New Job. New Apartment

1. Anders and I moved at the beginning of July into our own apartment, wahoo! I keep meaning to take some pictures to show everyone but that would mean I would have to clean up a bit... I decided to just take some quick pictures, threw the dirty underwear in the corner so you can get an idea. You will get a "lived in" feel. We brought some things home from Jamestown that are now working perfectly for us: desk from grandma's sewing room, "chester drawers", Grandma Ruby paintings in bedroom, turquoise tulip chair. I'm going to paint the desk and another sewing table not pictured, any paint color suggestions would be appreciated. We are loving our new place, we have good friends living next door and 3 other families from our church on our block.








2. I started a new job working as a para in a classroom for K-2nd graders with Emotional Behavior Disorders. It has been CHALLENGING! We only have 7 kids, but many of them have highly aggressive behaviors. They are absolutely darling children, but they also bite, kick, hit and swear like sailors! It's been a learning experience, and I daresay it is getting better as the kids are settling in, but after this year I will have the behavior management skills to work just about anywhere. I really like the team of teachers I am working with and feel very supported. I am also SOOO thankful to have a full time job with benefits!

Moving Day!

After 43 years in one place, Mom's made the big move! Many things had been moved already, such as dishes, clothes, books, and many boxes. Mom had already been filling all those great closets and storage areas with her things. Saturday was the day for the furniture and the final move. We rented a 17' UHaul. Friends came along at just the right time, some to load and some to unload.

Glad we weren't packing for a cross-country move! The truck made three trips back and forth.
The view from Mom's balcony. A nice ramp down to her garage. Some things came up the elevator, some up the nearby (and faster) steps.
We drove out to the lake Friday night to get the trailer and four-wheeler for moving the piano down the hill. Carolyn had come up with the great idea of taking it out through the kitchen rather than down the stairs. Tom took lid, pedals, and legs off the piano, and then strapped it to a skid borrowed from Dave Morlock. The guys rolled it through the kitchen out onto the deck, then loaded it onto the trailer, and Tom SLOWLY drove down the till with four guys bracing the piano. It worked! Then onto the truck, across town, off the truck . . .
The careful measurements and calculations worked out. The piano fit onto the elevator!
Most of Mom's stuff was in the condo by 12:30. Time for a first meal in her new place! Tom, Lexy, Austin, Dan and Andrew Hornung, and the happy new condo resident! A couple of condo neighbors brought goodies.
Deb Hornung insisted on this posed shot. Looks like I'm having so much fun! I didn't have anything to do with moving the dryer, but it was made easy with the use of a great appliance dolly borrowed from Bismarck friends. Tom hooked up the washer with new hoses, and refitted the dryer (undoing Keith's adaptation of venting the dryer out the side through the wall).

It was a lot of work, but all went smoothly. So thankful for all those who helped. We're looking forward to many happy memories in Mom's new home.