BACK!!!WE ARE BACK!!! WE ARE HOME HOME HOME sort of

We are back at 120 Walnut, our home home. No more rentals. No more kennels; no more motels.
There are or have been a couple of little glitches.
When they put in the cable that's ALL they did. They did not hook anything up so that it took the cable guy-- a paragon of patience named Kevin-- nearly FOUR HOURS to figure out how to hook it all together.
When they put the furnace in, they neglected to consider that a washing machine and dryer also have to fit into that room. Therefore, I have a washing machine but the dryer is outside by the back door, covered with a tarp which the boys mark EVERY SINGLE TIME they go past, which is often. It does kind of seem to me that this is the type of thing a contractor should think about.

The hoses that attach to the washing machine also are no good but that's our responsibility.

Here's the big thing.
See, we have a LOT of Stuff. More than is standard. Maybe not quite up to legal "hoarding" levels, but high, nonetheless. Of course, what went OUT  of the house all came BACK. Therefore, there were 3 truckloads of furniture and boxes of crap, mostly boxes.
Keeping in mind that we have had a day and a half to work, (like mules) and so a great deal has already disappeared upstairs, here is an idea what we are up against:

Looking from the doorway into my bedroom.The dog crates are behind the boxes to your right. This is after quite a few boxes have been opened and put away: originally you could not see past the boxes into the room.''

The stairway with the beautiful new carpet and the lovely off white bedrooms upstairs. Both room are crammed with boxes. I am saved from running up and down the stairs because I am too fat to fit.

The kitchen which I cannot really use. We can only open the fridge part-way and there is no clean, useable counter space. Besides, I cannot reach the stove.

And of course, this is the living room....or was this morning. John has pared the box load down considerably.
My advice to anyone planning on moving, running away, leaving your estate to your children or perhaps some day needing to a Dr, Vet, Paramedic, Cop or friend into your home is:
THROW OUT EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT ON YOUR BODY, IN THE LAUNDRY, OR A DOG.Nothing wrong with paper plates.
Cheerio