OH MY--WHAT A RIDE---

It took----me at age 76--ok--76 1/2 and my friend Carolyn at age 81--three days to pack me up and to move all the light weight stuff down to the new apartment-- it was alot of work and walking--her cell phone said together we did over 1.5 miles--just the first day!!!

We would start at the old apartment and pack boxes for awhile then we would load up 2 large laundry carts and made a trip down to the new apartment and then back to old one--where we would sit a little bit and drink some water and rest--then it was back to packing and another trip--it was a long walk--the old apartment was on a long wing on the north end of the building and the new one was down one floor and as far south as the building goes--with a long  hallway going east to west in the middle that we had to walk--and then there was the elevator to deal with on each trip!!!   I always sent Carolyn home around 4pm--rested some and then I was back at it--sometimes bringing down a couple more loads--

MY question is---where does it all come from--????  do things multiply while we sleep??????  Or do quilters just have a lot of 'stuff'?????  the fabric did go into medium sized boxes for the staff to move on Monday--I really wasn't ready yet for the move and on Monday-- I had to go on the Van to Walmart--

The 2 men on staff showed up at 1:00 and the taller of the two--'was mean and nasty' though it all--we got to my bed almost last-and he turned to me and asked me what he was suppose to do with it--??  Well, move it of course!!!!

Now I do have a nice new white bed frame and new mattress in a box--and they are both still in the boxes--hopefully that is the plan for tomorrow--to set them up and my son coming for the old but still useful bed for one of their spare bedrooms!!

OK let's talk--new apartment--it is on the second floor and is an end unit--when I go out my door and turn left there is a smaller elevator- I can ride it down to first floor and there is the door to go outside--though it is the back of the building--but it is a nice walk around the building to the front--and now I get more fresh air and sunshine if I go that way--or I can still go through the building to get to the lunch room, mail boxes, ect.   I had been praying that when I moved back to Ascension Manor in a year or so-( oh after this move I am not ready to move anything in the future!!!!---that I would get one of the apartments there that have the new step in showers--WELL--God decided not to make me wait--this apartment has one--the toilet it low to the ground--(where as my other one was a tall one!!)  And the kitchen---it was designed for a giant!!!  At least someone taller than me--and a totally different cupboard set  up that the other apartment--so have alot of thinking to do as to how to organize the things I need and use all the time!!!

So lots of changes to deal with--it took 4 full days to pack up and move the old apartment to this new location and so far 6 days of unpacking--though I am not organized yet--and there is still the new bed to put together and a new desk--(everything comes in pieces now and you have to put everything together--challenging???)

Therefore--I have not  had a needle or sewed a stitch since all this  started--two nights ago I did pick up the knitting needles--but boy did my fingers fight and hurt--had to keep stopping and rub them--they finally got a little better--

time to go--need to move some things around a bit so we can move the old bed to set up the new bed--it's always something--to do---

TAKE TIME TO BUY A VETERAN A CUP OF COFFEE TODAY OR A MEAL TO SAYS 'THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE'--

HUGS, DI