June 14, 2003: I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of the moving van. We haven't seen our stuff since Monday.

The size of the truck and the sharpness of the turns in the neighborhood meant the driver felt he was better off backing up the hill to our house.

Our stuff made it. Now it was time to get it unloaded.

The moving crew began the long process of moving boxes into the house where either my wife or I would direct according to what was written on the outside of the box. The boxes seen in the photo above were destined for the kitchen.

As a Ford technician, I had access to a lot of sturdy boxes. I brought home Rotella oil boxes whenever I could. The boxes labeled "VC-4-A" originally held gallons of Motorcraft engine coolant.

Furniture made its way inside as well.

The dining room became somewhat of a temporary holding area for anything we weren't sure what to do with.

The supervisors did a good job of supervising.

The living room soon began to take shape.

Checking on the supervisors.

The boxes for the kitchen were stacked above the height of the railing.

The kitchen table and chairs went into the dining room until we could get the kitchen boxes unpacked.

Furniture for the master bedroom.

Furniture for the master bedroom.

I still have a waterbed to assemble.

Boxes for the office.

I brought home a lot of Rotella and Motorcraft coolant boxes.

June 15: The stack of boxes that was sitting by the railing gradually began to disappear as stuff was unpacked and put away.

The dining room was still a mess, however.

The supervisors didn't seem to mind.

Todd taking a break.

A number of the basement boxes were stuffed into the bonus room at the bottom of the stairs.

I got the entertainment center assembled and the TV hooked up.

I still had a bed to assemble in the basement bedroom.

June 16: My wife continued the unpacking process as I headed to work at my new job on this Monday morning. The living room began to look like an actual living room.

The dining room was eventually cleared out which meant the dining room table could finally be assembled.

The dining room.

The dining room looks good.

The supervisors were happy with the master bedroom.

This is a huge master bedroom.

The master bedroom.

The master bedroom.

The supervisors approved.

There was plenty of room for a large waterbed.

The master bedroom.

The unpacking process would continue for a long time. But we managed to get all the essentials into place.