We're Alive and VERY Well

Hi All,  Thanks for all the kind comments you all have left.  Our move went great!  We got lots of help loading and unloading our truck.  We love our house...especially the dishwasher, garage, and 3rd bedroom.  We LOVE our new town!  The neighbors and everyone have been AWESOME!   We've got a lot of stuff unpacked, and I've even been starting a few projects.

...but...

I haven't been blogging.  This is my first time on the internet since we moved.  The power cord to our modem went missing in the move, and we're still waiting for the new one to arrive...soon...hopefully.  Truthfully, it's probably been good for getting the house unpacked that I haven't been on the computer at all.  Don't give up on me, though.  I'll be back up soon!

Moving Day!!

We loaded the truck up yesterday, and drive to our new house today!  Thanks to those of you who have sent me August Archive Appreciation. Things have been so crazy, I haven't even had a chance to get them posted. but I will soon!

Packing...

I started packing the first boxes a week or so ago.  Yes, we're moving again.  Hubby's new teaching job is far enough away that a commute would be too far (1 1/2 hours).  We've made some great friends here, but know we'll make good friends when we move too.

Of course packing up the whole house and the chaos that comes with it is not fun, but we're excited to be moving on to this next (and hopefully more settled) phase of our lives.

 I am looking forward to:

• Hubby having a job he'll love and be great at.
• Firecracker starting kindergarten
• Living in a three-bedroom house (as opposed to our current 2 bedroom)
• Having a garage
• Living on a regular, predictable income.
• Looking for a house to actually buy and live in forever...or a long time anyway. 

I went to organize and pack away some of my craft stuff, and it kind of backfired.  I kept finding things that I've had the stuff for that would be "so quick to just take care of," so I've been finishing off a lot of projects.  I've done some mending, fixed and made some new "I Spy" bags, made some pants to go with Firecrackers' Hawaii dress, made some shirts for the tractor post.  I've actually been quite productive, and I'm hoping to get around to posting about all those projects soon.

I will have to really pack away my craft stuff pretty soon, though, and the blogging will probably be a little slow for a while...so I'm announcing...

 Archive Appreciation Month.

It's a chance for us to remember and appreciate some of those great ideas we posted about a long time ago and no one ever sees (especially if they were posted when you first started blogging and didn't have many readers).

You want to participate?

I'll be linking back to some of my own older projects, but I'd love to highlight all of you.  If you have something on your blog you'd like highlighted, whether it's new or way back in those archives, let me know.  All you'd need to do is write up a quick paragraph introducing yourself, your blog, why you love the post I'll be highlighting, and a picture or two.  If you have a shop, it's okay to include a quick link to that as well.  The best would be if you could write the paragraph up in blogger and then send me the html code.  Of course you can also participate by just doing your own archive appreciation post on your own blog.

Made it to Washington...

No, I haven't disappeared off the face of the planet, but we are in the middle of our move...and by that I mean, we've packed up our apartment and moved out. The kids and I are already in Washington and Hubby will be joining us when his dissertation is signed. Our stuff is in a trailer that is making it's way to Central Washington on the back of a semi-truck, and in less than a week, we'll be unloading everything into our sweet new (rented) house. We should be all settled and cozy by Christmas. Don't worry...the tutorial with the Nativity Stockings is coming as are some other nice Christmas idea, but probably not until we're all moved it. We're going to miss all our friends in the Bay Area, but are SO EXCITED to be moving to the next phase of our lives.