We have been busy!

Thanks everyone for all of your support and best wishes for our spectacular adventure! We have been having FUN! A little bit of work too! The boys and I arrived happily on Tuesday July 10th. Fly also arrived on the 10th and per Rob she was pretty happy too, and still is. (she has been enjoying all the freedom the huge yard has to offer)

Where to begin.... After getting to know our awesome neighbors the family went to the the carnival down the road to support the local volunteer fire fighters.

We had a good time. The boys did all the rides while Rob and I ate Carmel apples (yum yum!).

I decided that our curb appeal was not too appealing. So first, I tackled the mailbox post space. It did not take too long. Just about one day. (I forgot to take a before picture.) It was pretty bad. After that, I decided the front walk was atrocious. And it was! As I began to remove the shrubs, I discovered I did not have all the gardening tools I needed. Just about the same time one of our neighbors came over to see what I had gotten myself into and offered me help as well as some trimmers.

Once the shrubs were out I discovered that under all the shrubs and mulch were white landscaping rocks. Not easy to plant in a 4 inch thick pile of rocks....I decided to remove them. 4 days later all the shrubs and MOST of the rocks were gone. I was able to start planting. Then as I decided to trim the remaining shrubs directly in front of the house...I found a wasps nest in the ground. Exterminator Christy went to work. Early in the evening when they were sleeping......I got out my stick and my can of wasp/hornet spray foam and WENT TO TOWN. No biggie. The next day they were STILL there but not were I sprayed...I saw them and heard them in a different spot about 12 inches away. I only found the winter home!!!! And everyone was near the beach in the SUMMER Home!!! I thought "I can do this again. It wasn't too bad before!"

With my kids watching from inside the house...I went for it and about 2 seconds later OUCH! One got me. Good example I was...see don't play with wasps nests! While in quite a bit of pain the boys and I waited to see if any reaction occurred, since I had never been stung before that I could remember. With all that pain you would think I would remember. SO as I gave Joshua instructions on what to do if something happened we sat and waited. Nothing happened except for the fact Joshua was sad for me and told me to leave them alone and wait until winter because then they would just die anyway because it will be too cold for them to live in our front bush anymore! Well I couldn't wait...so I called a real exterminator to get them out for me! They are gone and now my front planters are as done as they are going to get until I pay someone to redo the entire front walk (in my 5 year plan that will happen)!

While all this is going on Rob had been in CA working. He is now DRIVING my car here. Tonight he is in Ohio? Hopefully in CT by late Monday night! The company that was going to ship my car was not all they cracked up to be and sort of backed out after three weeks of telling us someone would be picking the car any day now. Well nobody came to get it and no one was going to come get it...so Rob drove it. I will have the exact mileage soon!

Joshua, Matthew and I have been enjoying the neighbors, the local library, the local pool and park as well as our SPA. (the spa was another project I took on! I have never had to BALANCE water before....that was job! but worth it.)

Danielle will be here on Tuesday for two weeks. My Dad comes to visit for 9 days and then my Mom will come by for a quick visit in the middle of August! We will keep the BLOG updated as much as possible. Keep in touch. God Bless you and keep you safe!