Working On It.

An update since my move.....

I (connection group/church friend Chuck, brother Adam, Mom & Dad) got everything moved over to my new place last Thursday. I guess I had a lot of 'stuff' in my old place. But I know I'll find a place for it all in my new place as well....eventually. Most of it seems to be a part of my crafting supplies and gift stash. Besides my decorations that I have yet to put up (whenever my friend Kate is available to help), I have all the 'stuff' sitting in my craft room, at least for now. I need to start sorting & going through all the tubs, getting rid of stuff that has been in them since the last time I moved. No need to keep moving it around!

This week I won't be getting to do too much unpacking, since I will be making cream cheese mints for my best friend Beth's wedding....which is this Saturday. I don't know how many I will be making, but probably close to 200 if possible.

I'll try to get some pictures of my new place (before and after of decorating and the craft room), and whatever else I feel like. Of course I'll share the mint progress as well.

Hope you all had a happy Monday.

Oh yeah, please pray for some great weather on Friday (to prepare for) and Saturday for Beth's wedding. It is at a state park, and it was beautiful out there on Sunday. I'll be asking God to make it just as beautiful, if not more, for the wedding on Saturday.

What Time Is It?

It's moving time!!! I have been in my current apartment for just under 1 year. I love my little place, but I can no longer handle the cigarette smoke in this building. (And the other tenants have no problem yelling at each other...no matter what time of day it is.) So, it is time to move on. But I'm not going far. Just a few blocks over to a different building.

Today I got the keys to my new place, but won't be completely moved in until Thursday. But I'm so glad I got the keys early. My wonderful mom came down to help out. (THANKS MOM!!!!!) We thought I'd get the keys, and then we'd start moving some of my kitchen and craft room stuff. However, before I ever move in to a place, we always do a little surface cleaning, just in case. This time, it was more than we bargained for. Sure, at a glance things looked clean. But once you started touching the counter and cabinets, they were sticky and greasy. Just gross. So, we got to cleaning. I'm guessing the apartment hasn't been that clean since it was originally built...if it was even that clean then! But since we spent all afternoon cleaning, there was no moving or packing of anything today.

Just a little list of everything that got cleaned (and that I can remember).
Refrigerator
Kitchen cabinets (doors, insides, tops)
Stove
Behind stove and refrigerator
Stove hood (just a grease mess)
Shower
Bathroom cabinets
All windows
Vacuumed carpets
Put woodgrain contact paper on pantry shelves and a closet shelf

It almost felt like I was moving out of the place, not moving in. I guess it will make moving out that much easier, since I don't plan on never cleaning it while I'm there.

Hopefully I'll get a good start at packing things up starting tonight, and hopefully moving a few things throughout the week. Come Thursday night, I need to be out of my current place.

(I forgot to take a picture of my new place. So whenever I get back there, I'll do that.)