We’ve moved!

We’re now Michiganders again, although not really “officially” until we get our licenses switched and all of our mail arriving here again.

We moved last Wednesday, started at about 8am and ending around 2am Thursday morning. All told, the kids helped quite a bit, we only lost two belongings (our gas stove fell off the dolly and exploded on the ground (off the ramp going up to the truck), and an antique cabinet). Luckily the house we are buying has a stove (though electric… but thankful to have something to cook on!), and the antique cabinet really didn’t have a purpose other than junk drawers.

I’m still unpacking, and still trying to get creative with small spaces. The house we are buying is about half the size of the old house we were renting. However, this house we are buying has many more perks the other house we were renting didn’t – such as central air, a driveway, bigger backyard, full basement. In the full basement I have one quarter of the basement as my washing/folding area (with a large table for folding laundry), one quarter as a tool room/workspace for my husband, another quarter is a room devoted to my pantry and kitchen storage, and another quarter is my husbands man cave. There is also a full bathroom down there. The main floor houses our bedrooms, kitchen, dining room, living room and another bathroom. The upstairs is a bungalow, with an attic running both sides of the house. There is also a coat closet up there. My office/schoolroom/playroom will be up there.

Our house isn’t tiny. And now that all the boxes are slowly starting to get unpacked and put away, the house seems a lot bigger. The house seems to have more usable space, but no extra space like we had. I’m having fun trying to maximize the space we do have.

I’ll post more as I can. We’re in a much better place now, so the kids and I are enjoying walks to a local park and lots of time outside.

I’ve started my garden, and already planted my corn. I’m planting more as I hand-till the rest of my garden.

There is a pantry inside my kitchen room that is housing all of my mason jars for canning. They fill every shelf in there! My “real” pantry is going to be contained within my kitchen room with shelving and cabinets to house my pantry items – plus my kitchen tools, appliances and utensils that are not used on a daily basis.

I’ll post pictures soon as we develop our homestead in the ‘burbs!