Thursday, January 8, 2009

The first month

Where do I begin....................and I always wanted to write a book. HA! I can't even come up with a title for this post. First let me tell you how much I miss all of you and our visits. There is Nothing like girl talk and gossip. Let me begin with my life for the past 1 1/2 months. We left Fairport on Saturday, Nov. 22 after a long day of the movers loading the truck on Fri in a snow storm. Figures! One last blast of snow to remember Fairport. Haven't seen a drop since. YES! Anyway we took our neighbors cat and drove to NJ to live with Rays mom for the next 2 weeks. That worked out very well and KitKat adjusted nicely to not going outside. On the 9th of Dec. the movers showed up in Annville,PA and unloaded the truck. It was so nice to see my "stuff". That truck could not have fit one more thing in it. Thank God I sold as much as I did. Thanks to all you purchasers! I never saw so many boxes in my life. What the hell was I going to do with all this stuff. I moved from a 5 bedroom to a 3 bedroom, no LR or sunroom. But I did gain a loft. What the hell do you do with one of those....game room? Actually, Ray and I use the loft like an extension of our bedroom, a suite. So, Tues. after the movers leave and set up our bed we find the boxes and make our bed so we can spend our first night in the house. Finally. My father arrived on Fri. My sister and her husband came for the day Sat. He did some telephone and cable work and Kathy helped with some of the boxes. Now all the boxes in the rooms were unpacked, blinds installed in all the rooms except the family room and upstairs bathroom, they were still being made at the factory.
I won't bore you with all the unpacking details but will tell you that Tony came the following Tues. and painted every room. I tried to get Doug to come and do some crown molding but he was too busy. Probably working for you Nan!! Anyway, I found a 22 year old that did some work for the builder. A nice kid who did a great job the same time Tony was here. He did crown molding in the DR, FR, Kitchen, Foyer and Loft. Just beautiful! He also built shelves in the pantry and a ramp in the garage for Jacksons wheelchair. He was alittle taken back by me and willing to do anything I asked. He heard the way Tony and I spoke to each other and was nervous! It was really funny. I will end this post on that note, stop boring you with these little details and will post pictures. Let me mention that Barbara and Tony came for New Years. They arrived on Tues. night and left Sat. morning. Babs and I did a lot of shopping, a lot of mirror/picture hanging and a lot of organizing shelves in the basement that Ray and Tony built.
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Attention Jim Kay and Danny Long..................Show this to your wife!! lol

4 comments:

  1. Kiss those babies for me!!! I miss our chats and my fabulous nails...they are ok. The house looks beautiful and you seem settled in. Can't wait to hear more:)

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  2. I don't understand how anyone as sweet as Susan could possibly make a strapping young 22 year old male nervous!

    Oh, let's face reality, without Susan abuse on a regular basis I may as well get married again.

    Miss you girlie!

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  3. Susan, Keep the news comin honey. Miss our monthly therapy sessions. The new girl needs US for therapy, I think. She looks tired and has had recent personal loss. Very sad. The good news is the nails are OK, she has not burned me, cut me or yelled at me once. Geez I miss you! Change is good though and I'm glad you're near your family.

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  4. Susan, the kids look great and so happy. I'm glad for you; house looks great too. Miss you and all the girl talk. My nails are "au natural" and just starting to look like nails. On my way to Palmyra now I have no one to stop and visit, no jewelry catalogs to borrow. :(

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