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In a desperately needed break from unpacking, we hit the pumpkin patch yesterday for some fun in the cold autumn sun! I have received comments from many of you remarking on my seemingly un-fazed attitude over the move, then move back.   Lest I be too fake on this here true-life blog, let me assure…

Today I found myself alone in the  house with Cooper, I turned on the TV while nursing to veg out a little.   I figured that I could afford a rare  mindless moment, so I tuned in, for the first time, to one of the “Real Housewives” episodes.   Incidentally, this season it’s the Real…

Me and Grandma Kay on her 90th birthday.   (Thanks to my sister for finding and scanning the picture!)

The moving van arrived last  Thursday night.   And we were so grateful, we handed the driver a wad of cash and asked him to please turn his semi around and head on back to Maryland. Yes.   I am writing tonight’s post from our living room in Maryland.   We arrived home on Sunday…

So here we are in Georgia.   And our moving van, along with all our worldly belongings, is no where to be found.   Last we heard, it may even still be in Maryland.   I think the moving crew was more than a little ticked off that we didn’t feed them much while they…

The movers come tomorrow morning.   So much still to do!   Kenny is antsy.   I think he’ll be relieved when we actually have a normal day sometime in the (hopefully very near) future.   I got his room packed today – my dad came over for a few hours to play with Cooper…

Who looks too cute in hats?

 Did you ever notice that it seems as if all all baby-occupying toys have an automatic switch off after fifteen minutes?   The bouncy seat vibration, the mobile on the crib, the music on the swing.   I understand the effort to save batteries, but why started a happy baby out of his reverie and…

For the past year and a half, we have been meeting every Friday night with eight other couples for a social and Bible study.   To celebrate our move, and to say goodbye, one of the couples hosted a goodbye party for us.   I was so humbled and so moved by all these close…

Here is Kenny’s idea of moving…. click here! … and shakin’… click again.  Seriously, aside from starting to realize that moving is not as easy as it was when I was a single gal, we are hanging in there.   But long goodbyes are tough, and we’ve known now for nearly 6 weeks about our…