It may be a long time before everything has a place and it resides there, but I can find the kitchen counters and walk through. Even the table is functional. We converted a coat closet into a pantry, adding storage for our food. I still own forty seven specialty baking dishes and at least that many serving pieces. I love each and every one, don’t get me wrong, but no…

My wonderful mother not only arranged to have the house cleaned, the best housewarming gift on the face of the planet, but she made the appointments to get us connected to the web, cable, and phone. So here we are after sleeping in the house for the first night and already getting connected. Thanks Mom! In other news, we are drowning in a sea of boxes, bins, and more boxes.…

We arrived finally after stopping for the night, too tired to continue driving. Unbelievably my mother had the house cleaned and prepped for us, including cold water waiting in the fridge. Everything was clean and the house even smelled wonderful. Family was waiting on us, including my wonderful nephew David and his friend AJ. Between all of us, we unloaded the massive moving truck and piled boxes and boxes in…