On Thursday July 23rd, our sea shipment arrived. We were beyond excited as this meant that we got to sleep in our beds again and not on air beds. After a month of air beds we were more than ready. The workers from the packing company in the UK were very friendly, helpful and polite. They let my little worker bee help and even gave him a shirt because they wanted him to come work with them. He loves to help and worked all day with them. They opened and unpacked every box, which was overwhelming for me after they left and I had piles every where. All my friends know how much I love piles and things that are not put away. :) We had a few damages from the way the packers here in the US packed our stuff. They put boxes of books on top, anyone in their right minds know you don't do that. That resulted in boxes crashing down and falling into things. Also the way they packed the container the people in the UK opened it and things starting falling out. It was an interesting, overwhelming and tiring day but when we climbed into our beds that night it sure felt good!
Container arrived!
Workers holding things in while they figure out a plan.
Our crushed boxes.
Our inventory board that we had to mark off. As they unloaded boxes they called out numbers and I had to mark them off.
A little taste of home came in one of our boxes. We weren't suppose to pack any nonperishable items and the US workers accidentally packed this box. Apparently customs didn't open this one. We didn't have any broken seals so I think they opened the container and saw that things were going to fall on them and shut it back up. :)
Our kitchen pile. :s
Our little worker bee, Colin, in his Sante Fe shirt.
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