New House

Oh, yeah, we're moving...or at this point have moved.

I have decided that there are distinct advantages to moving long distance. For example, you don't make the mistake of thinking that you will just do it a bit at a time, you'll just use the trailer and van, or that you will spend the time to sort through things before the move. It took us four weeks to move. We spent more in fuel driving back and forth than we would have spent renting a big truck. Near the end, I eventually gave up on the sorting and just threw everything into boxes anyway. Now, I still have to unpack...

We are enjoying our new house (we are renting for now). It has considerably more space than the previous house, though there are no storage areas. We have had to build several sets of storage shelves and get creative in where we will put everything. There are 5 bedrooms so now everyone gets a room of their own, except Mom and Dad, they still have to share. Even Mom and Dad get a space to call their own, though. There is a front room that Mom has claimed. This room gets to stay clean for guests to visit in. The only way the children get to use the room is if they are practicing the piano or quietly reading a book. There is a 2-car garage and a separate 3rd garage. Dad gets to have the 3rd one for himself, well mostly. The driveway is awesome. I love it more and more. It is so long that we could park 5 cars in it without sticking out into the street. We're near the end of a quiet cul-de-sac and there is a nice grassy area with ramada at the end. Rumor is that when it starts cooling off, the neighborhood regularly gets together for pot-lucks there. Oh, and did I mention that we are in the middle of nowhere... We are literally one street away from the desert with nothing other than our community around for miles. The next closest thing going south is Casa Grande's little airport. The "kid's" are so excited. They can't wait for it to cool off a bit so they can get the quads out and take off. Someone has already built a little track to run around on and there is regularly off-road activity. The boys have made several very nice friends and we are just having fun getting settled in. Well, more boxes to unpack...Ta, for now.