Our household goods arrived Mannheim Thursday last week and was delivered to our house this past Thursday. Luckily this is a four day weekend for Steve, it gives us a lot of time to unpack most of the boxes and put together the remaining disassembled furnture.

The delivery truck arrived around 10am, there were three burly men who worked very efficiently. The unwrapped the stuff outside so it there was very little trash and dirt that entered the house. Sad to say though, they were very displeased with the way the American movers packed our stuff. They used way too much paper and tape, and to top it they even threw in all their extra wrapping paper and boxes in the last crate! Our desks were destroyed, usable but definitely messed up, parts of the desks were just ripped up instead of taken off carefully with tools. The entertainment center and other smaller furniture were all completely disassembled, so frustrating! As we’re putting stuff back together we notice that they’re not going back as neatly and perfectly as the first build. We all had brand new bikes, they completely took them appart and now won’t go back together the brakes don’t brake. Claims office here we come!

Other than those mishaps everything else seems to be intact. Our bedroom set and living room set are safe! All my picture frames are in great condition. The best part of all this is that all the laundry I packed in the vacuum seal bags remain fresh, the vacuum packaging held up the entire move! When we open them I can still smell the fresh laundry scent! Yay, I don’t have to rewash all the clothes, blankets, and towels! We got a lot accomplished today. The master bedroom is almost done and same with the office. The kids did a lot of work in their rooms too. Steve got the kitchen about 80% done. The living room and dining room are mostly unpacked we just have to take the boxes to the recycle center on base. The hard part will be sorting through the basement, most of our electronics and appliances will not work here so most of them will be in storage.  All our televisions!

Tomorrow is another day, I think we will be able to turn the house into a home tomorrow… just in time for me to go on a long vacation to the Philippines.