five day countdown

...until August 1.  It is our current goal to be completely OUT of the old house this week.  Thus, my ADHD thinking is "focused" on...

• Where will we put that?
• I forgot the bread bags again!
• This laundry room would be big enough if it wasn't so full of dirty clothes.  ;-)
• This kitchen IS bigger ~ why is it full already??
• Another appliance moved = another icky corner to clean.
• The piano is really loud here without any carpet or curtains to absorb the sound.
• I love having all the leaves in our table all the time  =)
• The bombshell bunker style house makes dropped calls a regular thing ~ need to find the right place to sit/stand (not usually where I could multi-task) 
• Who wants to paint this wall (again) and that closet??
• I love having a large living room to gather in with my family.

According to a FB friend, the heat/humidity is back today  :-(  Yesterday and Sunday were sooo lovely.  I should have done more.  We need to make a few trips of hauling s.t.u.f.f. this morning.  This afternoon I think we'll make the errand trip to Ames ~ lots of stops so I'd better get a good list in hand.  Oh yeah, and laundry and supper plan B.

Yesterday I did get my calendar hung up ~ It's really hard to put a nail in a beautiful solid wall, ya know?  I was discussing the need for a daily chore list/routines with a friend.  I was thinking September 1 would be a good date to adopt a FlyLady attitude again, but maybe August 1 would be better?
And last night I labored to get this verse stuck to the wall.  Miss MusicBox took a bzillion photos of the process, so one of these days I'll borrow her card and upload some pics.

Wish I had a picture from yesterday.  We arrived at the old house to gather another load, but couldn't even get in the driveway.  A couple of young girls had somehow driven their car into our ditch ~ at a very deep/steep point which we don't even mow (that's how steep it is).  The tow truck had his cable attached, so we sat and watched as he pulled/she drove herself back out again.  (Meanwhile I got out and directed traffic ~ ha ha ~ in my "not-going-to-town" clothes  :p)  Her car didn't appear damaged ~ just lots of mud/grass stuck to her front bumper ~ so after paperwork with Blake (the tow truck guy), they were able to drive away leaving us wondering....  You see, it's been almost 8 years we've lived there on the curve of the highway out of town... and we've had several unfortunate people leave their mark in our ditches, fences, etc.  We actually live on another curve on this gravel road ~ but I'm hoping we are on the road less traveled and will live with a little less excitement here  ;-)

Ahem, yes, Iowa does have some roads with curves  :o