Moving right along...

Well the big move happened this week.. and boy are my arms tired!

wait.. That doesnt work does it?

Anyway, this weekend we moved from 6004 w 37th St to the house at 2408 S Eisenhower Ave. And it was a project! We started the day waking up at about 7 and letting Maggie watch cartoons while we did various last minute projects around the house. Then a few coworkers of mine showed up at 9 and we began to load up vehicles in earnest. A little bit into it and Mark and Megan Poe showed up. Mark helped us guys with loading while Megan went in and helped Danelle with getting things picked up in the house.

At about 10 John and Val and Grandpa Wayne showed up with two pickups and a trailer and we started loading the heavy big stuff. The couch I think was the worst. Then about 10:45 I got a call that our new fridgerator was ready to be delivered to our house so i had to run to the new house to get that. While there the "Circus" showed up as Danelle put it. 4 pickups, 1 trailer, a MiniVan and a SUV. All loaded to the brim. With the help of everyone there (the Halls showed up while we were unloading, along with Bayliss, Serie and Dylan) we got all the vehicles unloaded. Brett and John, my two coworkers had to leave at noon, so they took off while we broke for lunch.

After lunch we headed back to the house for another load. Danelle stayed at the new house with the kids and her Mom and Aunt Darlene and directed traffic and started putting the kitchen away.

We got another two caravans loaded and unloaded and by 6:00 we were wiped. We decided to call it a day with some stuff left over at our old house.

Danelle and I were ready to collapse but we still had to get Maggie to bed. Which was a task in itself. At one point she cried "I wanna sleep in my bed at my home" which just broke both of our hearts. Eventually she did get to sleep and Danelle and I were both sawing logs by 10:30.

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Sunday we woke up to Maggie climbing in our bed wanting to watch "Mickey Mouse".. Of course the tv in our bedroom doesnt have cable hooked up, so we had to make due with Clifford instead.

At about 10:00 we went out to brunch with John, Val, Wayne and Toots and Mark.. afterwhich we headed over to the old house and started loading again. We spent about 3 hours there loading and cleaning some. The Halls came over for a while and helped load. Then it was back to the new house for more unloading.

I had to go into work for a couple hours so about 5 everybody headed home while I went into work. When i got home at 8:30 Danelle had already gotten Maggie to sleep so she and I just sat on the couch and vegged.

I want to thank everyone who helped out this weekend. There is NO WAY we would have been able to get even half of it moved with out all our friends help and support. Our new house is a mess, with boxes all over the place (finding socks this morning was a challenge)But as soon as we get it cleaned up you are all welcome over to our house for a beer, pop, whatever.

I'm sure Danelle will post more later with more details as far as how Maggie did, emotional status of us etc.. but for now that's your update. Thanks again to all who were there!

TK