If I ever move again, it’ll be too soon.
Fully aware I just cursed myself.
We are FINALLY done with moving my mom.  It took 2 weeks and 3 storage units to move out of the house we grew up in.  In 24 hours, mom’s new apartment went from this:
To this:
The first dinner at her new residence occurred across the street at our favorite place: Whole Foods.
The love of Whole Foods runs in the family.
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The next day we had a nice breakfast.  Mom has gotten me hooked on French Press coffee.
I was excited to try my favorite Atlanta Farm Fresh‘s new yogurt. Â It’s a chia greek yogurt with acai, blueberry, pomegranate, and goji. Â I topped it with berries and granola. Â So. Â Good.
Then it was family workout time!  My little sister and I worked out first, then I took mom back to the gym to give her a workout too.  They are sore now, so I feel like my work here is done.
Madi and I took the obligatory bad ass sweaty face.
Then we did something I’ve been craving since the move. Â Manicures and pedicures.
My nails were so janky even I was embarrassed… and I’ll walk around with some sloppy polish.
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This was followed by wine and a tasty dinner with mamma and a friend. Â It’s been marvelous spending all this time with my family and some old friends again!
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Maybe now I’ll actually be a blogger again… sorry for the MIA!
How do you treat yourself after a hard week?
Have you had French Press coffee?
Yes, I’ve missed you. 🙂 But how fun for you to have time to spend with your mom and sis.
Looking good!
Mommy time is the best time anyway 😉 Hahaha!
And having a Whole Foods across the street…I could imagine that as being pretty dangerous 😉 Haha!
I know!!! We went every day I was there. Tragic. LOL!
Granted, my idea of moving isn’t as strenuous as this, but I have “moved” five times in the past week. Normally this wouldn’t be a big deal, but my bag is busted so I have had two memorable moments climbing up gigantic hills with all of my life’s belongings in my hands. I just have to get through one more and then I agree – if I ever move again, it will be too soon!
I know that feeling… my bag busted in the middle of my 2 week Italy trip. I was this teeny 100 lb girls with a giant 100 lb suitcase slung over my back at train stations. So pathetic.
In moments like this, we say “thank God I lift”!
uuugh.
You are such a great daughter.
My time is coming. I need to head to Pittsburgh and at least START my parents packing up 50 years of stuff so they too can move.
#dreading.
Oh man… I cant even imagine 50 years. Get started… like yesterday… LOL!
So glad you were able to get that done! Love the sweaty badass selfie and of course you needed mani/pedis! Welcome back…we missed you 🙂
Welcome back! Manis and pedis are always a good way but a massage is better! Ugh…I can’t even imagine if I had to move my parents. My Mom has a basement full of nicknacks. I get anxiety every time I see their house.
So glad you got to have some family time- love the color you picked for your nails…. I’m so overdue for a pedi- maybe I’ll treat myself today!
Thanks Jess! I hope you did treat ‘yo self. 🙂
Definitely don’t apologize for bing MIA! Life and family first. I think it’s fantastic that you have the freedom right now to have been there to help her with the move. No small undertaking for sure.
Thanks friend! It was a much-needed break. No regrets. 🙂
yayyy you guys are finally done. i read you previous post..and i bet it was very hard to leave a place where you had such wonderful memories. yayy for fitting in workout and wine time 🙂
Looks like so much fun! Family time when it’s also food and fun time is the best 🙂
WE all want my parents to move to a smaller house but since they have lived there for 30 years there is just too much crap. I can only imagine how hard that was for you! Moving is the worst isn’t it? Hope she is happy in her new digs
moving takes so much effort! whole foods is my dinner of choice! its the best 🙂
I hate moving – can’t believe you’ve had to do it so often recently. The new apartment looks GREAT thought – nicely done. 🙂
If we ever move again I’m paying movers to pack it all. Whoa.
Family time is the best. I like to treat myself with wine(obviously ;-)) & something relaxing lol. Glad ur back blogging. Missed you lol!!
I’m glad your back! I’ve missed your posts and you use words like ‘janky’ 😉
French press coffee is amazing. We don’t even have a regular coffee maker anymore (or a keurig).
HAHA! Janky is under-utilized. 😉
Welcome back.
French press coffee is swoon worthy.
i bet your are exhausted! emotionally too. I think you need about 10 bottles of GT to cope. Missed you bro. Hugs!
Or a massive anti-inflammatory diet… 😉
You were definitely missed, but it looks like you had some nice family bonding time. The apartment looks great!!! 🙂
You were missed but family time is always #1 priority! My mom and I just started the mani/pedi tradition. It’s so fun!
I love before and afters, even if it is just cleaning up the house! (which i need to do for mine). After a hard week, we like to relax by watching tv series or movies. Eventually I’m going to find some time to do some side projects with the husband. Or rather, I need to make the time to do it! I’d love to play around with photography more and make music together!
That sounds like so much fu! We decided we need to go see more live shows. I love the coffee house music vibe – so chill.