Tuesday is gone ~ Wednesday is here

Things went well yesterday. We actually gained access to our new home at Noon. We took a truck and car load of stuff up yesterday so Kaneke could start setting up the kitchen. I brought paint and supplies so I could repaint the Master Bedroom before having the carpet steam cleaned. The carpet cleaners come at 10:00 AM today. I will run and buy a digital programmable thermostat this morning then we will head north. (still love those techie toys) My goal would be to paint the family room and foyer today while waiting on the telephone and internet installer. Molly is a little confused and nervous ~ that will pass once her personal stuff starts showing up. The movers come tomorrow. Busy ~ busy ~ busy......

Tomorrow...Tomorrow

Tuesday, 28 November, we close on our new house in Flagstaff Arizona. In 2000, we moved to Phoenix and enjoyed the fun and sun but after 4 years we decided to move to a higher elevation for cooler nights and less traffic. We thought that the Verde Valley was the answer so we found a house on a golf course with beautiful views of Mingus Mountain........ but the summers were still a bit hot and the constant peppering of golf balls became annoying.

Earlier this year we spotted this house in Flagstaff and after considerable thought we decided to make the move. As you can see by the picture, the house is frame (versus stucco), a departure from the average house in Arizona.

Although we close tomorrow, we will not officially relocate until Thursday. We will use the next 2 days to clean and paint. Molly is looking forward to exploring the backyard and staking her claim. Stay tuned for more updates as things progress.

Scavenger Hunt

After a long week in London I arrived home Saturday at 1:00 AM..... without my luggage. Why my luggage didn't arrive with me is a long story.

The abbreviated version would start with my return reservation being put on hold by United due to my missed connection on my trip to the UK (that's another story). With reservation issues resolved, my return trip included 1 hour delay leaving London Heathrow, INS greeting us at Chicago O'hare and inspecting passports as we left the plane, customs, transfer of luggage from international to domestic, catching a Tram from the International terminal to United Domestic, re-entering security, running through the terminal to catch my flight to Phoenix ~ with literally seconds to spare... actually, make that 5 seconds or the door would have been closed......

OK ~ so back to my luggage. It finally arrived at my home the next day. I wanted to quickly unpack so I could remove the gifts I had bought and was walking back and forth from the suitcase to our closet... On one of my trips I returned to find Molly inside my suitcase and she was pawing around looking for something. Kaneke grabbed the camera and caught Molly in action.... She eventually emerged with a bar of Dark Belgium Chocolate. She had to give it up because on top of chocolate being toxic to dogs, Kaneke was not gonna share this delicious treat...

If at first you don't succeed.....

............try, try,again!

I have twice tried to update the "Chronicles of Cornville" and twice it bombed. Each time I tried to upload pictures so this time I will try it without pics.

I have been trying to tie up loose ends before my business trip to the UK, so this afternoon I decided to do some fine shopping and headed out the door to Wal*Mart. On the way out the backdoor I pushed the garage door opener button and heard the most god-awful noise, followed up by a loud hum from the door opener but no action. I unplugged the unit and disassembled it to try and find out the problem. It didn't take long to discover the ground up parts laying in the bottom of the unit. I called a garage door company and found the parts I need and tomorrow I will rebuild the unit with the $58 in parts.

By-the-way ~ I still haven't made it to Wal*Mart.