MOVING DAY PART 1

We actually went to settlement last night, so we spent the night in the new people's house! Finished most of the packing by 10 or so. The dogs were off to the Country Club yesterday. Now we are all up and ready to go! (sort of) Alice and Emily are coming to get Cammie and the movers are due between 830 and 9. Going to be a busy day today and tomorrow and until we get settled.

Unpacking will be so much more fun!!

We are on the home stretch now, the schedule kicks in tomorrow and we are in a finishing packing and cleaning frenzy. Joe has to go to a meeting tomorrow and Cammie and I are going to Target and from then on no one may divert from the schedule!!!! So far everything is going smoothly but I don't want to jinx anything. We are also hoping that the fence guy can start on Thursday but that may be iffy since the secretary said he was behind because of the rain. The dogs will be vacationing for a few days at the Canine Country Club but we pick them up Friday and hopefully the fence will at least be started by then. Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Having fun at Sailwinds!!

Fun at a BDay Party on Saturday!!!

Saturday we went to Tim and Steph's daughter's first Birthday party and it was lots of fun!! Cammie loved playing in the water slide and she was dying to get in the pool but it was freezing. They had Elmo attend the party also and I thought Cammie might like that but she didn't. We got to see a lot of people we hadn't seen in a while and had a great time!!! Sunday Joe had to go to work and Cammie and I hung around most of the day and after dinner but before Survivor we went next door with Ken, Sharon and Becca and made smores on the fire pit. YUMMY!!! Monday was bleary out and Joe was tired when he came home so we just hung out and I did some packing, we were going to take Cammie to Sailwinds Park but it was rainy so we postponed. At about 4 he got called in for overtime so he bolted out of the house to get there by 7 and just made it! This morning Cammie and I met Joe and Meaghan's and Alice too and we all went on a field trip to Ikea and had lunch at Chilis at the Avenue at White Marsh. I love Ikea and we found some really cool stuff and some neat ideas for the new house. It's very exciting!!! One more week!!! Oh and Cammie is saying Mommy clearly and regularly now and I LOVE it!!!

Clyde is starting to feel better!

This pic was taken before his procedure but he really does seem to be feeling better. The doctor found a lot of blood in the fluid they drew out of his knees so they are back to thinking that is a partial acl tear. I told Clyde that he needs to come up with a good story to go with his injury, instead of just being Clumsy Clyde. Poor Clydie!!! Anyway, it's busy as usual around here. The countdown to the big move is less than two weeks so things are starting to pick up. We have a TON of stuff packed but oddly enough there is still more. Oh well, back to my lists and cleaning and packing!!

Cammie enjoying a piggy back ride from Daddy

The weekend just flew by and I am still exhausted. Saturday Alice came over and helped me with my pitiful yard sale. I did make about sixty bucks and best of all, the stuff left over either went to Amvets today or with Joe for some people at work so not a thing came back into the house. Joe got the storage space under the steps cleaned out and some of the shed so he is making progress. I am crossing stuff off on my moving lists in my moving folder. (My OCD is back in force!). So we finished Saturday very tired, Joe had been up at night at work. Sunday my Mom and Dad came over so we could go out to lunch for Mother's Day. Joe brought me an eclair from Peace of Cake and told me to schedule a massage. LOVING that!!! We all went to Rams Head for lunch and then Cammie and I went with Mom and Dad to Mowbry and Cammie played on the playground for awhile and then she played at the house and then she played with Eva, well she tried to steal Eva's car. Cammie figured out to work the gas and she was cruising!! We were exhausted after two busy days and pretty much fell into bed. I managed to stay awake long enough to watch the finale of The Amazing Race and was disappointed that the cowboys didn't win. Today I have been feeling blah so I've just been doing stuff around the house. We have to take Clydie back to the ortho tomorrow so they can take that fluid out of his knees. Ugh.. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and had a nice Mothers Day.

I know it's not a Cammie pic but it's still very cute!!

Yesterday was a gorgeous day and Alice scheduled a great field trip to break up our moving tension!! We went to the Washington Zoo (or the National Smithsonian Zoological Whatever it's called now). None of us had been there in a long time, we went with Alice, Meaghan and Rick. It was very crowded and we did get a break by not being able to park in the parking lots, we had to park on the street so we saved $$ and we took a picnic lunch! Cammie had so much fun, running around and seeing everything. She also really liked playing in the water misters that they had. We only got to see the elephants from far away because they were doing a lot of work there and a bunch of animals weren't there but we got to see the panda bear come out for a snack which was cool. We were very tired when we left and Cammie slept all the way home and so did I. We hung out talking to Sharon and Ken for a while after dinner and then made a mad rush to get bath and bed stuff done before Survivor came on. I HATE Russell. Anyway, Joe had to go back to work today so Cammie and I are trying to get stuff done around the house, since it is back to the grind today. We are having a moving/yard sale tomorrow, hopefully we'll make tons of money. Although we really don't have a lot of stuff, I just don't want to bring it back into the house. Today is also gorgeous. Happy Friday everyone!!

Propping up the piggies

I think our house can now be considered a disaster zone. The packing is going well though. Joe met a fence guy at our new house this afternoon and he can do the fence that we want for less money than I thought it would be so YAY for us! Cammie and I went to CVS today and the library and then we walked on the trail down to the dog park but there were no dogs there. When we got home we ate lunch and then Debbie T called and said she was on the bridge. Cammie fell asleep right before she got there. :o( I had a good visit with Deb and then Joe came home and we continued getting stuff done! Can't wait to go to the Zoo tomorrow!!!

Our little artist

Today was an absolutely gorgeous day!! The weather was perfect. I hope it will be like this on Thursday when we go to the Washington Zoo. Joe is meeting the fence guy at the new house tomorrow morning so he can get an estimate on a fence so we can keep the beasts contained! We got a lot of packing done yesterday since it was so blah out. Everything seems to be coming together. I got the BGE set up and Comcast also so I just need to contact a security company and then start cancelling stuff here. My to do list is huge and every time I cross off something I get to add three more things. It all seems to be getting done though. We have a plan of attack for the movers and settlement. We are both very excited!! Been planning Cammie's birthday party on the side too, that should be lots of fun!!

Summer is coming!!!

Today we drove out to see the new house again and just scope some things out. Then did a pop in at Bill and Donna's. Donna wasn't home, she was taking Andrew home and it was just Bill, Paul and Daniel. Cammie had fun playing with the dogs. After that we stopped in at Michael and Donna's and chatted with them for a few minutes. Then came home and Cammie went right over to Patrick and Olivia's to play with Eva. Alice came over and we had dinner with her and she brought us mucho boxes. Ken also gave us a bunch. Yay! I'm good for a little bit now!! Joe just brought me a milkshake from McD's and Cammie is asleep so I am going to chill out and wait for the Amazing Race to come on!!!