Traveling Hearts Photography: moving

This move from the Washington DC area to Northern Florida has been a very emotional one. It was filled with so many goodbyes to people that I had grown to care deeply for. The last few days in our home were both tearful and sad. It also didn't help that the packers finished on Tuesday of last week but the movers were unable to come until Saturday to load up the truck. So there was delay after delay after delay. This will most likely be the most scattered blog post written to date, but I wanted to share a bit about our journey. These photos are raw, unedited (except the instagram ones), and most definitely not showcase worthy, but they are our journey <3

My last morning in our house I woke up before everyone else and had a cup of coffee in my favorite place --> out on the deck... overlooking the trees and the Potomac River.

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Later that day, the packers started to box up our stuff. It was rainy and dreary and seemed to fit the mood.

After the packers left, we checked into the hotel locally that would be our intermediate home for the next few days. We had to wait for the moving truck as well as finish up the painting and other minor house repairs getting it ready to rent. Thankfully my father in law had come the previous week and helped us get the majority of the painting and house repairs done.

G and his Doggy sacked out

On our way out of the state, I stopped by the house for a final farewell. The boys ran around the yard one last time while I took some last minute photos. (Those will be another blog post once my computer is up and running). G also wanted to take some photos of his favorite things <3

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Traffic leaving Virginia was AWFUL... the worst I have been in the entire time we've lived here. I'm just thankful I had my mother in law with us to help with the boys (and my sanity!!). After enduring an additional 2+ hours of TRAFFIC alone, we were happy to have made it to North Carolina!

We finally made it to Florida on Saturday, but the moving truck did not arrive until today. In the meantime, we went and visited the beach and played a round of mini golf.

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G rocking his Golf Pose

Do I really need to add a caption here?!?

The moving truck FINALLY arrived and we had to give it the grand escort... We heard several different stories... some involved chicken sandwiches and the others involved a trip to the ER. We never got the full story on the trip our furniture took... however we did decide our next move, we are hiding a GPS with our stuff. We have a feeling our boxes had a bit more excitement on the drive down than we did.

This one is hard to see... but our moving truck is out there driving behind us.

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Now the fun begins with the unpacking. Moving to a new home is like trying to fit a square shaped block into a round hole. Your furniture never fits quite the same and it takes some adjusting to make it all work. Here is a photo of the boys' room. Since we are down a room from our old house and this room is on the large size, they will be sharing.

I've still got some work to do here :)

Somehow I got the job of checking in all the boxes (trust me, I didn't volunteer for that one). But I'm looking at the paper and what the heck does all this mean?? I mean really.... Is it really necessary to mark every possible number and letter combination on here. If something were damaged, I'd never be able to prove it.... and that must be the point.

My emotions are still too raw to talk about my friends back home... The hugs, thoughts, time, gifts, sentiments, cups of tea and coffee are all stored deeply in my heart...

And one final photo I took this evening.

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Capturing the Moment,

Corrie <3

Traveling Hearts Photography

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

moving

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