Our new neighbors moved in this month.
Saying that they "moved in" sounds so easy. The reality was a tad more difficult, but having them here, next door was worth all the stress and work!
The entire fiasco started with trying to finish and clean up from the renovations that were being done to their new house. The moving truck was due to arrive in Rhode Island to start loading Friday night, June 27th. The house in Delmar looked like this Friday night:
Basically, it was a disaster. Not a single room ready to receive their stuff. So we emptied it out Friday night and cleaned all day Saturday and part of the day Sunday to get looking like this:
Meanwhile, back in Rhode Island they were having their own nightmare….finishing the packing and waiting for the moving truck to arrive…. Not Friday. Not Saturday. But finally Sunday night. Lillian left Rhode Island on Sunday and drove down with her car so that she could be here to receive the truck, if it ever arrived. After weeks of stressful, intense packing, she arrived exhausted!
Finally, finally after a huge struggle with the moving company (thank you Tom for fighting for us!) the huge 53 foot tractor trailer arrived at 8 pm Tuesday, July 1st with all of their stuff….. oh wait! not all their stuff.
Also, as a fun little side story, last summer we planned to have a family reunion July 4th weekend this year in order to celebrate Ed and Lillian's 50th wedding anniversary. Of course, they were suppose to move down starting in May so that wouldn't be a problem….but as it stood John's family arrived Tuesday evening to 'visit' with Ed and Lillian for 2 weeks and to be here for the party!
So Tuesday night, John's family arrive, Ed and Tom arrive, and the truck arrives! The movers unloaded the truck until 1:30am.
Wednesday morning Steve drafts his nephews and his brother John into driving to Rhode Island and loading a rented 24' truck with the rest of Lillian's things. Their trip is a disaster of epic proportions which involved lots of traffic, no sleep, stitches! and the need for ANOTHER truck! Yup. That's right the 24' truck still wasn't enough. So Thursday afternoon the Rhode Island crew pull out with Steve driving a 24' truck, John in a 17' truck and poor Jonathan driving his first long-trip-through-multiple-cities-with-lots-of-traffic in the van they went up in. BUT the house was finally empty!
Friday morning the rest of family came to Delmar to unload the two trucks!! And...they were 'moved' in!!
The slightly hysterical-in-a-maddening-sort-of-way is that the 50th anniversary weekend festivities started Friday night….
The Miller family were all very excited, to not only be done with the move, but to celebrate Ed and Lillian's 50th wedding anniversary! We had an entire weekend of activities planned but the 'big' party was Saturday night in our backyard. Everyone stopped unpacking and enjoyed a cool evening under the tent. Once it got dark, the kids played with glow sticks and sparklers, which added to the magic!
