Friday, March 9th was a BIG day for us. Two months and two days after we arrived in Perth, our sea shipment arrived at our house. Honestly it took a big longer than I thought it would, but after hearing from lots of expats, we actually got very lucky! Our shipment was delayed only about 2 weeks and many have had their shipment delayed a month or more.
For those of you that don't know, we have been living with rental EVERYTHING....towels, silverware, furniture, lamps, bedding, small appliances, etc. So all of that had to be removed before our stuff could be unpacked.
The day went smoothly....at 8 am the rental furniture was removed, and at 10:30 am the movers showed up. Every communication we received from the shipping company said that they are going to provide full unpacking service. When I asked how long they planned to be at the house, they said 4 hours. Now, it took 4 people 4 DAYS to pack our house in Houston. These people are telling me they are going to move everything in and unpack everything in 4 HOURS???? I was skeptical.....
I should have trusted them, because what we forgot was that half of our house was left in storage back in Houston. In the end we packed MUCH lighter than we thought. Overall, we really did bring the basics...and honestly I do not think we are going to miss the things in storage all that much. A lot of what went to storage were things that we did not use on a daily basis. Pictures, china, dining room furniture, plus other things we could not take with us. Rest assured though that my Barney (my stuffed animal from birth) came on the plane with us. I could not leave him behind ;) and NO it was not the purple dinosaur.
Anyways, back to the day. The movers started at 11am and left our house around 4. They really did get finished in one day!
They did a great job of moving the furniture in and unpacking things...but I was left a huge mess to put away.....sigh....that is what I have been spending the last few days doing. What DID bring enough of were clothes....our closet here is WAY smaller than what my closet was back home and Dustin and I have to share it. Luckily we have an extra bedroom upstairs, so our off season clothes will be kept there. If you come to visit, hope you do not need closet space ;) Just kidding I will move some of Dusty's clothes for you....
Here are some pics of how things looked during the process....
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| Our Containers |
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| As each box was brought in, we had to check it off these lists... |
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| Trash after only 1/4 of the unpack |
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| Our bedroom |
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| Hope it all fits!!! |
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| The boxes just kept piling up. |
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| Breakfast area |
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| Looking into the family room |
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| Mo's room...she has a lot of furniture and it JUST fits |
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| Addie's room |
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| Playroom...it looked WAY worse when those boxes were unpacked |
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| Kitchen in disarray |
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| The office.....AKA big pile of MESS!!!! |
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| The grey tub and box are my shoes....I need to find a place for them |
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| My clothes that would not fit in the closet =( |
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| All ready for bed =) |
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