Moving Day!

Today is the second day of packing our house. They started yesterday and still have a long way to go. The driver is coming tomorrow and everything will be loaded on the truck and moved out! The house is a maze of boxes right now and I can't really watch the packing too closely because it makes me nervous. I hope that everything we've left out will fit in the cars! Our friends Faith and Bruce are moving into the house on Friday! I've told Faith that she has to send pictures after she unpacks so that I can see what the house looks like with their things and her decorating. It will be weird to see it without our stuff, but I am so glad that they are moving in and not strangers.

Tomorrow is our last day in Arizona. So sad, but we are on to other adventures!

Last Day.

Julie brought a Tammie Coe cake to celebrate my last day. Yum!

new kitchen drawer pulls

new cabinet knobs

My official last day of work was Friday! This morning was wonderful, not having to get up early and rush to get ready. Mike's parents will be here this afternoon and we will definitely celebrate. Every day is one day closer to leaving AZ. We are trying to do all of things that we have talked about since we moved here. This weekend was working on the house and the kitchen is finally finished!

Maryland.

found here

This one is tiny, found here

found here

We are moving to the east coast! Although Mike has not received his official orders, we have gotten word that he will be going to Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Pretty exciting! We will be very close to DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York...oh, and Delaware. I've never lived on the east coast before (Florida doesn't count) so it will be an experience. I am also a hot weather girl, so it is going to be brutal in the winter but there are some great cold weather clothes and shoes/boots out there. I will keep you posted about the adventures of moving and house searching. We won't be leaving here until spring and then we will settle in Maryland some time in September. I am busy doing all kinds of research on the area and the Chesapeake Bay. Here are some images to inspire.

Thieves!

The vandalized steering column

Back again. So much has been going on and we have had visitors all month. Rebekah and Aaron were here last week on their move to New Mexico. They parked the U-Haul in front of the house and someone tried to steal it that night! They tried to hotwire it and take the whole truck plus Rebekah's car hitched to the back! What a nightmare! Something happened though and they weren't able to get the truck started. They did take their computer and Rebekah's vacuum!! Everyone was totally upset, but we decided that they were very lucky in the end. Everything they owned (practically) was in that truck! Luckily, U-Haul was able to send someone to fix the truck right there in the street. Aaron left around 4pm that afternoon to get to Cruces and put the truck in a safe place. We felt so bad. But, Rebekah stayed until Monday and we had a great time. See next post...