Moving

Well we are the majority of the way through our moving. Kim (Cayse’s friend/boss) and her fiance Alex were generous enough to come up from Lewiston to help us move using their truck and utility trailer yesterday. We managed to get all the big stuff and moved a lot of the smaller stuff throughout the weekend with the Bronco. Also, we turned off the phone at the house since we are at the new place and our cell phones work there. We’ll try to get some pictures up once we get things set up a little more.

Here are the fun things we’ve found about the house so far:

A bunch of cool stuff came with the house (nice microwave, extra fridge, lawn mower, lots of garden tools, 2 patio sets, insulated blackout curtains, etc).

There is a 5-6 inch goldfish living in the pond. Cayse has named it Goliath and we got some more from the store to try to help keep mosquitoes down. There are live lily pads and a flower as well.

There is a neighborhood cat that came in our front yard and played with Cayse.

The house has a doorbell and the noise is nice (neither of us has had a working doorbell since leaving home).

The smoke/carbon monoxide tester not only talks but is bilingual (English and Spanish). However it started saying “Low battery, replace immediately” every 15 minutes so it is done until I get fresh batteries tonight.

The garage is insulated and has a long baseboard heater along the back wall. This will hopefully help keep Andrew from freezing to death during those Winter vehicle maintenance jobs.

Our next door neighbors have two HUGE dogs (Black Russian Terriers) who love to “play” by chasing Spot up and down the fence. Jo still isn’t sure about this and just hides in the bushes til they stop, at which point she sneaks out, barks at them, and the cycle repeats itself.

Our neighbors behind us are gone but their daughter and her children are house-sitting. They are very nice and Spot made fast friends with her little girl. They also kindly gave us a cucumber and some butternut squash plants from their greenhouse.

Raspberries are growing along the hill fence and some species of mint is growing in a planter box.