We have arrived!

Well, sorry for the web silence, but I have just now found a minute to update this blog. Last week we made the move from Georgia to Massachusetts. Whew. It was an ordeal. I don't have many pictures to post (I can't find the charger cable for my camera so I just have ones taken by my mom), but I'll fill you in on the details. Thursday (7/9) my mother-in-law, Eve and I flew up to Jersey and stayed with my parents. Jim and his dad finished loading the vehicles that day and the next morning (it took longer than anticipated). While Eve, my MIL, and I were relaxing and visiting with relatives (thanks, Lois!) Jim and his dad were driving up to MA. We had the biggest U-haul truck available towing Jim's truck. Then Jim's dad drove his truck and towed my car. Here's a picture of the truck and trailer.

It doesn't do it justice as far as how gi-huge-ic the truck was. Because it was so big, they could only drive about 50 mph. Yup. It took 23 hours straight to get to MA. No sleep. Then they unpacked the damn thing (thanks Scott and Greg for helping!). Josie rode with my FIL. She slept most of the way when the trucks were moving.

So they arrived Saturday morning, and we arrived Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately, I had forgotton one (not so) small detail. Yeah, it seems that if you have oil heat, you can't assume you have an oil hot water heater. Or an electric stove. So, since we arrived on a weekend we had to wait 4 days for hot water. Oh well. We are also still without a stove, because the range that came with the house was wicked crappy. The settings had worn off the knobs, so it was too hard to figure out. When the gas guy came to turn on service, he disconnected the thing (MA law says you have to have a plumber or gas person unhook and hook up your stove). We bought a new range that will be delivered in just about a week. So we are surviving on crock pot meals, take-out, and microwave meals. The new house is great. I'll post pictures once I charge up my camera. We have made a large dent in the unpacking. There is an amazingly large basement that is holding all our (Jim's) crap. We still have things we want to do (paint, new carpet, etc), but we are on our way. We couldn't have done this without our parents. They were truly amazing. They really rolled up the old sleeves and worked hard. Thank you thank you thank you.

I sent out an email with our new numbers and addresses. If you didn't get it, just drop me a line and I'll send it to you!