The Agony of Moving

                                                 A joyful beginning to a frustrating day.

Wouldn't it sound better if I titled this post: "The Joy of a Move"? All the decisions, planning, packing, settlement and moving the contents out of our house fell into place just about perfectly. But what an adventure its been when we arrived in Brookville!

An unexpected snow storm had passed through Brookville dumping 7 inches of snow on the land. Flurries were still floating around and did all afternoon the day we arrived by noon.

The mover's tractor trailer arrived soon after we did, and a plow truck was called to clear the way up to the house. There was 2 inches of ice under the freshly, fallen snow.

The tractor trailer started in and got stuck, so a big tow truck was called to pull them out. It was a little hairy there for awhile.

When the tractor trailer was pulled free it parked on the other side of the road, and Jerry went to rent a large U-Haul truck. The shuttle began.

Then, to our wondering eyes, a couple Jerry is friends with arrived with this delicious New England Stew and homemade apple pie! There were tears of joy!

The movers moved our load from the tractor trailer to the U-Haul to the house and back again to load up. Night fell quickly, and they wanted to go home. Their office wanted them to stay overnight, and we offered to put them up at the Quality Inn, but they refused. So back they went to Maryland with all our things. They did bring in our bed. The house was empty otherwise.

So Jerry, me and the girls went to bed together, all in one bed, all night. I wish I'd had my camera so I could have gotten a snap of us!

After a good, but tight sleep we awoke to our winter wonderland. I decided it was a new day. Our belongings would be here in the afternoon.

The seller said the house would be clean and empty (it wasn't when we settled the week before). So I was not pleased when I opened the refrigerator door and saw this"

And we soon discovered there were a lot of little things that needed repair and cleaning. If you've read earlier posts you know I'd never seen the house in person, only pictures. Jerry beware!

The movers arrived early afternoon and started bringing our items into the house. It was a long day.

But to brighten our day a lovely bouquet of flowers was delivered! Our friends, Barry and Kim sent them. They couldn't have arrived at a more perfect time.

And just when we thought the last load would be unloaded, the driver decided to come up thru the grass and got the U-Haul stuck. It was a very long day.



When all was said and done that night, we both agreed the house had potential and we love the extra land, not being as close to neighbors and the house farther from the road.

The moving in was done. The unpacking begun.

Stay tune for part 2!