Still alive and kicking.....

It has been a few days but we are still alive and kicking - even the Peanut! The last couple weeks have been crazy busy but hopefully things can slow down now. Monday, October 30th we closed on the new house starting a week of quick eating and changing at the old house and then driving to the new house and cleaning and then driving back to the old house to go to bed. Then Saturday, November 4th we officially moved. All the furniture, boxes and everything else got loaded into some pickup or trailer and put somewhere in the new house or garage. That process continued into Sunday and then we spent last week eating and changing at the new house and driving to the old house to clean and then back to the new house to sleep. Friday, November 10th we closed on the old house, so after depositing the check in the bank and picking up Maggie for daycare we actually went "home" and didn't have to leave to go anywhere else for the evening. After supper we watched a movie and next thing I knew Maggie was tugging on my arm telling me it was time to read her a bedtime story. Needless to say I didn't see much of the movie. Saturday we did a few things around the house before venturing out to do some shopping. We had everything on the list from milk and peanut butter to light bulbs and shower curtains. For anyone that has shopped with a two year old - they can completely understand how after three hours of shopping (including lunch and time at the play land in the mall) Maggie was done shopping for the day. I did manage to get an hour to go to Sams club while Maggie and Dad stayed home and played. Then Saturday evening Bayliss and Serie Hall came over to play while their parents went to the hockey game. By 10pm the whole family was ready for bed again. Yesterday morning we started making some progress in the kitchen and living room as far as unpacking and organizing. Then we stopped and went out for dinner with my parents. They came back to our house and Dad and Tom put in a dog door to the garage for Wrigley. This meant we had to first find the wall of the garage and second make some space in that area. So while Maggie took a nap in the car the four of us moved more boxes and things into the house in hopefully their right rooms. We still can't fit any cars in the three car garage, but hopefully that will change this week.

Now that we have some food to eat again and only one house to worry about we should be able to relax a little. Tonight's agenda is laundry - everything from this weeks clothes to curtains from the old house to blankets used in moving. Doubt I'll get it all done - but I'll start. Maggie seems to be doing better with the new house - except that she doesn't want to go to sleep without Mom or Dad on the floor beside her bed until she falls asleep. We are hoping that gets better also. Well - my lunch break is almost over - so I better go for now. Hope all is well with everyone else.

Danelle :-)