed but that should happen this weekend.