We're pretty much professionals now.

The past five months have included a heck of a lot of moving.

First, we enlisted a four-person team of parental movers and one self-sacrificing friend (the dear Diosthocles) to haul all of our worldly belongings out of our one-room abode at Dinky College (thank goodness for the antiquated elevator). These items were then divided between our two sets of parents' houses and stuffed into any available space to collect dust while we looked for a space of our own to purchase and fill.

After that, I trekked to the state capitol with two other sets of parents to load the furniture and belongings of my Dearest Cousin and her husband, Steve, into their newlywed apartment (no elevator this time, just a flight of stairs).

The months following were relatively move-free, aside from the rotation of various items we decided we needed immediate use of or needed to be rid of, until this weekend. We spent Saturday moving very large and heavy pieces of furniture from Husband's grandfather's house. We received a full bedroom suit, a dining room table with six chairs, and a hutch (pictured, yeay!) for next to nothing. (Really, I'm not completely convinced we didn't, in fact, rob him blind. Uhm. No pun intended.) These items we shuttled to Husband's parent's garage, the last available bit of space left to our pack-rat tendencies.

But, of course, the weekend was not over. We then spent more time flexing our muscles and throwing out our backs Sunday moving the furniture out of my parents' home office to prepare for new carpet installation. And this coming Friday we will have the treat of moving everything back in (although I really don't mind. We did, after all, turn their home into a temporary storage facility.)

I hope that within the next few months we will be moving one final time (for a few years, at least). I don't think we could be any more prepared. We have a down payment, we have a loan lined up, we have the house picked out, and now we have enough furniture to fill the house. Now, I guess, we just need THE HOUSE!