Hello Again

Wow! I am going to post again! Too many things to do in April. What happened to it?? The largest time consumer was of course the HUGE move. It took so long to get packed and ready to go and we couldn't have done it without the help of all our friends. (Isn't that a song?) But it really was true. I moved a lot as a kid and I thought it was difficult but it does not compare to moving as a mom - way more stress. And sad too. I cried all the way out of the neighborhood; I cried again the next day as we were leaving the state. Ryan was driving the U-Haul so he didn't have to see is wife falling apart. We are happy for this new adventure, but a little piece of me is stuck in our old state. Sometimes it would have been easier to have the kids ride on the bikes on the back of the car instead of inside, but really they did pretty well. Ryan and Clark are back in school and Bella and I live out of boxes. This is what Ryan's parents garage currently looks like:

Most of our big furniture is in the neighbors garage next door, since we didn't manage to fit here. (They volunteered the space because they are out of town for the next couple of months, so that worked out nice.) Someday I plan on unpacking boxes but I have to wait until there is some place for them to go. This is what our living room and dinning room currently look like:

Baseboards are in (I have give myself a little credit here since I helped to them all last weekend; don't mess with me; I know how to use a nail gun now :) and the shelves and closets are currently being installed. Next week the painter will start, then finish plumbing, electrical, cabinets, counter tops and carpet after the painting is done. Maybe by the end of May. Maybe. Hopefully we won't drive Ryan's parents totally crazy before then!