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Actually I’m lying.
But this is the last post I’ll bore you with giving the details of our move.
It’s pretty much done. There are still a few things to be done such as get the windows done (in the works), put up pictures everywhere, and do the landscaping. But we are officially moved in. All the boxes have been opened and most are empty and off to the dump. The books are ready to be cataloged.
A few more deliveries and orders to be placed for a couple of chairs yet, a sewing machine stand, and yada yada, stuff like that.
We are looking forward to the 4th with a nice menu of grilled barbecued chicken with potato salad, pea salad, baked beans, and some cookie bars for dessert.
It’s been hot, but not so hot the last couple of days–only in the high 90’s. I understand much of the continental US is similarly afflicted, except most of the that has humidity added to it. The locals think 35% humidity is “muggy” but to us its just dry heat.
The Contrarian has a new desk top computer, me a new fancy laptop, and I got a Nook. I got the cheapest BW version, because that is the only one that works outside, the screen is still readable. We hired a kid from NMSU to set up our system so we can share files, wireless print and mouse, and download my smart phone pics to the computer finally. We have learned how to do the basics anyway, so we feel pretty darn tech-savvy. Yeah, right.
We discovered Pandora, and now I walk with music! Just a great time, and I’m walking faster. Today I figured I did a good 2 1/2 miles in about 52 minutes. I go at 6:30 am when it is still cool.
It’s just all good.
I’ve been keeping up with the news. The Contrarian tapes Chris Hayes, “UP” on Saturday and Sunday so I can watch them. We watch PBS News hour, and a bit of MSNBC during the day. Terrific about the health care act, and the Arizona Immigration Bil. Willard is still lying about nearly everything. Nothing much changes does it?
Hopefully, I’ll get back in the swing of things and start posting some real stuff now.
Thanks for hanging around during this transition. Hope you are all gearing up for a nice 4th. We luxuriate in taking a day off from the stuff that needs doing I tell ya. But as I said, that is pretty much done. We can now look at expanses of time to do what we want. Decadent of us isn’t it?
See ya soon.
Existential Ennui 
Sherry, I am enjoying your adventures vicariously while pondering the unopened boxes inhabiting my closet from a move 6 years ago. I’m tempted to just chuck them all in the trash. Can’t be any treasures there or I would have needed them sooner!
lol our garbage man said the same thing. He moved here 6 years ago from Lake Tahoe and still has boxes he claims that aren’t opened. I opened them all. The only thing left in boxes are books since I am leaving the cataloging until last, but the bookcases are up and I just am waiting on Ashley Furniture for a chair for that room so I can take my laptop in to do it. I was looking for my salt box which I apparently left behind. It was a nice little crock I bought at a tag sale in CT and think it might be worth a bit, since it was old. Sigh…I’m still hoping we can get our friend to go in and see if it’s still on the stove and wrap it up and sent it along. lol
I found every step of your journey delightful! I’m looking forward to landscape photos.
Gosh thanks SDS. I’m so glad we can relax a bit now. I’m so tired of a long list of “to do” every day. And the landscaping. Mostly it’s the back, which needs to be have plastic laid, and then gravel spread which will take some time, since the trucks can’t get into the back yard, so its wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow. We have our man ready as soon as we give the word. Then off to the landscapers to find some plants. We want to have a small area of raised beds to grow some tomatoes and such, but that will be next year. And our guy is gonna build us a gazebo over a nice area of flagstone we already have laid. It should be nice when it’s finished.
Enjoyed it all Sherry, and glad the days are getting more peaceful. Looking forward to some rapier wit soon!
Witty? me? lol…well I shall try. I surely shall.
So did you buy a couple of pounds of the red chile peppers in your picture?
Oh lord I got chile peppers coming out of my ears. lol. Those are usually bought for decorative purposes though they are perfectly fine to eat. They make a nice door hanging. lol.You can get them sprayed with acrylic to last forever at the farmer’s market.
Finally you’re in. Hope it’s starting to feel like home. My wife (The Wife) and I are considering, actually actively planning, a total kitchen re-model, and during this time, I can’t help but thing about what you and The Contrarian have gone through. Is it all worth it when you’re in your mid sixties???
Yeah, its really worth it. You just do one thing at a time, and heck in really minus the boxes I packed over a years time, we did most of it in three months. All of April, and then we left May 1. It’s hard to believe we have accomplished so much in only 2 months, when we started out living in a motel. Today, I was in my craft room, and he was in his office–he jammin to music, me with MSNBC, and cooking on the stove for tomorrow. The windows are being measured next tuesday, so hopefully in a couple of weeks we will have that done, but they do the installing, so we just sit back. I made a few orders online today and that except for another chair that I am still looking for, we are pretty much done except for hanging some pictures. If you really think that a new kitchen will enhance what you really want to do, then do go for it. We have finally exactly what we want and we are truly starting to enjoy our life here. So I would say yes. If you live another 25 years, you would seem silly not doing it right? And heck, if you are 35, you could get hit by a bus tomorrow. Getting old means just living each day doing what you want as best you can. We have no crystal ball to know when it is too “late” to bother. Bless ya.
I like listening to music as I walk as it makes the time go by much faster. Pandora is a pretty good music website too.
We have just fallen in love with Pandora. It does put together a great mix of songs and I almost never have one that I don’t like. I perfect find. The humidity was high for here this morning so it was a muggy walk today. Hopefully better tomorrow. Our temps are dropping to only 91 tomorrow! lol
Goodness, I don’t look at your blog for a long, long time, and I found you’ve moved to Las Cruces.
Welcome to New Mexico. Family and I moved to Albuquerque in 1995, to Santa Fe four years ago. It’s a wonderful place.
I happened to be down in Las Cruces last week for work (Office of the State Engineer). Please believe me, it’s not always this hot. Something we’re sharing with most of this quarter of the continent. But glad you’re still finding it exciting. I’ll have to check in more often.
Again, Bienvenidos.
Well we have been told it’s usually not this hot and we are fine with it. We do tend to stay indoors after about 1 pm until it’s nearly dark though. lol. I love Santa Fe. It is truly lovely. We have missed your comments Rick.