It's been a rough week.
Rough, most definitely.
Most often my anxiety has been due to high feelings of loneliness and boredom.

:)

But, things have been going pretty well the last 24 hours or so. I'm crediting the fact that Matt has spent the last day putting picture frames and such up on our walls. Plus, he's been at home and therefore my feelings of loneliness have been lessened.

After dinner last night we headed out to the pool for a swim. Julia LOVED this b/c it meant that she didn't have to wear sunscreen. I was surprised to find that we had the place to ourselves. Perhaps everyone else had something else to do on their Friday nights.

We've been having the girls "practice" swimming floatie free during the first few minutes of every trip to the pool.


I also wanted to get a picture of Julia. Here's all I could get when I asked her to pose.


Surprising her mid turn of the head though produced a much prettier photo. Of course, she got mad at me immediately after this pic was taken. The child isn't into the camera right now.

This & That Thursday

* All of you know that I'm easygoing, carefree, and laid back. Therefore, the transition to living in a new place has been totally and completely easy.

Ok, no it hasn't. Not at all. I won't go into detail, but let's just say that my sister-in-law very sweetly emailed me this week to check on how we were adjusting to our new place and she received back a tad bit more than the standard "we're doing fine" response. Thanks for checking on us, Amy!

*The girls have enjoyed exploring the area. We've checked out Robertsdale's city playground, ventured out of town in order to go to Walmart, frequented the swimming pool, revisited the library, met a few of the neighboring kids, and played in a few sprinkles of rain.


We've also enjoyed some cake.


* The most exciting thing that happened today was our finding the long lost remote control. Last summer (seriously 8-9 months ago at least) we misplaced this thing and consequently had to change the TV channels manually (how 1960's). Fortunately, while looking for a missing DVD case (that I never did find) I turned up a couch cushion and there was the remote. I guess it got "all shook up" in the move!


* Moving towns also means that I am having to figure out the new area's Publix couponing policy. I know everyone reading this is very interested in knowing that the Publix we went to this week does not double coupons. BOO!! My Green Giant Steamers were a whopping $.69/$.70 this week instead of $.19/$.20! :( **But, the new Publix definitely has a longer list of competitor coupons that they accept. That will be nice!

* I'm trying to think of something interesting and entertaining to type up for your enjoyment, but absolutely nothing is coming to me. I'm drawing a blank. So, adios blog people!

Couple of pics

First, I'd like to mention that we're all still pretty tired. I'm not even sure why I'm so exhausted since I haven't really had to do much manual labor in the last few days. I've been going to bed early, and the girls have been falling asleep whenever they get still. Both girls took naps on the couch yesterday. That is extremely rare for them.




This morning, we decided that we needed to leave the apartment complex. Our stop? The library of course! Julia insisted on wearing a little tiara. She thought she was extra gorgeous in it. She stared at herself in the mirror for 15 minutes before we left. The teenage years are promising to be rough at our house.

snakes and china

Matt had the nerve to say yesterday, "In all our moves(5), we've never broken any dishes or anything." Well, you can guess exactly what I found later that afternoon...


*sigh*

Oh well.

We're getting settled into our new place. There are still a million boxes everywhere, but that's ok. We'll get to them!

Since change can be hard, I was a little worried about the girls going to sleep last night, but it wasn't a problem! I didn't hear a peep out of either of them after they went to bed. I snuck into Julia's room to get a picture of her with a book on her face, but then I saw the fake snake that has become a 5th member of our family so I had to make sure he was in the picture too.


Happy weekend to everyone!

This & That Thursday

*Moving Day 2 went well. We cleaned... and cleaned... and cleaned... but now we're done YAY!!!!

* I cried (just a teeny bit) when I took a last quick walk through into the girls' pink (Audrey) and purple (Julia) rooms. I also cried as I locked the backdoor and headed to the car.

* Then I got over it. I might have loved the time we spent in our house - but I've taken the most important part of our HOME with us.

* Katie's head almost fell off this week. Who's Katie?? Well, in case you haven't learned from previous posts - this is Katie.

Don't worry, Dr. Meme has already performed surgery.

* I'm really hoping that with our multiple carloads to the dump and to Goodwill that we'll have downsized enough to fit into our apartment.

* After a long day of cleaning, I took the girls to the hotel pool.

* Today, we're driving and moving in. This should be the more "fun" stuff. It will involve settling in instead of uprooting. Plus, unpacking is always so much easier and faster than packing. Don't you think??

* Thank you, Danny and Jimmie Kay, for coming down to help out this week!!!!!! We would be lost without the 2 of you, and I (seriously) needed your calming influence. High strung??? me?? what? No Way!

* I'm not sure when we'll get internet service set up so my facebooking and blogging might be a little low this next little bit. Thanks for reading!

Moving - Day 1

I've been attempting to sleep for the last hour, but it didn't work. Since we're in a hotel tonight, Matt and I had to go to bed extra early so that the girls would actually fall asleep at a decent hour. Matt has had no problems getting that extra rest, but here I am wide awake. I thought I'd share some pictures of today's activities.

Before we could actually load the truck, the girls had to go up and down the ramp a few (dozen) times.



Then Audrey tried out the "Mama's Attic" to see just how high up it was.



I wanted a family pic in front of the house. Here's a closer up shot. Please excuse the way I look - it is moving day, remember??!!?! Can you see the sneer in Julia's face? She doesn't like staged pictures to be taken of her.



The girls loved performing on these mini "stages." These big trucks have a wonderful echo!

They also got a kick out of using the water hose as a microphone.

Tired of good-byes

Yesterday, we were thrilled to be able to spend an afternoon and evening with close friends before leaving Phenix City. We swam, we ate, we watched baseball (their nephew plays for the Cardinals) and we just enjoyed some time with these people. I have considered this family to be "friends" of ours for a few years now, but in the last 10 months I have realized that they were even more special to us than I had previously given them credit for. As soon as Matt resigned at Summerville, we dropped off of the majority of our "friends" radars. How nice it has been to have a few nearby that we still feel close to. I will most definitely miss the Mobley family.

BUT... with that said...

I'm ready to get this move over with. I've had a million emotions over this move... dread, anticipation, excitement, fear, etc... I'm tired of the roller coaster! I'm also tired of boxes all over my house! I'm tired of playing the same 2 games with Julia and Audrey b/c all the other games are packed up. I'm tired of not having all of the dairy/produce items I want on hand. I'm tired of saying "goodbye" to people and places. I'm just plain tired! I want to get settled down, and I want to start feeling at home in our new home.

Danny and Jimmie Kay (Matt's parents) are driving in tomorrow to help us this week with the move. I can't wait until they get here. I might be ready for this move to be over, but I'm still full of anxiousness. Having family around makes me feel calmer.