The Move

S and I have been in Morehead, KY for 7 weeks now! Crazy how fast time goes by when two people are enjoying themselves. I didn't get very many pix of our move, maybe because it wasn't as horrible as last years move was (moving 3 times in the matter of a few days). Derek was our angel sent from God last year; he helped us unloaded our moving truck, just to help load it back up 20 hours later, and then only he and S. unloaded it again into an apartment in better part of K'zoo.



This was really Derek's 4th time, not 3rd, helping us move (I think he's done it so many times, he has lost count!! Derek said he wouldn't have missed it for the world. Well, we really miss the Thompson's.

After a full day of driving, I was discouraged when we arrived to our new rental home Friday evening around 8 pm to discover the house was NOT clean. We stayed up until 1 am getting the place vaccumed, mopped, bathroom scrubbed, and fridge cleaned enough that it would be ready to receive all our stuff without having to then try to clean around it as we unpacked. But as you can see, I still had much cleaning to do. The blinds were disgusting, all the walls filthy and covered in cat hair (sorry cat-lovers).

Close up of just how dirty the blinds were. It took me 3 hours to clean each set. Talk about tedious!

Our living room after unloading the moving truck in Kentucky.

The kitchen finally put together. They only drawback is the shocking lack of cabinet space.


The drapes in the living room were already here. I didn't like them at first...probably because they didn't fit right; way too long in the fabric and in the loops. I spent a couple days hemming up the 3 sets.

Now you can really see how horrible they hung on the curtain rods.


The curtains look much better! So grateful to have a sewing machine!

We have a fireplace in the basement. We're excited to be able to supplement our heat this winter, and maybe stay a little warmer than we have been the last 4 winters.


All in all, we like our new home and are adjusting to Kentucky. The people are all very friendly. Everyone waves and says hello. I'm still trying to understand the accent!