Lemony Webbles

moving day is upon us!

Contrary to a previous post, today is our closing day on the new house and we'll start moving in the evenings until it's done. So it's a gradual move, which I don't think I've ever done before. At best, it's a good distraction from the coldness of mid-winter and an absorbing activity while we get over the colds of mid-winter. (I know winter has just started but I also know that the days will be getting longer since the winter solstice is today, so that's what I'm counting. Happy winter solstice!) At worst, it's leaving my nest of security for an unknown house. Ok, sort of known, but never lived in by me! I think I will be ok all in all. But it's transition time, which makes me anxious and on edge. And then there's this business of needing a plumbing job done before we can move ourselves in even though all our stuff will be there. Weird. Irritating. And nobody's going to work around Christmas which is going to stretch it all out even more. Argh. But Billy has next week off so at least we'll all be together figuring out some combination of working on house stuff/overseeing plumbing work/taking care of little ones in odd places/sleeping on people's couches.

I'm pretty sure of one thing. I'd take some of our newly acquired wealth (from the sale of this house, about to be spent on a new house and its improvements!) off to Puerto Rico for an extended vacation if it wasn't going to rain all week there. And in Florida. And every other warm place I could get to quick and wander around the beach looking for seashells. So there may be no running away from the cold, but there are many good friends and family that will warm our transition for us. I do know that much.

Here's what we wish we were doing this week:

Billy took these pictures last summer with a disposable waterproof camera. It was a really fun experiment!