Making it a "Home Sweet Home"

the first thing I "cooked" in the house--hot tea in the morning :)

December 5, 2010

Sunday dawned bright and COLD. *brrr* Evidently the bottom floor, where our bedroom is, does not heat as well as the top floor. Geez, who decided heat should rise? That's just silly.

After lots of furniture assemblage and unpacking, we had our first meal at our kitchen table (KFC) and bid farewell to the Pharr's. Then we headed out to the other Pharr's to pick up the rest of our belongings...and then onto the grocery store.

We settled on the Walmart down the street from us. It was an exhausting shopping trip: I'm telling you moving is the best workout ever because all you do is pack and move boxes and walk up and down stairs and run to the store for things you need and never eat because there isn't time or you don't think of it.

Zach did procure a pineapple, which symbolizes hospitality and blesses one's home. :)
[I picked out a good one! It's tasty. :]

Home Sweet Home

December 4, 2010

Saturday morning we got up E-A-R-L-Y to head to Bentonville. It's usually a three-hour-and-45-minute drive going through Y-City, but, with our huge moving truck, we had to take the Interstate. It was a lovely, uneventful drive and really didn't seem like it was as long as it was.

My poor mama woke up with the stomach bug that has been going around, so she didn't get to go with us. :( At least she is feeling better now. :)

After some stops and lunch at the Cracker Barrel in Alma (Emily's country!), we made it safe and sound...and began the process of unloading. Thank God for dollies.

With Uncle Chuck's help, we finished ahead of schedule--even getting the kitchen set up!--and got to go eat at Ruby Tuesday. *MMM salad bar*

This is our home! I am in love with it. :)

dining room

HALF of the kitchen

looking in from the balcony

looking outside on the balcony

view of the front door

the stairs (We moved the mantel to go over the fireplace.)

the future office

my vanity :)

our bedroom

Zach's Lego room :)

the other bathroom downstairs

Budget Moving

December 3, 2010

We woke up in Hot Springs Friday morning and began the process of organizing all of our belongings to be transported by this Budget truck. It was HUGE, so we were certain we would have room left over.

Then we started loading in all the furniture and got a little worried. Next boxes came, and it was a flood of cardboard with no room to move. Finally we shoved in the odds and ends here and there so it was crammed...in the rental truck, Don (Zach's Honda), Beverly's CR-V, and the Buick I'm now driving. (Speaking of that car, it has no name, so maybe that's why it's misbehaving?)

This is what you call a caravan.

BUT there was room left over. *whew* It was nice to be able to rest that night and not have to worry about driving and/or unloading that day. It wasn't the smoothest day, but it was a lot smoother than some I've had when it comes to moving (and I've had A LOT). We definitely get better at packing and loading each time, but, Lord, please let us stay here for at least two years!

A special thanks to Bobby and Beverly, Momo, Josh, Kevin and Bree, and Jeannie and Chuck for making our move go smoothly! We are so thankful for you guys. :)

Good-bye to Hobie...for now

November 27, 2010

When I went to pack up my toiletry bag in the bathroom, Hobie was seated on the towels on top of our laundry basket cart--one of his favorite places. He likes to lie there when we are using the area and listen to The Smiths on the iPod dock. But this time he nervously eyed me as I placed lotion, toothpaste, facial wash into the bag, and he sat up as slid my toothbrush into it's plastic traveling canister. He was upset. We were leaving him again, and he was upset, rightfully so.

I took him to Zach and explained the dire situation. He immediately retrieved not one, but two treats. (Yes, we bribe our kitty with food.). Instead of letting him eat it out of his hand or on the floor, Zach placed it on this chair.

Now Hobie is REALLY smart. But he would not get up on that chair. Instead he paced around and around it, mewing his annoyance. Then he would place his front legs atop it and reach on his tippy toes to retrieve it. Of course his licking of the treats only pushed them farther out of reach, so he had to go from side to side until he finally got one in his mouth.

Zach took pity on him and his momentary display of stupidity or stubbornness or laziness--Hobie can play us WELL--and put the other treat on the floor. AND then he wouldn't take it until we moved the chair!

Beverly insists Hobie must have gotten squashed in one of those fold-up chairs before and remembers it--that's why he wouldn't get up there.

After the treats, Hobie followed us downstairs and up to the glass door we walked out of, leaving him behind again, and clawlessly pawed at us.

I miss my ritty rat so much. And he misses us, too. :(

What we did on Black Friday

November 26, 2010

Happy Black Friday!

We did not indulge in the commercial hoopla of Christmas...instead we partook in birthday celebration!

Jake is always excited when his mama gets presents...even if it's a week late! :)

Happy Birthday, Mama Pharr AND Happy Anniversary to my Parents-in-Law!!

November 17, 2010

Happy anniversary to my Pharr parents!
And happy birthday to Mama Pharr!

I hope you guys had a great day. :)
Love, your crazy children
(See photo for proof we are crazy.)