All of these days seem like a blurr as I was feeling quite under the weather. Things are slowly coming together (or apart) in this house. I cannot believe we will be waking up in our new home two weeks from today....CRAZY. I find myself worrying more about our pets adjusting than my kids. I am pretty fortunate to have pretty easily adaptable children. I also think I am pretty good at preparing them and taking the steps for a smooth transition. Anyway I am worried about our animals wandering away and getting lost. I think we will keep Koda (cat) inside for a week or so before letting him out to explore. I have read that cats take a longer time to adapt than dogs, as they feel the need to find "home." I think for the first week I will also tie the dogs up. I was thinking I will move the location of the tieouts throughout the property so they gather some sense of their new surroundings. I was also thinking about walking them around the perimeter of the property a couple times. I don't know?? Does any of this make sense or sound reasonable? I went yesterday and bought 3 huge bags of food. I have to keep reminding myself that it will not be as easy as jumping in the car if I run out of something. Their food is not something you can pick up at walmart. Anyway in the pet food department we are good to go for months.
I took a night off from packing and played guitar. I taught myself two songs. I have not figured out if I like to learn by song or working through my beginner guitar book. I guess only time will tell. I went an bought new strings for the guitar so now I have to retune it...so the guitar sits for the time being.
Natasha has her last week of school next week. I can't believe her first year of preschool is done. I won't put her in preschool next year so I have been searching the net for preschool ideas to do at home. I actually found one sight that seems awesome and will try and follow some themes come fall.
Today I finally feel like I am coming out of my cold. We are heading to a birthday party this evening which should be fun. It is at my aunts house and I have yet to see it. There will be lots of kids so I know it will be loud, but I also know my girls will love it.
The house is coming apart. I took my bed apart and now have my mattress on the floor. This is not a big deal to me. With my dad having a bad knee, and being a key part in the packing, I am trying to load everything into the main room (off the front entrance, no stairs). If almost everything is there I figure the loading is just out the door, onto the truck. My living room is stuffed but the kids are liking the hiding spots, and forts they are creating.
I am getting a little tired of "things" everywhere. I am really trying not to throw things into boxes just to get it packed. I am trying to go through things I have had put away, organize, etc. I hoping that if I take the time now...a lot of things can just stayed boxed without worrying about what I might need from them.
I just feel like I am constant state of mess, which is more bothersome than boxes everywhere.
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We were very lucky and our dogs stayed by the house unless we were out walking them......if your house is away from the road you should be ok......we didn't have any gates or fences but the dogs never wandered off.....our neighbours dogs would wander over to see ours quite often though.....you can get invisible fences to put under the ground if that would help...Canadian Tire sells them.
Back home we were always told to keep the cat inside for 3 weeks after moving house and then they know its their home and will come back......but I don't know if it needs to be that long...I;ve never moved with a cat!
I bet all your animals will LOVE it down there!
As for preschool ideas...I have plenty (and just ordered several more books)....I homeschooled Abigail through preschool and this past year I did K too....so I have lots of resources and ideas if you need any! you can also book her into any of the homeschool classes at Telus, Muttart and Fort Ed etc which can be good fun and an excuse for a trip into the city every few months....they are less than $10 each and book up fast!
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