All Settled...Mostly

The only thing better than moving away from horrible neighbors into a beautiful new house and neighborhood is having amazing friends and family there to help you out. Saturday's move went perfectly. In fact, I'm still reeling from how well it went, with everything loaded and unloaded in just four hours. One moving van, three pick-up loads, a curio in a minivan and nine hardworking helpers, and we were all moved into the new house -- including furniture reassembled and most of the kitchen and nursery unpacked. I'm stunned and incredibly
grateful!

A few people asked if I was sad moving out of our old house -- a house I still very much liked and resisted leaving for several years. Oddly, my answer was no. I think I'd been sad long enough these past six months while it was on the market. I've had a chance to stew about the neighbors and vent and cry about feeling so pushed out of our own house. So when moving day finally came around, I was so focused on all of the positives of the new place that it actually was
a relief to move everything out and see the place empty. Even returning yesterday to vacuum and tidy up, I thought about a new family that would enjoy it and not how much we would miss it. All of our things were already settled in the new house anyway.

Here's to new memories and happy times in our second home.