Tuesday's Travailings

Tuesday we made good progress, with help from several people. Our friends Karen, Adam, and Taylor, and Andrew and James came to help us pack up and move stuff out. Mom and Dad's room got mostly emptied out, the attic is almost empty, our unfinished spare room has less stuff in it, and other pieces of furniture got moved out. Andrew and James's parents brought supper, which was a great blessing! We still have a lot to do, but things are moving along!

And I found out that I made it into the Rappahannock Youth Orchestra that I auditioned for Monday. I'm the only violist, so that will be fun, and challenging too.

We still don't have a place to move into yet, but keep praying.

The boxes are starting to get filled up!!

Dinner on the roof...kinda like Fiddler on the Roof.

Then the boys wanted make and shoot a tennis ball cannon.
Unfortunately, all the tries were duds. =(

Then they somehow shot a can with a firecracker in it out of a can of water.
That worked. =D

Karen helping pack.

Taylor emptying the attic.

Andrew carrying the last of the jars down.

James and Adam lugging their loads.

Monday's events

Today we kept packing, but the day was cut short because Eric had a soccer game, I had an audition for a youth symphony in Fredericksburg and we decided to look at a house on the way, and the inspector was coming back to reinspect all the work we had done to pass the inspection.

Unfortunately, a house we were seriously considering renting is not available anymore because they have to repair water damage from Tropical Storm Hanna that came through here. So, that means we still have no idea what we are doing after this weekend. In case you don't know: our house closes on Friday, and we have to be out Thursday. Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights, and maybe more, we are going to stay with some friends, who graciously invited us to stay with them. (They have 8 kids, plus our 5, equals a lot of craziness!)
So, pray that we find a house, or some lodging, until we figure out what we are going to do.

Check back for more updates!

Making bread.

All done!

Two loaves of rasin bread, four of regular whole wheat.

A hawk Isaac spotted on the neighbor's hoop.

The picture was taken with our digital camera through a binocular lens.

The vent is done!!

Eric grouting.

The just grouted new tile where the old vent was.

Sunday's work

Sunday was the first day of us seriously working to start packing. The portable boxes we are using to move our stuff arrived on Friday, and this was the first full day we had to start taking apart beds, pack up closets and clothes, and start loading the boxes. We decided to go the box route because as of now, we have nowhere to go to unload a truck, if we had rented a truck, and the box company will store the boxes for us until we have a place to move into.