This week began with the anticipation of our sea shipment arriving mid week...we were ready!
Also...we heard that my step-father/Grandpa Don to Melissa and Jamie (for over 25 years) was going to be in hospice care...he passed away 3 days later...and then the decision was made to return back to the U.S. for the funeral and time with family.
We had only been together in Poland for 3 weeks, but decided that returning home to honor Don and be with family was the right thing to do. We were grateful for our sea shipment's arrival as it kept us very occupied and busy...setting up our home in Poland was good for us. It made the sad family news and being far from family a little more bearable.
Here I'm waiting and watching for our shipment...the large moving van could not fit on our street so it was parked a few blocks away. The crew began unloading about 4pm and finished 5-6 hours later. Mark was a great host and treated all to Domino's Pizza! Even I enjoyed the pizza after working for hours.
A smaller moving van was shuttled back and forth between the large van and our home. It took 4 trips in the small van to unpack all of our belongings. The Polish moving crew were great! They were efficient, polite and worked so well with us...even with their limited English and our very limited Polish...they had all of our belongings unloaded within 5-6 hours.
Here I'm helping the crew figure out what floor and room to place boxes, furniture and anything in the van. With all of the giving away, throwing out, and purging prior to our move...I was still amazed at how much we had and all that we had brought over!
In order for our beds, wardrobes and furniture to get to the next level part of our stairway had to be removed. Happy to say all pieces were placed...not sure what we will have to do when we move...that will be another big job for a future date.
Our amazing crew carrying up one of our IKEA wardrobes up to floors 2 and 3.
Mark did a great job in setting up our entertainment center with TV, transformer and adapter...since then he's even watched Polish TV and it works great! Yea for Mark! I was able to use the transformer and plug in our vacuum and it works also...no blow ups!
I put together our kitchen .... it is much smaller than our kitchen in Houston...but it will work just fine for us...I wasn't sure when I was unpacking but I've found all kinds of places to store and organize our things here.
The cupboard to the left of the pulled out drawer is our very small dishwasher...it's about 18" across...but it works well for the two of us.
The crew returned the following day and worked between 8-9 hours unpacking, unloading, carrying and disposing of trash...they worked fabulously and made our job of moving in so much easier! We appreciated this team so much!
Here the crew is trying to figure out how they will carry the piano up our porch steps, into our home and set it up properly.
All 8 of the crew members worked together with the piano strapped to them and they carried it up the stairs. I was always wondering why they didn't make a make-shift ramp and push it up on a dolly...but what do I know about moving a piano...?
I was so pleased to show Mark the piano after he came home from work but when he sat down to play it the keys had been locked! Since then a piano tuner has unlocked the keys and tuned the piano. I am thrilled that Mark can play the piano once again!
Here is our 4th level attic room. We were hoping to have our ping-pong table set up here but it will not go up the stairs...so we will play ping-pong in the garage...might be a bit cold in the winter but it will work. This room will be a place for scrap booking, exercising and a small office.
The two pictures above are on our 2nd floor...the living room and piano areas. Prior to coming to California all pieces were placed, stripped of their wrappings and the area cleaned and workable for us.
Our home of 3 weeks looks much different with our own furnishings..it will feel good to be really settled once I return to Poland.
Thank you Universal Express...you did a great job in helping us move in over the past 2 days!
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