My Life These Days

I just couldn't get to a post on the blog yesterday.  These photos will help explain why.  The big truck arrived at our new house at 8 am with all of our worldly possessions and four hours things were transferred from the truck to our house.  For a number of reasons, most of it had to go into the garage (photo 1) and we'll spend many days getting it sorted out and put in place.  We already miss our basement, the shelving in our former garage and the outside storage shed.  But in due time we'll get organized and not even think about what was.

I thought I made pretty good progress yesterday.  All of the kitchen boxes were brought inside by the movers and I got all of them emptied with pans and bowls etc put in a new place.  The newspaper pile shown in the second photo resulted when I was unpacking but my husband was on the phone to get established with the cable, natural gas and electric companies and I was trying to be quiet.  Prior to that I was keeping up with myself flattening it and putting it in one big box as I went along.  But he took over the job of smoothing and before long that pile disapppeared.

We found sheets, blankets and pillows and have the guest beds made so feel free to drop by.  We even got a shower rod installed in the second bathroom so you can take a shower.  Yesterday we went to the grocery store so the cupboards and refrigerator are at least partially stocked and we'll be able to feed you, too.  But a word of caution, we'll probably make every attempt to put you to work and we aren't above trickery or bribery.  All we see before us is a lot of work.  On the other hand, our new couch is arriving today and we will have a comfy place to crash.  And our daughter and her family are coming to help us out for a few days and we expect some real progress will be made with their muscle, energy and enthusiasm.

Despite my sore muscles and dwindling energy, I'm excited to be getting settled into a brand new house, meeting new people and having a whole new area to explore.  Stay tuned.