What a Week!

Not much time for blogging this week!  My dad returned to Masonic Homes on Wednesday after spending 3 days in Intermediate Intensive Care.  Fortunately, the infection never reached his bloodstream, but he was very sick.  The antibiotics did their thing, but it will take another week or so before they expect him to be feeling back to his good old self!  It is amazing how quickly he did "bounce back" and we all feel very blessed.  So, there was a lot of time spent at the hospital throughout his time there, but we were just glad we were able to be there.

We got the key to our new "home" on Tuesday evening around 6:30 and took 2 trips there with the SRV filled with things.  By the time we returned home, we were exhausted, but excited.  The new place looked great with the fresh paint and all new carpet.

Wednesday and Thursday were spent taking things to the apartment and trying to get ready for our garage sale.  The hours you spend getting ready for the sale are incredible.  You think you will never get done sorting, pricing (the worst part), and setting up for the sale.  We advertised the sale to start at 7 AM and there were several buyers outside right after 6.  It has been raining off and on all week with very little sun, so we had everything in the garage and on the porch.  But, Ken went out at 6 to start setting things in the driveway - it wasn't raining!  Amazing!!!!!    It was a very successful venture and I appreciated my sister's help and the support of many of our friends.  It started to rain at 1 and the sale ended abruptly.  By then we were tired and ready to be done!  After all, we get to do it all over again tomorrow morning!

We finished getting everything packed up in the basement for the antique auction and for the apartment.  We are excited to be just about finished in that area.  We hope to take additions things to the apartment on either Saturday or Sunday.  It will just feel so great to have the garage sale behind us.  Whatever isn't sold tomorrow will go to Goodwill or to a sale at my sister's Church!