LEG 4,5 and Beyond

We're home! We arrived home on Wednesday after spending Tuesday night in Indy with my son Dan's family as well as Griffey, my favorite Labradoodle. Dan grilled burgers, Mark joined us, and Dan took us to the Orange Leaf for dessert. Orange Leaf is a new chain that features frozen yogurt in 20 different flavors. You can use a small or large container and fill your cups with as much as you want. Then come the toppings. After you've passed all the delicious flavors and toppings you arrive at the scale. Yes, you pay by the ounce! It can really get pricey! Jill, Erin and Allison (Dan's 3 young ladies) love the place as we did.

The trip from Indy to Elkhart was totally uneventful!! However, when we got home we found Mary Ellen's car with a flat tire and it wouldn't start. We've since got the tire repaired and will have a new starter installed on Monday. On Thursday we accomplished a lot. We signed on the line for the apartment we'll live in for at least a year. It's called Hunter's Pond. The big selling point is the attached garage that comes with each unit. We go down the hall from our apartment and into our garage. It's bigger and pricier than we planned, but it's worth it. We move in on May 1st. Three of my sons will help us with all the boxed up stuff. Two Men and a Truck will take care of the rest. The fun begins.

In spite of my "incident" in Decatur, we had a wonderful time in Florida. We're trying to figure out how our gang (BBBF) can get together in this July for our "summer reunion". We're planning to do things a little differently next winter. We'll take our camper as far as Milton, FL in late October. We found a great storage facility in Milton. We'll drive the truck to Milton in January, hook up the camper and drive the remaining 30 miles to Navarre. We'll avoid pulling out of the snow in January. We'll hook up in the warmer weather of Milton, FL and pull it the rest of the way.

In the past two days we've accomplished a great deal. Mary Ellen is packing up items in the kitchen. I've been concentrating on books from my office. There is much to do, but we're trying to attack it one room or area at a time. We have to be completely out of here by May 8th. That leaves us about 23 days. I think we'll be ready. Our biggest problem is furniture that won't fit in the apartment. We really don't want to have a "moving sale". The furniture has already been on Craigs List and didn't sell. We may have to resort to Goodwill, Salvation Army or the Women's Shelter. It's way too good to take to the dump. I'd love to keep one of the two desks in my office, but there simply isn't room. The trials of downsizing.

It's time to do a little more packing...