Boxes and Crazy Clouds

The movers arrived Sunday morning at 8:00a.m. during a steady rain that kept up all morning. It was an exciting and exhausting day- and we wouldn’t have made it through without the help of our good friends, Dale and Debbie, who are moving experts. Dale arrived with a toolkit, Debbie with an exacto knife in her pocket.  And where were the Andersons’ exacto knives?  Packed in moving boxes of course!  We haven’t moved for 26 years- we’re out of practice.

Here’s a progress report at the end of Day 2:

The office is up and running! Our desks and supplies are organized (roughly), and the computers are hooked up and waiting for cable internet (currently getting by with our mobile wifi).

The master bedroom is arranged (Debbie made the bed!), but our closet is still a disaster (most of our clothes are not unpacked). Our bathroom is organized if not decorated.  The other two bedrooms are full of boxes.

The garage is a work in progress; a lot has been accomplished.

The kitchen is fully functional- although it was a comedy of errors as I taught myself how to cook with a gas stove today! We had our first sitdown dinner tonight (thank goodness for Trader Joe’s frozen goodies), although we still have to sit surrounded by boxes.

We’ve hardly made a dent in the unpacking, but there is no deadline, right?

We had monsoon rains accompanied by thunder and lightning in the late afternoon and evening. I took this shot from our back patio after the rain, but while thunder was booming.  I continue to be fascinated with Arizona skies!