Sally Ann has left the premise

Yep - Sally Ann has left the big house signaling the completion of moving Mom and Dad from big house of the past 20 years to the retirement condo of the future.  By the way Sally Ann is my mom's goldfish - a gift from Peter several years ago.  She was the last precious cargo transferred.  We spent four crazy days of loading cars, driving across town, and unloading.  The finale was my yard sale yesterday to sell surplus that needed to go so I could fit the stuff I took from Mom's.  Mom and Dad now have the huge task of trying to figure out what will stay in the condo and what will go into the next yard sale.  My house is still pretty topsy turvey as well but I am going to leave it behind.  Peter and his friend Abe and I are headed to the beach in the morning.  Yep - I am taking two teenage boys to the beach by myself for a few days.  I am either brave or crazy.  Right now I am just tired and looking forward to hanging out on the beach with a book.  It would just be nice if I could find the book I was going to read.  It is buried somewhere in the ruble of my house. Oh well, I guess I will have to read that one later!  

Thanks for all of the support and prayers. Thanks for continued prayers for Mom and Dad as they take care of new house details and getting settled.  And well I must say, I would appreciate prayers for a peaceful few days with the boys at the beach.  Grateful for all your support,

Moving

So on June 2nd, my parents 53rd wedding anniversary, my folks were homeless for about 4 hours.  The former home was sold in the morning and the condo purchased in the afternoon very smoothly.  By that evening we had carted 6 car loads of stuff to the condo.  Yesterday three fabulous movers loaded, carried and unloaded their furniture.  We made several more car load trips as well.  Today is the final push to get the remaining items (mostly pictures, plants and a pantry of food) out of the house.  Tomorrow will be cleaning day.  There is a lot of stuff piled in the garage of the condo.  Some will work its way into the house and some will need to find new homes.  Dad is anxious to see this happen.  Hopefully he will give mom the time she needs to go through the purging process without too much stress. We are all real excited about the new place.  It really is just the right size and the location is great. They are two miles from me and Peter and Larry is a mile on the other side.  And the distance to their doctors, grocery stores, and eateries is even closer.  The move is not over but there is much to be grateful for thus far in how things have progressed. Grateful for those of you who have been praying for us.