Buried in boxes
We’re here! It took about 21 hours travel time over 2 days (we stopped a lot to keep my pregnant legs from swelling and to wake up from the mind-numbing boredom of staring at the rear end of a Penske truck). We were glad to pull into the driveway and get out of the cars for good. Jack did really well on the trip, and didn’t seem to mind getting back into the car when it was time to go again. We were really grateful that Mom was here to help with the packing and driving- we could not have done it without her. She drove Mark’s car and we followed behind Mark driving the moving truck.
The movers were scheduled to arrive on Friday morning, but we ended up leaving earlier from our hotel in West Memphis than expected, so we called and it turned out they had a crew that was available to meet us at the house when we arrived on Thursday late afternoon. It was SO NICE to drive up and have them immediately start unloading so we could sleep on comfortable beds that night after the horrible tiny hotel beds. The only reason we made it here as early as we did was that one of the cats started yowling at about 5:30am and wouldn’t stop. We finally gave up and got out of bed since we couldn’t sleep through the the racket he was making. We jokingly speculated that maybe God sent an angel to disturb him so we would be able to get here in time to get the stuff unloaded!
There’s no way I can express how grateful we are for those who took Galatians 6:2 literally, helping to bear the burden of the furniture and boxes on Monday night as the truck was loaded, and for all the packing help that Mom and Laura provided. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to be around for the fun of loading the truck, as Jack was dealing with a lovely intestinal virus that was thankfully very short-lived.
More to come… must get to bed since it’s after midnight and we’re getting up early to drive down to visit the church we went to while I was in high school. Should be fun looking for some familiar faces!
Filed under Misc | Comments (4)Getting ready to roll
Well, there no doubt we’re moving in a couple of days. There are boxes everywhere and many more left to be packed. My mother and sister have been very helpful over the past week, and we’re especially grateful that Mom flew back up from Texas to help with this move. Last time we packed up an apartment we were moving from Chicago and Jack was 4 weeks old and it was just us, so we certainly appreciate how much easier it is with people here to help.
We took a trip to Dallas just over a week ago and found a house to rent after a very frustrating day of searching with a local realtor. The lease market is very tight right now, so we were grateful to find one. We are REALLY looking forward to saying goodbye to apartment living and downstairs neighbors who come up and threated to call the police because Jack is running around up here like a normal 2 year old boy. Jack will have a fenced in backyard to run around in down there, and we’ll have a garage to park in, and even a spare bedroom! Jack and David (have I mentioned we’re naming him David?) are going to share a room once David gets to the point of sleeping through the night.
Say a prayer for no rain on Tuesday evening while we’re loading the truck!
Filed under Misc | Comments (2)A perfect day for sledding
This morning, since church was canceled, we went to the home of some RBC friends to enjoy some sledding. It was a PERFECT day for it. Not too cold… nice and sunny…
Jack had a good time for a while, especially riding down the hill with our friend Stephanie.
I even went down once- here I am just about to get a face full of snow. Once was enough… it was more fun taking pictures.
I’m not going to post all the pictures here - it’s nicer to look at them in Flickr. If you click on the ‘View as Slideshow’ link on the top right of the page, you can view them more easily.
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Don’t move to Texas Jack!!!
Okay Jack, you can let go now…
This is why I love the internet
We’re looking at some listings from a realtor of homes for lease in the north Dallas area, and as we googled the addresses to get a clear picture of where they are on the map, some of them have street level views in Google maps. We can see exactly what the neighborhoods look like on many of them, and even “virtually” drive around the area and see what’s around. Check this one out for example. You click on the “street view” link next to the little picture, and then click on the arrows on the street to drive around the area. Your little orange guy moves along the map, so you always know where you are as you go. How cool is that?
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