What a Shock !!!!!

Ok folks, we had sold tons of stuff on Craig's List and we had had 2 carport sales that sold well, and I sold 5 great big green bags of sewing materials and a whole box of sewing gadgets, plus donated dozens of my sewing magazines and dozens sewing books plus many murder mysteries, etc, many, many books books all together to the library book book sale counter - and yet - still - we have way too much stuff to live in our new home. Here are the pictures after I had put away about 8 boxes of stuff. There is no place to put any more stuff. Oh my gosh - I really regret Reg's taking out those 3 closets 'cause he was so sure we won't need them. Look at our tempory kitchen. it is a craft table with an old microwave. We have the refrigerator that was here in the house ( and also the washer & dryer). We have become jade consumers that can't live with out ice makers, cold water dispencers, and TV. Don't worry, this experience has turned us back to people who appreciate technology (please chuckle here). The master bathroom still isn't finished but we have the hall bathroom - it's small but everything works. Well - I am working on cleaning and fixing the blinds that were in the house. They are a beautiful print - kind of a linen look - and I think I can make them usable again.

Friday Morning March 11, getting close

Pictures of old house .... We moved stuff Thursday afternoon, Friday all day long and Saturday all day long plus trying to finnish cleaning 11501 E. Enrose St. Rob's moving company started unloading his things into 11501 E. Enrose on Saturday afternoon and when we picked up our last load about 6:30pm he was still getting stuff moved into his house. We also had a last minute Carport sale on Saturday Morning and what hadn't sold by about 12 noon Grandpa and Reggie took to Goodwill. It was a real scramble. I never, never, never want to move again.

A drop in the bucket

Here is some of what I have done Saturday, Sunday and today. This is my last post - back to work amigos !!!

Unbelievable Gas Prices

I usually only have to Gas up once every 3-4 weeks because I am very careful. When I need to go out for something, I wait until I have 2-3 places to go. I plan my route to save miles and I drive the speed limit to save gas. Since starting the redo of the new place, we have been going back and forth to the new place I have been having to fill up every week to 10 days. Look at my fill up yesterday afternoon. these prices are a shocker. the Gas Monguls continue to rip the public off.

Sunday at the Zoo with Audrey

Audrey had her 4 year old Birthday Party at the zoo and she and her friends loved it. The Zoo did a great job. They had a huge jug of lemonaid ready for all the guest (it was our first over 80 degree day here this year) and a nice picnic area over looking the lake. A zo Gal was there as the kids arrived and had set up an activity station for the kids. They made zoo animal masks. Avery and his buddies seemed to be having a good time too. The cake was a masterpiece. It was a map of the Zoo and had the cutest Zoo Toy Animals on it. I got to meet Audrey's best friend, Laney. Everybody got a piece of the chocolate Marble cake and a cup of ice cream. I had to leave early but after the cake the kids got to have a zoo adventure with baby animals.

Dave Comes for Breakfast

Little Brother David has Fridays off now and he called me to see if I wanted to go to breakfast. I told him to come on over and I'd make eggs and toast. He was running errands on my side of town but nothing was open early. We had a great talk - and Dave helped me break down one of our shelving systems and put it together at the new place so I can move some more stuff over to the new place. We had a great time talking. Look at this picture of David. See that table loaded up - reminds you of Mom's dining table doesn't it! It will be weeks and weeks before we can get settled into the new place. The disorganiztion right now is driving me Coo Coo ( More Coo Coo then normal ).

Snow on Superstitions

It's just before 1:00pm here in Mesa and my brother David just called me to go take pictures of the Superstition Mountains. Looking east from the sidewalk in front of my house you can see they are packed with snow.