Settling In

The furniture is all unloaded.   The beds have been made.   Groceries purchased and even a couple of curtains hung.

We had company 3 days after moving in and it was so much fun.   Never dreamed it would be this wonderful living in Illinois.   Now when the first snow hits I may cry another tune.

Kim and family were here and we were talking about bird feeders.   I had decided not to put a Hummingbird feeder up because it was so late.   She reminded me the migrators would be arriving soon and need to be fed.    So...we got our one and only feeder and filled it and this is what happened within the hour.

 

If you look real close you can see Georgia.   She was all alone for awhile but now we are seeing George and of course the battles began.

 

SO glad Kim reminded us to do this.   We can see the feeder from our kitchen table and love watching these little birds.

Final Stretch

Sunday we drove to Tennessee for the final load of furniture.  Truck was picked up Tuesday morning bright and early.  Driven to the storage office and two men we had hired to come unload the pod and load the truck arrived.

I ran errands and met Ted with the large truck at 1:30 just inside the Kentucky boarder for lunch.  This was a long day for both of us but we traveled well and about 8 p.m. found a friendly little motel that only wanted $80 for a nights rest.  :)

Then the short  2 hour drive on in to Macomb and preparing the truck to be unloaded.   Yesterday about 8 a.m. Ted's nephew, Kermit, arrived with another man to help and suddenly we had several people bringing furniture and boxes into the house.   Most of these people I had never seen before.

In a quick 2 hours the truck was empty, everyone left but Brady and we started the fun job of really unpacking.  I could not believe the "stuff" we had here.   Our move from the other house did not seem like so much.  

We both worked hard and made a big dent in that mountain of boxes.   No, we did not finish but I realized the bathrooms had no storage and Ted soon realized he needed a shed.  

Beds were finally made and we began to wind down.  So far only one antique table was found damaged.  This was disappointing to me but even though we insured the furniture for the trip I doubt anyone will pay to have it fixed.

SO...our long summer that began on May 7 has finally come to an end.  We love living this close to family and friends.  No more lonely nights and maybe not much sewing will get done but we love where we are and feel this was the right move.