His and Hers Bedroom ~ the Rest of the Story

I can't believe the response I got from almost every woman that has seen the pics of our bedroom, I didn't think it was that big of a deal, but my dd just called and said, "You didn't REALLY hang that deer head in your bedroom, did you?" Yes. I did. And it's not that bad.

To be fair to my dh, I thought I would post a picture of another corner of our bedroom, that HE has to wake up to every morning. I figure if he can stand to have all those dolly eyes staring at him, I can handle just one deer's. It's either the bedroom or the livingroom, and at the moment it doesn't really matter, there is no wall between them yet.

Wordless Wednesday #13 ~ His and Hers Bedroom

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Week 29 Weigh In ~ On Again...Off Again...Back and Forth

Well, we WERE online for a little while last night. Molly and I went to town so I could go to WW and then we went over to the other house to pack up some of the odds and ends still left over there. Ray and his crew met us over there and got it all in the van for me. We came home, and the cordless phones all read, "no line" and there were no lights on the "thingy" or the "do-ja-ma-hicky"! So much for reporting on my weight loss like I had promised. I did lose 3 lbs, which sounds pretty good, but the last time I weighed in, I was up 2.6! So all in all I'm a 1/4th of a lb closer to my goal weight, if that makes any sense.

Anyway, I called the phone company this morning (with my cell phone of course), and they said they would put out a trouble ticket. I gave them my cell no. and assumed someone would call be before they came out. WRONG! I decided to make a trip to the other house just before noon today, I had been there all of 10 minutes when I get a call from the repairman. He's sitting in my driveway...at the farm. So I run all the way back here with an empty vehicle. It's a good thing the gas prices have come down a bit. We're using an awful lot of gas with all these trips back and forth. We have until this weekend to get everything out of there, and we're doing okay but it's still going to take a few more trips. Last night's van-load was all of the Christmas/Easter decorations that were stored under the steps at the other house.

Ray and his DD Ruth and SIL Dan are making some progress sorting through the main garage, but there is still a small garage in back that is STUFFED with who-knows-what that needs to be sorted through. We're getting there though. I have most of my pictures on the wall here, and still have several boxes to unpack and find homes for the contents of on this end, but that can wait as long as we can get through the house.

Ruth and Dan are looking for a small apt of their own, but until they do, they're hanging out here and helping Ray out at work. Hopefully they will be able to find something right in town so that they can ride to work with him or eventually find jobs within walking distance, since they are without a vehicle at the moment too. I'm grateful for all of their help with the moving, but I'd prefer not to have 5 of us living in a one bathroom house for too long. The landlord didn't want a lot of people here either, because of concern about the septic system not being able to handle it. When we told him we had 7 kids, he wanted to know how many of them would be living here. We told him just 1, but the others would be visiting from time to time and he was okay with that.

If any of you in the local area know of an apt for rent, or possible job opportunities...or a cheap vehicle for Ruth and Dan, please contact me and I'll pass it along. Thanks.

We're Back Online...And We're WIRELESS!

This is my first blog from the "new" house. I just got the phone and internet hooked up, and it's all wireless. The phone signal actually comes from the internet thingy, I'm pretty sure that's the technichal term for it, "thingy". There is even a back-up power do-ja-ma-hicky, so that we'll have internet even if the power goes out. Cool, huh? Who knew they had such modern technology available down on the farm.

Well, I've gotta run to town and weigh in now, and then I'll go over to the old house and grab another load of stuff. The majority of our things are moved already, but there is always more STUFF, in closets and storage areas etc. What takes so long is weeding through it all, and deciding what is good STUFF, what is garage sale STUFF...and what is just plain GARBAGE.

I'll post again a little later about my weight loss. I think I did pretty good this week. I haven't had TIME to over-do this week-end, and I keep forgetting to bring my bathroom scales over here, so all I can do is hope I did okay.

Moving Right Along...

Well, we got a LOT done yesterday, thanks to some wonderful family members and friends. Thanks for your help, Mom and Dad, Ruth and Dan, Bob, Rose, Katie and Liz, and Podma and Eric!!!

We got most of our furniture and a lot of other stuff out to the farm, and actually spent our first night there last night, since that was where our beds were. We even managed to get six people to church on time this morning, in spite of the extra miles between our new home and church. Ruth and her hubby and Molly's friend all spent the night with us. I can't imagine how in the world we ever managed when I was a kid and we had 12 of us under one roof with only ONE BATHROOM, but we did.

So far, everything is going well out there. The dog is getting used to things, and seems to know that this is his new home. At first, every time we let him outside he'd try to jump in the van so he wouldn't be left behind. There are good things and bad things about living in an old farmhouse. The worst thing is that there are really no closets in the place to speak of, so we'll have to get creative as far as storing certain items. But all in all, I think it will be kinda cool.

I'm at the other house now, as we need to still go through a lot of junk and decide what to keep, throw, donate, put away for a garage sale next spring etc. I'll be packing up this computer and moving it tonight too, and then they're supposed to be transferring it and the phone service tomorrow afternoon. I'll get back to y'all then and let you know how the wireless DSL works.

The Big MOVE

Okay, here we go. We've gotten quite a few things moved over to the farmhouse already, but as I look around this one, there's still a LOT more to move. I'm not looking forward to this "moving experience" at all, but it must be done.

I actually do think we'll like it out there, I was out there for a couple of hours yesterday, and it just feels very peaceful, (even with the dead bodies hidden in the secret sealed-off room), it's even a very lovely drive out there this time of year.

The thing is, I have SO much packing and cleaning to do, that I need to get off of this computer and get going. I'm not sure how much I'll be on over the weekend, but I'll try to get on after WW on Monday to update y'all on my "progress" there. Our computer and phone system are going to be changed over to the new house sometime on Monday afternoon.

I got a call from Molly's new bus driver yesterday. It happens to be a gentleman that goes to our church. How cool is that? He said he'll be picking her up between 6:55 and 7:00AM! That will be a big change for Mo. She's used to getting on here at 7:40AM and getting home around 3:40PM. She'll have to get her butt to bed at night so she can get up a lot earlier than she has been. She'll get home at about 4PM at the farm, so that's not too bad.

I would like to invite any of my local readers to come out and help us move tomorrow, anytime you can. We'll be making trips back and forth all day, I would imagine. We'll be doing some moving on Sunday afternoon too, but it's supposed to be pretty nasty weather that day, so we want to try to get all of the furniture moved tomorrow and spend our first night there that night.

"Wordy" Wednesday ~ Farmhouse Mysteries presents: The case of the Secret Room

There is a part of our "new" house that I did not share with you all on my virtual tour post. That's because, I don't know how to get to it! In fact I hadn't even noticed it myself, and neither had my usually observant husband.



Last Friday, I went out to the farm with my dd Molly, her bff Liz, and QTpies #5 Hope-Anne, who is also a friend of theirs. We were upstairs looking out the window, (next to the white boarded up door above the laundry room addition), when Hope-Anne asked, "What room is that?", as she pointed out the window to a small dormer on an entire other room. We checked it out, and there is absolutely no way to get to this part of the house! This mystery room is above the kitchen and you can see it here with the white boarded up window, and the dormer with the satellite dish on top of it. My guess is that it was an attic at one time, that for some reason or another has been closed off, but it was pretty funny that it took an 11 year old visitor to figure out that there was a part of the house that none of us had even noticed yet. Curious, don't you think?