Not dead, just still unpacking

It's not been a bad move this go around. Having a clue about the process and rolling with what the current situation presents are exceptionally helpful skills.
But...we have a lot of stuff, though less by the day. It takes time to unpack everything. Things have gone missing or are no longer in the condition they were when we started. Things that have to be re-placed for the unpacking to be finished. Our gorgeous four poster bed frame languishes in the garage as it did not fit up the staircase in the new house. Needless to say, there have been a few hurdles.
We did get a new place reasonably fast. A definite positive when you have four people crammed into an economy flat (one actual bed, kitchenette, fold out couch, bathroom in the space of a smaller hotel room).
The weeding out of unused stuff continues, since the new place is smaller than the last and I refuse to let things take over the house. Convincing two teenagers that this purge is worthwhile is a task unto itself.
I've had a rather glorious distraction from boring daily activities though, the plotting and planning of entertaining baby items. A distraction kindly provided by my darling sister who will be making me an Auntie this summer! Why yes, I am absolutely ecstatic! How could you tell?