Christmas in July
Heyyyy 😀 How are you? Hope you’re having a wonderful day! Can you believe that we raised over $26,000 for Susan through The Great Fundraising Act? The blog world is truly amazing <3
We were really excited to spend our first night in our new home, but the previous owners had the utilities switched out of their name and shut off before we got the keys [and since it was over the weekend, no one was in the office to change it over for us until Monday, when they were already off]. Since we still had no water at the end of the day, we headed to the Hampton Inn (which we’ve always referred to as “the hammy”) for the night.
Comfy bed:
{My Snoogle and I travel together}
It was a nice cozy room, and they also have a decent fitness center + free breakfast. Baller.
Even though I had helped with moving all day, I was still pretty wired from all of the excitement, so I hit up the gym for a 45-minute workout to get my sweat on and ensure that I’d sleep well.
I did a weights-focused workout, with some cardio blasts in between circuits. It was schweaty and glorious.
Hotel breakfast:
Eggs, which I’m pretty sure were powder at one point in time (yeah….), salsa and a banana that was smeared in a blanket of peanut butter.
Best part of the day:
Opening the POD!!! It really was Christmas in July 🙂
I can’t believe our stuff has been in there for almost a year –it will be a year in August- and everything survived. All of the glass, valuables, random ish we were throwing in last-minute to make it fit… all made it here. It was so fun to see our things again!
And scary.
We have a LOT of stuff.
I ended up helping with the little things since I’m not supposed to lift very heavy stuff right now, cleaned the apartment that we moved out of, and brought back lunch, while our fam was hard at work unloading the heavy things out of the POD.
When I got back, it was EMPTY!
The prep…
and liftoff 😀
We had a lunch picnic in the kitchen: Magpie’s pizza + sparkling water, soda, snacks and cups my nana brought over 🙂
Everyone else feasted on pizza, while I enjoyed one of the best salad beasts ever:
Greek salad, no feta
+ goat cheese from home 🙂
A lot has been done around here, but there’s still SO much left to do. We also need to get internet and cable hooked up… which is why my posting schedule has been a little weird yesterday and today. You can pretty much always count on a morning post, an early afternoon fashion or family post and a nighttime post. As much as I like hopping on random WiFi, it will be nice to have our own 😉
We have water and a bed to sleep in tonight, so I’ll go ahead and call it good 🙂
Off to start unpacking boxes! Be back later tonight with a Family post update.
xoxo
Gina
*Our new neighbors are AWESOME. They came over to say hello as Stanley Steemer was driving away since we had no water yesterday, and the husband ran down the street and chased them to come back because they said we could use their water for the carpet cleaning. And then, they offered me a coconut water. I wanted to pinch myself.
Something to talk about: In Keeping up with the Kardashians (my reality show addiction), in one episode Kim talks about when they were younger and their dad would ask them every night what the “peak” of their day was, and the “pit” of their day. My peak was opening the POD and finding things I had long forgotten about, and my pit was when the eco-friendly maid came, spent 5 hours here and only cleaned the oven and 1 bathroom. I had a Groupon for a 5-hour cleaning, and she decided to use it by being as slow as humanly possible. Usually I love the Groupons I pick up, but this one didn’t turn out as awesome as anticipated.
Your turn: what was the peak of your day, and the pit of your day? 🙂
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Love the pilots face in that photo!! And your baby bump is too cute 🙂 I’m also happy to hear I’m not the only one that likes watching that show!
The peak of my day was our awesome dinner that hubby cooked – chicken parm sandwiches!!
The pit of my day is the huge zit on my chin that I woke up to this morning – sweet!
Can’t wait to see the place fully outfitted with all of your things! I’m sure it’ll look amazing!!!
Congratulations on emptying the pod and on moving into the house!! All of these updates are so exciting to read. The greek salad looks delicious, too 🙂
My peak for the day was going for a goup walk with some girlfriends in 100 degree weather at 7 pm and catching up on stuff.
The pit of my day was when I went to pick up lunch for my co-workers and myself and they forgot their fries.
By the way…I tried zumba for the first time ever at the gym yesterday. It’s definalty different, but I liked it. I kept up with the moves pretty well and at the hour went by really fast. I was also amazed that I was sore this morning.
the peak of my day was having my brother make a surprise visit! the pit of my day was when a client didn’t show up for an appointment. 🙁 but luckily I was able to do some last minute re-scheduling. Have a great evening!
Great photos! The peak of my day was spending some time with my mom…I haven’t seen her in a while. The pit, my tantrum-prone 4 year old. Nuff said!
I love the “peak & the pit”… such a cute idea!
The peak of my day will be when my fiance gets home (he worked 15 hours today… ridic.) and the pit of my day was the lonnnnng afternoon at work that went by so slowwwly.
great post! laugh out loud funny!!!
I so need to catch up on the Kardashians. I LOVE that family. Wish they’d adopt me temporarily 😉
Christmas in July is my birthday! 🙂 That’s how all my friends would remember it.
