Hump day fun...

Sorry it’s been awhile, but things have been nuts!

We are officially putting the house up for sale on Thursday, so it’s a do-or-die deadline which I think we will be dead by the time it comes around (chanting mantra: “if we can just make it to Thursday night, if we can just make it to Thursday night”)… so here’s what’s been going since I last wrote:

So Friday night we got on the road to Austin so we could look at the boat. We got there at about 8:30 p.m. and had all the dogs with us in the truck. We checked out the boat, loved it and said we would like to buy it, and went on our way (of course there was lots in between but not important). We went on to Giddings and spent the night at Curt’s Dad’s place, slept in – thank the Lord – had DELICIOUS breakfast tacos that Giddings is famous for, went to the ranch to get the trailer and had fun there for awhile – I let the dogs out and we went on a mini walk… Maverick is still unsure of the huge cows that Curt’s Dad runs, and it’s hilarious for both the cows and Maverick to size each other up… the calves were hilarious and being rather bold in how close they were coming! The girls of course could care less and were happy to trot along beside me… Curt in the meantime was working on the trailer getting it hitched, and then we were on our way to good ol’ Wal-Mart so Curt could rig the lights so we wouldn’t get a million tickets. Then we went home, got showered up and ready for Nonnie and PaPa’s big party – their 50th wedding anniversary!! It was adorable – Curt’s aunt, Heidi, really did an amazing job getting the venue ready and it was like a wedding almost, except everyone there was mostly older but it was so cute – there was a “anniversary cake” that could have been a great wedding cake for anyone, the original bridal party (minus PaPa’s brother George who passed on this past year – so sad) was there for pictures and toasting, and it was really cool – it made me excited for the next 49 years and 4 months with my Curt. And my family came in, and of course Curt’s family was there, and we danced and ate and had a wonderful time visiting with everyone!! Then we got on the road to College Station where we were staying at wonderful Townplace for the evening – I just love it there! So spent some time with fam, went to bed, and got up early the next morning with everyone to get on the road to home.

We got back to Fort Worth at about lunchtime on Sunday and spent the rest of the day packing and loading the trailer, went to Bible Study with our friends, and then did some more work when we got home – sigh – Monday was eventful as well… more fun moving! So Curt isn’t working this week, and Monday was his first day “off” though he has been working like crazy to get the house ready while I’m at work – so he got up at 7 a.m. to get on the road to Houston to load our stuff in our new storage unit there, then got on the road to Giddings to drop off the trailer, and to go back to Austin to pick up the boat! (We couldn’t pick it up this weekend b/c the money hadn’t come through yet)! So Curt’s tour of Texas took him all day – he didn’t get home with it until 12:30 a.m.! Meanwhile my Monday was spent at work, then I rushed home to meet with the maids to get an estimate for a complete overhaul and then met with a realtor to do all of that, and then gabbed with Sylvia while I was getting work done around the house, so that was a fun spot in the midst of everything! Then we went to bed super late, and had to start all over Tuesday…

So Tuesday Curt worked a ton again, I worked a ton at work, and then when I got home we agreed to take the boat out for an hour (so really we were on the water for a total of 15 minutes by the time we did everything – haha)! But we had a great time, the boat is great – I think her name is Toby, haven’t decided for sure yet – and we are excited for when things settle down and we can make that a regular occurrence! Then we met Mary and Jason for dinner – my New York plane friend – yea! So that was a ton of fun, then more work when we got home, and then bed again really late – sigh – SO… today is another busy day at work, Curt is at home with the maids and meeting our last realtor around lunchtime, and getting more done around the house so we can put our house ON THE MARKET TOMORROW – absolutely insane… Can we be in Mexico already? We’re really going to need it this weekend… whew!

Hope everyone else is doing well – speak soon.

xx