Check out that veiw. No, not the guys, though they aren't hard on the eyes.

The dogs! The patient Beagle, Tyke. The lovable prima donna, Roxy. They were SO happy to be off the ropes. I wish I had a video camera of Tyke. He was wide open, back and forth, like a wild dog.

Good News, Bad News

Good news: my new home has high ceilings
Bad news: I need a ladder to change a light bulb.

Good news: this house is HUGE
Bad news: it takes twice as long to get dressed in the morning

Bad news: the laundry room is piped for a propane dryer; I have an electric dryer
Good news: my friend loaned me a propane dryer she has and was not using (WOW!)

Good news: the home has central heat and air
Bad news: the heat is forced air that uses propane at $3.35 a gallon

Good news: we have a huge back yard!
Bad news: the quote to fence the yard was well over $3000

Good news: the back yard is fenced and NO we did not pay that! I have a wonderful creative husband. He, Kevin and Greg worked all last week end to put up a very nice fence. The whole yard is fenced and we did it for less than $700.

Good news: I get to go see a friend on the East coast. She is a fellow blogger: A Day in the Life of a Preacher's Wife, in my side bar. She used to live here in the desert where I live. Now she is a Pastor's wife in the cold!
Bad news: It is COLD where she lives.

I am REALLY looking forward to getting to visit with her and her family. It will be an extremely busy, fun week end. Maybe I won't even notice the cold. :/

Flowers

This past Thursday I called my mom and she sounded awful! She has the respiratory crud going around; she could barley talk. As I hung up the phone, I thought poor thing I should send her some flowers. Unlike times in the past, when I had the thought but was just too busy, I drove right to the flower shop and ordered her up some. They were delivered on Friday. When I called to see if they had arrived she couldn't stop about how pretty they were. I was very happy with myself, because my random act of kindness had brought her a true moment of joy.

Later that afternoon I was still putting things away in my new home and heard a knock at the door. At the door were 2 young girls holding a vase of flowers! They were my neighbors, welcoming us to the neighborhood. I was boiled over by their kindness. They wouldn't come in. The envelop that held the card read "many blessings". Not only did I feel welcomed to the neighborhood, I felt like God was rewarding me for taking the time to be kind to my mom. I don't mean to sound hokey.

It's just that I tend to have these thoughts, but never follow through with them. On this day God allowed me to feel the love both ways. I heard the joy in my mom's voice and then I myself got to experience the joy of receiving.

It's the little, unexpected things that mean so much!

The MOvers are coming, The movers are coming!

So why am I posting a blog?!

I haven't transfered my cable over and therefore have no idea when I'll have the chance to blog again. Never fear, I will be back. However, for my future sanity and possibly my son's High School success, I have chosen to ignore the need of making the phone call that would cause TV and computer access to follow us to our new home.

I usually have Wed days off, so our move was planned to happen on Thursday and Friday. Yesterday I was told that I could have today off. As I left work yesterday the moving man called and asked if we could do the move Wed and Thursday instead. YES!
I have been a bit worried because there are workers tearing up and redoing our street. I kept wondering if it would interfer with our move. My question was answered with a phone message yesterday. Instead of working on our street Wed as planned it wouldn't start until Friday.

All these things would seem circumstansial, but I believe it was a God thing!

I'll be around. Eventually.