Merry Christmas!

I know it's a day late, but I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!


Just for interest, here's a little history about the rocking horse. I learned something new!

Snowing...Again

I want you all to know that I take snow with me wherever I go. In the last month I have been in 3 states. And it snowed in each state while I was there. Side-note: North Carolina (coastal) and Las Vegas are not known for getting snow. Maybe I should go visit Florida... wouldn't they be surprised?

This picture was taken this morning. There is significantly more snow now. Who knows? Maybe we'll even make a snowman this afternoon!

Nice Guy

Here's a story about the goodness of people.

When packing my house, the packers missed the glass top for our kitchen table, because it was stored behind a dresser and they couldn't see it. No fault on their part. So when the movers came and moved the dresser, the piece of glass was brought into view. The driver's helper said, "No way! He can't take that piece of glass on his truck without it being properly packed!" The driver said, "Wrap it in blankets and when I get to the warehouse, I'll have the packers pack it up." Nice guy. The glass was the last thing (literally) loaded onto the truck.

Well, when they unpacked our things last week, the piece of glass didn't come off of the truck. I didn't say anything because, as a last minute item, we hadn't recorded it anywhere, so I had no proof that it actually existed. And to have that be the only thing we lost... pretty amazing!

Yesterday, a minute after walking in the door from shopping, the doorbell rings. It the driver! Standing on my porch holding the blanket wrapped piece of glass. Apparently, while unloading in California, he came across the glass on his truck, remembered our last minute loading (okay, his last minute loading. I really only watched), and came back to drop it off! Thankfully, Las Vegas was on his route anyway, or that would have been a huge detour. As it is, our apartment is not even close to the freeway anyway, so he made a detour to bring it to us. I have been incredibly impressed with the driver. He's taken his job seriously and always worked to make us, his customers, happy. What a nice guy!

Been a while....

It's been a while since I've posted and a lot has happened. Here's a recap:

Flew with my daughter to visit family for Thanksgiving. My husband drove and met us there. All of my brothers were in town, as well as my grandparents. It was great fun!

Drove to Las Vegas. The nearly 12 hours in a car with a toddler weren't nearly as bad as I had anticipated. She did really well and we made it in one day. Side note: We were able to stop along the way and see my brother and his wife's new apartment (they just moved). I always enjoy seeing people in the place where they live. That way I can get a picture in my mind.

Saw our apartment (where my husband has been living for the past month). It's great, he did a good job!

Had a day to get acquainted with the neighborhood/community. I think my husband took me on the tour so that I wouldn't think that Las Vegas is a HUGE city and want to leave when our lease is up. It was a good plan on his part, and it worked.

Movers brought our stuff. We've been spending our days unpacking all of it and wondering "Why do we need that?" Thus starting a DI pile, that continues to grow as more boxes are opened.

When the boxes are unpacked and life is less chaotic, I'll post pictures.