Popping in to Cyberspace

Hello there, world.  This reconnecting to the world via computer is brought to you by an afternoon's trip to a local mall to keep cool and connect to the internet.  I just had so much fun looking at pictures from my last post at the beginning of the month compared to the pictures I took yesterday.  We've come a long way, baby!

I last left you with a nice clean empty space.  The very next day when boxes were delivered and we began unpacking it looked like this:

Holy moly.  It's been a long time since I've moved an entire household.  When we moved to England we didn't bring much with us, setting up house afresh.  Things have a way of multiplying.

First, I tackled the bookshelves.

And then we borrowed a drill and hung some pictures.

And then we had to go to IKEA and buy an extra bookcase.  Side note, James thought IKEA was another country.  It might as well be.

And gradually all the piles got dispersed, and K.J. took boxes to the attic, and it kind of feels like all of our things were just made for this room.

It feels good not to be stepping over a million piles and trying not to knock over boxes when I walk now.  

And the room where there was no kitchen!

Move-in day looked something like this:

At the edge of the picture are Sabrina and Caleb, without whom this transformation would not be possible!

It looks like a real kitchen now!  It's incredible.  We still need to get a backsplash to cover over some old tile that partially covers the wall above the sink, and we're hopefully having a special plug installed this weekend that will enable us to use the stove.  We're so grateful and settling in to the suburbs nicely.  James has taken over feeding the dogs, and we're enjoying visits with Noreen.

I'll sign off now because my daughter needs to answer her e-mail. 😊