So I’ve got my monitor set up *beside* me, rather than in front of me, as I’m stuck on the couch with a small table for a typing platform. The monitor is on a shelf, right near the window; while I have to deal with sun issues daily, the view is worth it. Apparently, Finnigan is of the same opinion; you see him here, watching a squirrel intently.. 

I got up this morning, and found art up on the living room wall.  This is awesome!

These are paintings done by my older daughter.  Before the move, we talked about what we wanted to put up on the walls once my mother’s stuff was down (which still isn’t finished, but we are getting there…). I told her that, aside from the photos we had, I wanted more of her art up.  

These, with green and gold, are perfect beside the umbrella tree and gold framed mirror.

Love it!  I look forward to more!

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It has taken me forever to get a good shot of Rolando Moon.  He She is constantly moving!

Rolando Moon does not approve of Beep Beep’s methods of keeping the toes warm.

Bonus Mothman shot.

Strrrreeeetttccchhh…

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Got some pictures of the damage done.

They were really lucky the pole broke, and not the wire!

They tore up the driveway quite a bit.

Even at the gate.

They even went into the ditch a bit.

I never imagined a few inches of snow would be too much for the truck. It’s not like they don’t drive through snow all the time!

The driveway is what it is.  It’s not going to be a problem.  That only the pole will need to be replaced, and not the roof is good.  Very fortunate no one got electrocuted.

The latch on our screen door got broken, too.  It can close, but the bottom part broke off, so it turns on the remaining top screw.  I have discovered it opens in the wind.

Ah, well.

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Some time after I posted our saga of the movers earlier today, we got a call back from them.

They will be here on Saturday (today is Wednesday). !!!

They will load the truck tomorrow, but only once they are paid in full, by 5pm Thursday.

I’ve already sent the maximum my bank allows for etransfers. Received and acknowledged. Tomorrow, I send them the remaining balance.

Hopefully, all will go well, and we will have our stuff in three days.

We still have lots to do, but most importantly, we have furniture to move out. Then, Saturday morning, we take the current beds out. 

The girls had to rearrange the shed to make room for it all.  People have been putting things in There, willy nilly, for a long time. No one was thinking an entire house would end up in there.

Tomorrow, we take the mirror off my mom’s big dresser, then figure out how to fit it in the van.

Too bad we don’t have a trailer hitch we could hook a trailer up to, like we originally planned. 😕

Meanwhile, we hauled another load to the shed as well. The cold has my van making a horrible whining noise. I am so paranoid out the engine failing or something. When our last vehicle died, we went a month without a vehicle.  That was extremely difficult, and my husband had to cancel medical appointments because taking the bus was too painful.  Being as isolated as we are, losing our vehicle would be a major blow. This vehicle is older than our last one, with a lot of miles on it. It was all we could afford, and the dealership screwed us over. Our mechanic assured us the engine was sound (we had a lot of other work that needed to be done, just to make it roadworthy). 

But I am still paranoid.

We shall see.

Meanwhile, I am so looking forward to sleeping on our own mattresses again.  I might even be able to stop taking pain killers before bed.

Nah. Who am I kidding? Lol

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There was a large framed mirror we were not sure what to do with. We decided to just hang it back in the same place, oriented differently.  The base is now much closer to the floor than before.

Then we put my big umbrella tree in front of it.

A chair had been set aside where the plant is now, and once the plant was in place, it just got tucked out of the way beside it.

Later, our darling mama cat was on the chair, and decided to jump into…

A cat’s eye view…

That new space behind the plant.

Straight into the mirror.

She then ignominiously ran away.

Silly girl.

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So every once in a while, Winter puts on a really nice gown… 

P.