Moving in!

So the 6 inches of snow turned into about a foot and a half of snow and ice! Needless to say moving has not been easy. After closing on Friday at 5pm, all we wanted to do was sleep in our new house. Well that didn't happen. The story is long so be prepared... Lane rented a U-Haul before closing, thinking we would be able to use it on Saturday. So we went back to the McKeag's to get stuff for one night (and Louie) then headed out to Midlothian. Normally it would take us 20 minutes to get to our house, however this trip took 45 minutes. We stopped at McAlister's for dinner (and some famous sweet tea). Literally, we were pulling out of the parking lot and the U-Haul guy called us and told us we have to move the truck tonight. So with about 6 inches of snow on the ground we had to turn around and head back to the west end. Now we all know that when it snows in Va life stops! People can't drive in this stuff.

So we get back to get the truck and I had to drive 3 miles back to the McKeags...it took us 25 minutes. Honestly the roads were terrible. So we came to terms with it and stayed at the McKeags that night.

When we wake up the next morning there is almost 2 FEET of snow on the ground! Unbelievable! Needless to say, we did not move anything the next day either (now we have had the U Haul for 2 days without moving anything). With two feet on the ground we could barely get out of the front door. My car was able to drive relatively well in the snow. So we decided to venture out to see how the main roads were. With the McKeags we went to DSW (why they were open, is still undetermined) and the grocery store. After both of us buying boots for the snow, we decided we could possibly get the U-Haul to C&L Storage (aka, Christ and Liza's house). Usually it takes us 20-30 minutes to get there but due to the snow and ice it took an hour. Lane and Matt drove the U-Haul behind Krity and me in my car. Once we got to the neighborhood, my car made it fine however, the U-Haul got stuck (which was stuck for about an hour!) Finally both vehicles made it to C&L's but we decided not to drive down the driveway. Bottom line...moving day number 2 down the drain.

The 3rd day, Sunday, we HAD to do something! So we woke up early and started to pack both cars with stuff from the McKeags' house. It's truly amazing how much stuff we were able to fit into one little room! Finally, Lane and I made our way to our new house. This was the first time I had seen it! I was crazy excited. We unloaded both cars into the garage and jumped back into the car with Louie and went to C&L's. On the way we had to stop to meet Phil and Jill to borrow his shovel since the all of Richmond was sold out of them!!! So finally we get to out to Goochland (where Chris and Liza live) to fill up the U-Haul and the car. Yet we had to shovel the long driveway to get the U-Haul down there. After the boys (Chris and Lane) worked for about an hour on the driveway, finally the U-Haul was put into place to fill it up! Chris and Lane were able to get a majority of the large items in the truck before dark. Since the darkness had fallen upon us moving had to stop. Chris drove out to Midlothian with us and helped Lane move the big stuff into the house. Thank goodness for Chris!!! Finally a night in OUR house!

To make a long story short...we are in the house and yet will probably be unloading boxes until next Christmas!