30 this year, My mom always would decorate the dining room like Xmas for me…so fun. Peak of my day was my daughter rolling over like a maniac at 11 weeks old! Pit…too sad to even mention 🙁
Hahahaha, I literally laughed out loud at my computer when I saw that picture of you and the pilot in front of the POD. I’m glad your neighbours are awesome! 🙂
The peak of my day was going bra shopping and getting my eyebrows waxed.
The pit of my day was realizing that I really need to start looking for a fall job.. stressful! 🙂
Finally unpacking your belongings is the best feeling in the world!! So glad you lucked out on neighbors, some can be a nightmare!
peak: seeing bruises on my triceps from doing bakasana, still trying! (and not giving up!) 🙂
pit: wasn’t able to go eat cupcakes with my niece bc i was studying…poooo.
Holy POD! I’d make that face too if I had to empty it : P Must be awesome to finally have your stuff back!
Your adorable! ha! Love the POD pics of you ! I bet you feel like you found so many treasures emptying that thing out! Now you can fill your house up! I am sure you are beyond happy to do that, I remember you saying that to me, how exciting it will be to have a house!
So happy : )
Have a great day girl! xo
That must have felt so good to be reunited with all your stuff!
The peak of my day was seeing Harry Potter! The pit was… I can’t think of one. It must have been a good day. 😀
Why are you barefoot in there!!! You could get a splinter or step on something painful!!
congrats on moving!
i don’t mean to be rude or mother-ish but don’t over do it and don’t you dare be lifting heavy stuff!! 😉
don’t you LOVE nice neighbors!! i’m so glad to hear you have awesome ones! nothing is worse than bad neighbors!
ahh! I know the feeling of not having access to your belongings (although not for as long as you). We had a tiny apartment in the D.C. area and couldn’t bring back wedding presents but also didn’t have room for a lot of the stuff we had at home (i.e. parents’ houses). I’m still (five months later) opening wedding gifts and love getting to use things again or for the first time! Enjoy!
As much as I hate moving, I have to say that the unloading of my own stuff into a new place is kind of the best. It finally starts to feel like HOME. Hope you guys are getting settled!
So glad that the move is going well! I love that picture of you and the pilot… his face is priceless!!!!!!
Yay for the pod and thoughtful neighbors!!
yayaya…so exciting!! I bet it was like Christmas in July! So happy for you! LOVE LOVE LOVE your new neighbors!! That is AWESOME!! As for the Groupon, if I were you, i’d call and complain. You might get something out of it….like, i dunno….a few extra rooms!
Aww Gina, I am so so so beyond happy for you! I know things have been hard for you with the Pilots deployment last year and everything, but everything seems to be coming together so perfectly for you now and you seem so happy and it’s so lovely to read about 😀
Congrats on finally getting into the house and emptying the pod! AND nice neighbors…which sometimes doesn’t happen. I’m sure it will feel good to grow some roots there!
Yay for moving! The peak of my day was seeing the Red Sox game and dinner out with the future hubs. The pit was getting lost at 11:30 on the way home. Ugh!
Yay POD! lol.
Oh, definitely email Groupon w/ your experience. They might refund you since you TOTALLY didn’t get what you paid for (seriously! I’ve cleaned my oven, and it took barely 30 minutes, and it was HELLA gross!). They’re super-customer-friendly normally…my sister got 3 hot springs Groupons refunded when she found out she was pregnant and couldn’t use them on her vacation.
You are adorable, and a very high jumper!!! I put spinach in my smoothie this morning because of you – thank you for being so smart, helpful and equally entertaining 🙂
thank YOU so much for reading 🙂
LOVE the color of those shorts…I assume they are lulu?!
yep! they’re the groovy run short in aruba 🙂
Wow, I can’t believe your stuff has been locked away since August… I remember reading about that. Has it already been a year? Wow!
I’ve seen that episode!! KUWTK is my addiction as well. I don’t have cable right now and that’s prob the show I miss most! Well, that and the Jersey Shore. Ha.
Hey Gina,
I just found your blog the other day and I am addicted! You give out such great advice, tips etc!! I am a yoga teacher and hopefully will be teaching something called Body Combat which is by Les Mills, (www.lesmills.com) its awesome if you have never heard of it, I also choose to eat very “clean” most of the time, and love all your recipes and food tips. I have a question about your “oatmeal cookie cereal” do you just eat it raw, like it’s a cold cereal? Can’t wait to try, I would think eventually it would get soggy? 🙂 I too love the Kardashians, my guilty pleasure, along with those stupid Bachelor/bachelorette shows. I heard of that game “peak and pit” we call it ” high/low” My neighbors kids come to my house for dinner and they have got to expect to play that game every night at the table 🙂 It’s cute. I aspire to get my blog anywhere near as cool as yours! 🙂 Happy Blogging!
thanks girl! so glad you’re enjoying it so far 🙂
i eat it uncooked- it tastes great 🙂
What is Les Mills? I’d love a focus post on that!
OK, yay! PS I have a friend in California who is your total doppelganger! 🙂
no way!
CONGRATS!!! Must be SO nice to finally have moved in and have all of your stuff back!!