This relocation has been difficult. It's never easy to move, but moving half way across the country is a whole other situation. When I moved to Arkansas, and then back to Maryland, it wasn't quite as bad. I think that's because we had professional movers. This time, we didn't. It was just us, and family and friends who were available to help us load and unload the truck. Add to that, a 4 day stop in Georgia, for Gam to work, and it makes for a LONG week.
Now that we're here, and all of the boxes are moved in, and furniture is set, it is taking me a long time to unpack the boxes. As a matter of fact, up until 2 days ago, I was still living out of suitcases and Thirty One bags. I just haven't had the energy to unpack everything.
It was also much more important to set up our kitchen. For the eight months before we rented this house, we were either living at Momma P's house or Jenna's house. It's difficult (to say the least) for two women to share a kitchen. So, I was really looking forward to having my own kitchen again. For that reason, the kitchen was my first priority. We had also gotten rid of so much stuff before we moved from the Maryland house to Momma's house, and then again, when we moved to Jenna's. So, we literally didn't even have condiments, salt, pepper, or butter. It was fun to purchase new dishes, glasses, and cookware. I'm enjoying that part. Gam was very happy when we unpacked the bread machine. He's missed bread! I think too much!
The guestroom is pretty much set up, we need to get a headboard for that bed. I'm using that room to get the other rooms unpacked. I'm looking forward to being able to fill it with guests! Gam's mom has said that she wants to come visit, and I can't wait for her to decide when!
We bought Gam a desk for his office, and set it up. It looks great! I have an appointment for the furniture consignment store to come and appraise the living room furniture, and maybe our bedroom furniture. Gam said that I can't have new furniture until I get this stuff taken care of. So, appointment was made! I can't wait to see what they have to say.
Gam's been traveling this week, leaving Libby and I home alone. He comes home tonight, and I'm looking forward to seeing him. I don't sleep well when he's away, and Libby misses him too. She'll be happy when I bring him home!
I hope that all of you are well. We're hanging in, and getting stuff done. Can't wait to start hanging pictures and my dry erase boards. Pictures make a house a home. Gam says we'll start that this weekend.
Friday, November 6, 2015
Thursday, October 15, 2015
I'm Back
It has been a long time since I've posted on my blog. So much has changed in my life in the past 19 months that it's not even funny. I'd like to give a little update.
We have recently relocated to Texas, for Gam to take a new job. This week is a bit crazy, as we've been traveling since last week Thursday. We flew out of TX to go back home to PA to pick up our household goods, that we had been storing. We had a great weekend visiting with family and friends in PA. We then went to MD to pick up the truck, and load the few things that we stored in the New Market house. While we were loading up, we were able to see some of our neighbors there. I miss them!
We started our drive back to TX on Tuesday morning, early. We had to make a stop in GA, for Gam to teach a class, and will be here until Saturday morning. Then we start the trek back to TX.
We are very excited about going back to TX, as we have found a house, and will be setting up our first real home together. In the past 2.5 years, we've either lived in a place that was his, or mine, but never one that we picked out for ourselves. We, now, have done that. As most of our family and friends know, we downsized a lot. We got rid of furniture, dishes, pots and pans, and whole host of goods, so that we could build our home together.
The next couple of days will include unloading a truck, packing up and moving the stuff at Jenna's house, getting our dog, and motorcycle. We'll then have some shopping to do. I'm looking forward to all of this, in a strange way, and in another way, I'm dreading it. Moving and relocating is stressful!
While Gam is busy working, I've been taking the time to re-organize my lists, so that we can fully stock a kitchen. It sort of freaked me out to realize that we didn't even have salt, pepper, or condiments! We are starting over from practically nothing. The good news is that we get to pick out new dishes, new pots and pans, and new glasses! We have to purchase shower curtains, as we've had shower doors in the past couple of years! I'm excited about decorating our new place, and plan on doing so bit by bit.
Our new house is perfect for us, It has 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, and a 1 car garage. We needed the garage for Gam's motorcycles. So many apartments and houses that we looked at didn't have a garage, or it put us out of our housing budget. There is no carpet in this house, and it's all ceramic flooring. I think it's beautiful. We are hoping that Libby will be able to deal with it. Three bedrooms gives me a dedicated guest room, and an office area for Gam. He really needs that area, to work on college classes as well as having the dedicated place to work from home, should he need to do so.
I'm looking forward to getting everything unpacked. It's going to be like Christmas for me! I haven't seen most of our stuff for 6 months, and I've missed our photos (yes, the photo wall will be going up), our books, our movies, and a whole host of other knick-knacks that make a house a home.
Gam's new job entails a good bit of travel. We're excited about this too, as I will be able to tag along with him. Since we have family and friends all over the country, this allows me to keep in touch better, plus we'll get to see a lot of our country, and maybe some other countries.
I'm looking forward, also, to be able to write in my blog more often. I've missed being able to do so, but I truly hate doing it when I only have my phone available for internet use. A laptop makes a huge difference. I hope that you'll continue to follow me.
We have recently relocated to Texas, for Gam to take a new job. This week is a bit crazy, as we've been traveling since last week Thursday. We flew out of TX to go back home to PA to pick up our household goods, that we had been storing. We had a great weekend visiting with family and friends in PA. We then went to MD to pick up the truck, and load the few things that we stored in the New Market house. While we were loading up, we were able to see some of our neighbors there. I miss them!
We started our drive back to TX on Tuesday morning, early. We had to make a stop in GA, for Gam to teach a class, and will be here until Saturday morning. Then we start the trek back to TX.
We are very excited about going back to TX, as we have found a house, and will be setting up our first real home together. In the past 2.5 years, we've either lived in a place that was his, or mine, but never one that we picked out for ourselves. We, now, have done that. As most of our family and friends know, we downsized a lot. We got rid of furniture, dishes, pots and pans, and whole host of goods, so that we could build our home together.
The next couple of days will include unloading a truck, packing up and moving the stuff at Jenna's house, getting our dog, and motorcycle. We'll then have some shopping to do. I'm looking forward to all of this, in a strange way, and in another way, I'm dreading it. Moving and relocating is stressful!
While Gam is busy working, I've been taking the time to re-organize my lists, so that we can fully stock a kitchen. It sort of freaked me out to realize that we didn't even have salt, pepper, or condiments! We are starting over from practically nothing. The good news is that we get to pick out new dishes, new pots and pans, and new glasses! We have to purchase shower curtains, as we've had shower doors in the past couple of years! I'm excited about decorating our new place, and plan on doing so bit by bit.
Our new house is perfect for us, It has 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, and a 1 car garage. We needed the garage for Gam's motorcycles. So many apartments and houses that we looked at didn't have a garage, or it put us out of our housing budget. There is no carpet in this house, and it's all ceramic flooring. I think it's beautiful. We are hoping that Libby will be able to deal with it. Three bedrooms gives me a dedicated guest room, and an office area for Gam. He really needs that area, to work on college classes as well as having the dedicated place to work from home, should he need to do so.
I'm looking forward to getting everything unpacked. It's going to be like Christmas for me! I haven't seen most of our stuff for 6 months, and I've missed our photos (yes, the photo wall will be going up), our books, our movies, and a whole host of other knick-knacks that make a house a home.
Gam's new job entails a good bit of travel. We're excited about this too, as I will be able to tag along with him. Since we have family and friends all over the country, this allows me to keep in touch better, plus we'll get to see a lot of our country, and maybe some other countries.
I'm looking forward, also, to be able to write in my blog more often. I've missed being able to do so, but I truly hate doing it when I only have my phone available for internet use. A laptop makes a huge difference. I hope that you'll continue to follow me.
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