Moving Day Part 2

Just thought I would post these pictures of our spacious apartment on moving day. As you can see we had a number of boxes that we took a couple of days to find space for. we finally manged to make the place very homey and comfortable. It works really well for us. It is a lot smaller than we were used to, but we rather enjoy the coseyness of the place.

These first two pictures are before and after shots from the dining room looking down the hall.
This is our "enormous" kitchen and since there was no microwave, our solution. Also our kitchen cabinets. These are sitting in the "breakfast nook" of the kitchen.

And finally here is my new sewing room.

Grandparent Paradise

This is now the view of my dining room/nursery. Since Chiara had to return to school today, I am now watching James for her.

I am sad she can't stay home, but glad that I am here to help the transition in caring for James. So for the next couple of months I will be babysitting again. Since we do not have our other grandchildren living close, it is nice to get to enjoy this little boy for a bit. He is so sweet, I love having him here. Wish I was where I could help with the other new babies in the family. But I will have to be content with visits for now.

Luckily we get a visit from Norah next week. She is also bringing her parents who we are excited to see also. The week after that we get to spend time with Avery and Emma. Oh, yea, they are bringing Ashlyn along and eventually Mike will join them, we are looking forward to seeing these parents too.

Great Way To Start Your Day

I received this in an email from my sister. Thought I would share it here. It is about 4 1/2 minutes long, but well worth it. A very beautiful rendition of Amazing Grace. Enjoy and hope it brightens your day as it did mine.

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Happy Birthday

Moving Day ended with a celebration. Even though the actual day had been earlier in the week, (click here to see link), we waited until Saturday to celebrate the birthdays for Ken and Nathan. Of course the only pictures I have are of Nathan. Ken likes to stay in the background. We went to CiCi's Pizza and followed it with a Wall-E cake. It was a great evening and a great way to end a very busy day.

Moving Day

I have been quite busy lately but here is a little catchup. Moving Day finally arrived. Mike borrowed a truck and trailer from his boss for the actual furniture move. It was a great help. The roads at the apartment complex are not very wide and there is absolutely no parking. With the Denali truck Mike was able to carry the extra hands and the furniture in one load.

We had a lot of friends and youth show up to help which was all greatly appreciated.

Special thanks to Ken for being such a great extra hand for Mike that day. Also special thanks to Chiara and boys for being with me and helping me do what I needed to get done. Also we were very grateful to Mike's boss for the use of her truck and trailor.

What Does Busy Mean?

Not much happening here. Really. Unless you want to count that we are very much in the midst of moving. Marissa wanted some of our furniture, but it didn't fit in her car with the kids. So being the great mother that I am, I volunteered to take it to her in my big truck/SUV. So Monday I drove to Austin and back all in the same day. I must be nuts.

When I got home I spent the rest of the afternoon on the phone trying to get our electricity changed to the new address. That was fun, (read NOT). The rest of the week I am finishing packing everything we are currently using in the house to be ready for the big move on Saturday.

Boy this sure is fun. We should do this more often. No I really mean that. Well, maybe I really mean that. Oh, who am I kidding, I wish that we had professionals doing this for us. Oh well it is a great chance to get rid of stuff. We really do have too much stuff.

More later after we move, with pictures of our new place.

The Maze

Usually when I am awake in the middle of the night I am able to walk all around my house without any difficulty or lights. I know where everything is and the house is kept fairly neat and clean. Well lately that had changed. Since we are moving in about a week and a half we are very busy boxing up all our things, sorting things into different catagories, what to store, what to take to the apartment, what to put in the garage of the apartment, etc.

Well with all this packing the moving of furniture now my house is more like a maze to wonder through instead of what I am used to. In fact one night I used the light from my cell phone to see where to walk so I did not run into anything. To make this even more fun, the arrangement had changed about 3 times since we started.

Here are a few pictures of what it looks like now. This first one is right inside the front door.

These next two are the family room where most of the things are stacked.My poor sewing room. I think I will probably miss this the most.