It's started.

Walt has been so happy that college football kicked off on Thursday! Football season means I will have lots of extra free time to get stuff done. :) I follow the Huskers but that's it for college football.

Go HUSKERS! So glad they beat WMU 47-24! WAY TO GO!

It's the weekend again...YAY!

Our week was busy but nothing worth mentioning!

Friday was fun. Downtown Phoenix had a bad storm (category 1 hurricane-strength winds) and the power was out at Walt's work. He got the day off. We went and got his driver's license, our library cards, and a medical appt for Walt. It was such a blessing to not have to take leave/vacation for the driver's license and sick leave for the medical appt! Thank you, Lord! We were on our way to get his hair cut when the boss called and he had to go into work for the last two hours. As strange as it was for the short time, we were just thankful for the free time together and we got so much accomplished! It made the 3 day weekend even sweeter!

I will be taking pictures soon and getting caught up! Walt will be out of town Tues/Wed this week and Sunday-Friday next week. I'll relish keeping busy with that and a bunch of reading I've been waiting to do. One more car to register and I'll be good to go as far as settling in. Next, we'll be looking at houses in person rather than just online! We've found lots of good possibilities!!! We can't wait!

Yay for Friday!

I can't believe it's been 8 days...since I've blogged and we moved. We are loving Phoenix and have had a busy week with relocation stuff, installing stuff, doctor's appointments, getting set up with other doctors, going out to dinner with one of Walt's TX bosses who is here this week, and everything else! We are both exhausted! Looking forward to the weekend!

For the cat lovers: Everyday Grissom has to get into the laundry room. It's hilarious! One night while we were eating dinner, he was pawing at the door so I opened it a crack and then sat down like I hadn't done anything. Walt looked at me inquisitively and I told him that is Grissom's new thing on his kitty checklist: must search laundry room daily. He goes in for a minute or two, comes back out and goes about his day. Grissom is also fascinated our dining room table. They provided us with a round glass table and 4 chairs...Grissom loves being on a chair or the floor and looking up through the table and seeing us. It's hilarious. He always has his eye on us and this is one more way to make it easier...looking through the table instead of around the table.

We made it!

We were tired but we made it safe and sound! We got everything out of our cars by 4:45pm. (Phoenix time) Now Walt has a three day weekend before he starts work on Monday! Grissom has already explored everything in our apartment. He did great on the trip. He only meowed about 1.5 hours before we got to our new place. He's having fun exploring all the new windows.

We will be in our corporate apartment until November 30th. The VA gives us money for temporary housing and it will cover this beautiful 2 bedroom apartment that is in a normal apartment complex that opened last summer. We are on the second floor and have a view of the pool! Will write more later!

Almost there!

This morning we got everything packed into our cars and on the road by 9am! We drove 10.5 hours to Las Cruces, NM, to stop for the night. We wanted to get to a new state and it took 650 miles and 10 hours to do it! Everything went so smoothly. Grissom did great in the car. Praise the Lord!

We'll be at our new place tomorrow! Wohoo!

It looks so pretty!

We got up early today to keep cleaning and get the bathrooms sparkly! Walt did a great job on them! I was in charge of the blinds and touch-up painting while he put in a lot of elbow grease!

The carpet cleaners came toward the end of their promised window of time and we were so grateful to the have that extra time. We got everything cleaned by the time they got there at 12:30pm and when they left, we took our recycled cans in, dropped off our donations, and mailed 3 media mail boxes to our corporate apartment so we could have a little more room in the cars!

The carpet looks fantastic and the owner couldn't believe the house was almost 4 years old!

We packed up one of the cars and then took the empty one to the hotel where we are now! We got here by 4:30pm and have a relaxing evening planned! We pray for a good night's sleep before we go back to the house one last time to get our kitty and a few electronics and things to pack in the last car!

Please pray for safe travels and we are so thankful for all of your friendships!!!!

One step closer to getting to Phoneix!

The packers/movers came today at 9am and were gone by 4:30pm! They did such a great job. There were three main packers and the driver packed a couple rooms too. We spent the night cleaning and touching up paint until we couldn't keep our eyes open anymore! We slept on air mattresses in our living room and it was a fun last night in our house!

Work in progress

Today the emergency A/C repair man called in sick and they were behind the schedule. We stayed at the hotel until 11am. They were supposed to be here by noon and when they didn't show up or call, Walt walked down to see if our neighbor who works for the company could call in and find out what the deal was. The neighbor asked why we didn't come earlier and Walt told him he stopped by on Saturday night. Our neighbor came down and fixed it in less than 10 minutes! The inside of our house got up to 92 degrees and it took 12 hours for it to cool down. The forecast was 104 today.

We finished sorting what we wanted to take to temporary housing. Packers and movers will be here tomorrow!

"Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot"

We had a pretty productive day around the house. I think we got more done than we imagined! (We're sorting and picking what we want to take to the apartment for 3 months and what will go to storage...it's hard to plan for 12 weeks!) Walt noticed around 5pm that our A/C wasn't being very efficient but it's summertime and it always struggles in the early evening. A short while later, Walt checked a vent and there was no cool air blowing. DOH! Thankfully, they will be here tomorrow morning before noon. If only it weren't Sunday and our last Sunday at Prestonwood no less!!! NO! :( (At least we can watch it online.)

Tonight, we are at a new hotel that has only been open for a year and thankfully this happened now and not when the packers come on Monday or when we're leaving on Wednesday! Also, we have a parts and service extended warranty and this won't cost a dime! (Things could be worse!)

Now I really need to get busy!

As much as I've learned to not make many plans lately, I planned our preparation for the next few days around the confirmation that the packers would be here on Monday and movers would come on Tuesday. (We leave on Wednesday.) Tonight, Walt comes home grinning ear to ear to tell me that after they surveyed the house, they're going to pack and move everything on Monday. He gave them the go ahead. Okay...new plan. :) (Unfortunately that was not my original reaction but after a good night's sleep, I realize it could work out better for us while we do stuff on Tuesday.)

For those of you who are sweet enough to send me/us emails, I'm sorry we haven't been as good at replying or emailing lately! I am grateful for this blog where I can put small updates here and there and keep you in the loop!

We got our apartment reserved last night and we'll be there for three months while looking for a house. YAY!

SIX DAYS!

Today, we got our moving date! We will be leaving the Lone Star state on Wednesday- this Wednesday, August 13th! (I better get busy!)

What do you mean I look stressed????

Sad News

Please pray for my family. My uncle Dennis died this morning. This is my mom's younger brother. He was 49, the same age as her other brother, Jeff, when he died 18 months ago. (My mom is the oldest of the three.) They discovered that his heart was enlarged and twice the size of a normal heart. It was only a matter of time.

My mom and her brother recently sold their houses and their parents' house to move into a big house to share with their parents since they are getting older and need help. My grandparents and mom are taking it hard. Dennis was Grandma's baby even to this day. He never married or had children so thankfully there is no one left behind like when Jeff died.

Please pray for Walt and I as we are in the middle of dealing with relocation details and going out of town for the visitation and funeral.