I Finally have some time!

Wow - what a lot of work a move is!! But we are in - for almost 6 weeks already! Time has just flown! We left SoCal early in the morning of July 1 - the guys in the truck and hubby's car and mom & Chris and me by plane! We definitely chose the easier route! At the 10 hour point in what was supposed to be a 16 hour drive, the guys were stuck in a small town with broken fan belts and 2 tires that would not go any further. They were all fixed and ready to go about noon the next morning and with traffic finally crossed into our new state about 7 that night. At that point they were still about 3 hours from our new home - well, in theory anyway - but they called to say they were "home"! A few minutes later they blew a tire as they were pulling into the weigh station! After several phone calls they found an "angel" who had the truck tire they needed and would come out and put it on. As he was changing the tire he chatted with the guys and told them he was recovering from a heart attack - - that he'd had just 3 days before!!!! He cheerfully got the tire put on and the lady in the weigh station finally let them continue on! Mom had gone back to Morning Glory's house to go to bed earlier, but Chris and I waited til the guys got home. We had the new beds set up, so there was room for the 3 guys to fall into bed when they got there, and then we went back to MG's house and crawled into our beds - - at 4am!! Yup - it took them 47 hours to get there - that includes sleep/delay time, but they had only planned on about 30 from start to finish!

The beautiful home that was ready for us though reved them up and by a little after noon that day the truck was unloaded and we were working our way through boxes! Chris' daughter T and her husband S flew up to help unpack and were a great addition to our crew along with MG and her hubby and my hubby's brother - L!! We couldn't have done it all without them!!

When we packed the truck in SoCal - we had more stuff than we realized and there wasn't room for the couch and loveseat in the truck - along with a few other items. We were able to find homes for everything real quick, and got the truck closed. That meant however, that we needed to buy new couches as soon as we got here instead of after a few months as we had planned. We all went to a local huge furniture store. Since hubby was chomping at the bit for his "big screen" this was as good a time as any! The girls went looking at couches and the boys went to electronics side! We came away with 2 couches, and leather chair and ottoman, an entertainment unit and a 52" flat screen tv!! A wonderful time was had by all!! Especially when we were the only ones who had to flip out the visa card! HA!! It was all delivered the

following week and we love it all!!

We had a lovely July 4th celebration in MG's back yard with Beth and Karen and all the kids, and all our moving buddies. Chris and Ron left Saturday morning to fly home, L took off with his truck on Sunday morning and Mom stayed for another week to help me unpack!! She is an amazing lady - at 84, she works circles around all of us! Her goal was to be able to get my car into the garage before she left. Well, we got close, but it took me another 2 weeks to actually be able to actually close the garage door behind it!

We are enjoying the house soooo much!! it is very open and the view out the back of the park is just wonderful! This is the view from the breakfast table - Wonder what this will look like covered with snow!!