A Little Rambling

After a week and a half of being covered in dust and leaping over a massive pile of cardboard boxes in order to get into the kitchen, we are officially unpacked!  We're still waiting on a couch and my pretty porch plants, and a few things need to go up on the walls, but other than that, things are set.  It's a nice feeling.  (oh, and I still need a bed) This is what it looked like for the first couple days...boxen everywhere! As of about an hour ago, we even have internet, which makes it feel even more settled.  I've been loving having a pool to use whenever I want, and I REALLY love not having a half-hour drive home from every event.  I can have people over for dinner, spontaneously.  :)  Even the cats are adjusting, though Fiyero's favorite place to sleep is deep in my closet, under my shorts. So yes, I'm excited to be able to blog again, as I've had many thoughts and no ability to post them this week.  We're having our housewarming party t...

Because I loathe packing so sincerely, I often find myself doing many other things in between boxes, which means it usually takes a long time.  I'm somewhere around half done and still have all weekend before I move, so I'm counting that as a good start.  This small fiend doesn't make it go any quicker, though. The last week has been fun and productive, and cramming it all into this one post won't do it justice, but I'll do it anyways.  We'll go backwards. Today: Jessica came over and we learned two dances (the shim sham and the line dance to Fake I.D. from Footloose), ate smoothies, took pictures of adventures in Walmart, had lots of girl talk, and indulged in a delicious dinner of mac & cheese, cheesy bacon potatoes, totino's pizza rolls, and oreo cake pops. Last night: As You Like It was our play for Shakespeare night.  We formalized the accent-adoption process, and some were very interesting (for example, I was both Igor and an Alligator...

I really, really dislike packing. If you haven’t been around my blog during travel before, this will show you just how much I hate it. Sigh. I think I actually did pretty well this time. I’m blogging after I packed, rather than during, which is an improvement. The only breaks I took were running stuff downstairs as I came across it in my room and going down again to check in for my flight. Not setting any records, but it took me less than 6 hours, so I say that’s pretty good. My carry-on is very heavy, and my suitcase is currently underweight, but we’ll see how long that lasts. I hate having to bounce things between both bags to try and even it out and make sure everything fits in the restrictions. Also – gummi bears are heavy!! So, my time here draws to a close. I finished the four videos yesterday and got them on DVD, and have started the interminable process of uploading them to youtube. Tonight is the last ministry night I will get to see. Yesterday, Debbie took me out s...