moving "house"

step 1: shopping spree at IKEA

an outing that lasted abt 4 hours
and left my dad's pockets rather light
3 tables, 2 book shelves, 1 chair and several smaller items
plus lunch at the in-house cafe

step 2: be at home when the deliverymen arrive

the bright yellow truck stopped outside the house
and the guy brought everything in one by one
half the dining room space has been taken up
and they will remain in this way till we are back from malaysia

step 3: use an afternoon to clear out the huge pile in the wadrobe

finally got my lazy butt doing it a few days ago
its the starting thats the hardest, after all you just get so caught up with it
dug out everything and seperated into piles - trash, give away, keep
had 2 bags of trash, 1 bag to give away and half the original amount left

step 4: clear out the garbage dump of a table

i did it in stages over a very long time
generated about 6 bags of trash [most were old school worksheets and stuff]
i once again confirm my secret life of being a pack-rat
at the end..nothing was left inside - things to keep were transferred away

step 5: have the movers over to do their thing

they removed the 5 tables in the study room plus other smaller items
and helped to move around some furniture my mom still wants to keep
now the study room seems so..big.. and the green walls a little too bright
still trying to get used to it but i'll manage fine

step 6: get down and dirty

the 5 of us spent the entire afternoon playing "muscial chairs"
beds moved down and around. piles of papers and such laid all around
layers of petrified dust unearthed in places that havent seen light in 83714 years
and so much trash was generated it was horror film worthy

step 7: local migration completed

in my "new" room [space is a more accurate word] updating this
this room hasnt been used as a bedroom since approx yup 13 years ago
there are still things to finish up - clothes and non-school books are still upstairs
it was nearly too much excitment to bear but its a goood change

step 8: and we decided we werent quite done yet..

plus agnes had to do her round of ikea shopping too for her room
the size of the tampines outlet makes it such a shopping expedition
bought several odds and ends to better furnish the other 3 rooms
the HUGE warehouse-like portion at the end is seriously scary

*now hopefully finally done
posts/steps done over the may to sept months