7-7-18 unpacking----

Sure seemed like we had a lot of stuff.  But when I got it unpacked, we still have a lot of cabinets to fill!  Ken will have to fill the upper 2 shelves, though---I can't reach them.

 The hard part was deciding where to put my decorative pieces.

7-6-18  Torrential rainfall!!!

Didn't start out too bad.  We even had a visitor today---this cute little guy.

 But by night time, it was storming like mad.  This was the most rain at one time that I've seen in a while. 

 Wouldn't have been so bad, but Angie and Josh's pool overflowed.  In fact their whole back porch had about 2 inches of water above pool level.  A week later they still haven't gotten the pool back in swimming order---and we're about to get rain again.

7-5-18  moving in day!!!!

Today was a really exhausting day!  Today we got the rest of the furniture over---and most everything else.  2 more trailer loads, 2 more Edge SUV loads, and 2 or 3 Explorer SUV loads!  With Ken's bum foot, he got relegated to putting the dining room/kitchenette table back together and babysitting Layla.  Layla ended up sleeping most of the time, so he had a pretty easy job. 

 Fortunately we didn't have to move the couches!  They were part of the deal when we bought the house.  He wanted more sq. ft per $ for the house, so we had him throw in the living room set.

7-4-18  4th of July!!!  Time to start packing and moving.


Fortunately we're only moving 2.5 miles away!  Not sure I would have been able to do it all in 1 day!  This is the look of an exhausted old lady!

 Eventually the TV will go here, but for now----scenes of the ocean!

7-2-18  taking possession of our new home!


So all our trials and tribulations and waiting finally are over (well, some of it).   I was excited to get over to the house and check it out!  This time it is ours!!!

Got an even better look at it then before.  And Jonathon and his crew did a great job of cleaning it---except for the patch painting being a different sheen.  But it is clean.

7-1-18 KNOX - Perry

Started today off with breakfast from First Watch with the kids. 

Since it was next to their brand new Total Wine, the kids and I decided to check it out.

6-30-18 STL-KNOX

Wanted to be back in Perry by the 2nd---when the seller was moving out of the house (not really sure why the hurry, though, since we didn't even do a walk through with him).  We decided to leave on the 1st and spend the night at the kids' in Knoxville again.
Good bye St. Louis---again.

Mid America airport with 2 planes at it!!!!