A Moving Story.

 Yesterday was  a busy day. 

It was an early start at the court house of course. A funny story is that as we all filed in, we were required to put our cell phones into a large basket. I supposed right away that they didn't want any phone calls coming in to disrupt the proceedings. But I ask you to imagine a hundred cell phones in a bushel basket! That's kind of what it was like. 

What struck me the most? The fact that the officials running the show were required to do the same, but their phones went into a basket up front. 

And...wouldn't you know? The person instructing us and giving the oath was interrupted by a ringing cell phone. The funniest part? The sound was not coming from the back of the court room where we rank amateurs were required to drop off our phones. The phone belonged to one of the officials! The bailiff carried the basket out of the courtroom. 

As we all stood up to leave, we were held up by people trying to find their cellphones in that big old basket in the back. I have a pretty nondescript case, and I was regretting that big time. I finally found mine, but I had a horrifying thought that perhaps someone had taken it accidently instead of their own. 

I walked home, changed clothes, and then headed to the new house. 

We are putting the final touches on things, and it really is quite exciting now. For instance, yesterday, I cleared all the supplies out of the bedrooms and then swept the floor several times trying to remove all the plaster dust. I hand washed the floor and applied a light finish to it. We got the curtains hung. 

We're waiting for the rugs to come back from the cleaner. Once they are on the floor, then we'll move two beds in, and bring the hoosier cabinet up for the pantry. We can wash the bedding and make up the beds fresh and ready for guests. Of course, we have to time this all around 3 days of predicted rain this week. 

We will bring up the enamel topped table from the storage at the old house on the property.  We have so much stuff that has been put away for years now, as we planned our plans and dreamed our dreams. It will be nice to see it again. 

The sofa and a couple rocking chairs are already there at the new house, so that part is done. But that's all the furniture we're moving up before the visit. We will mindfully select what's coming and what's not coming over the course of the summer. 

It just feels strange that we are finally at this point. We've been working on this house since 2023. So much has changed since then that it feels even longer. We've still got work to do before winter comes, to include siding it, but actually living in the house we are siding is going to make that much more convenient.

I will get some pictures. We're going flat out right now. I was so tired that I was in bed by 9:30 last night.