Movin' on out . . .

Yep, that's right . . . we just found out we have to be out of our house by Thanksgiving weekend! We thought it might be soon, but not that soon! Yikes! Life has been a whirlwind apart from thinking about moving, . . . and now it's really a whirlwind :).

Last Wednesday I got a call from our landlord, who really is the most wonderful guy to deal with -- honestly -- but, he said they are doing a major push to get the house finished by Nov. 9th. You can see the kitchen is coming along (in the top picture). So, he hoped we could move in the next weekend though (the 17th) -- yikes! We'll actually be away that weekend for a seminar Brian has about 2 hours from here. Brian can't miss it, and we have our hotel booked already. So, that weekend is out.

So, it's the week of Thanksgiving . . . when tons of family and friends will be in town . . . which is a blessing and I curse I think. We'd love to chill and spend time relaxing with everyone, but I don't forsee this Thanksgiving being quite like that :). Maybe they'll all help us . . . hee, hee. I really need to get cracking on the packing scene.

It seems like this is the busiest time of year for us with other things, like this weekend for instance. On Friday night, we had Brian's brother Mike's birthday party at our house -- dinner for 12. It was a fun time and well worth the work. Then, Saturday was helping church friends move and providing lunch for all the movers. And, the evening was girl's Bible study with dinner and dessert. And, next weekend is one-thing-to-the-next too. We'll figure out how to pack one of these days :).

Part of the birthday peeps, I'm where the flash is :)
Mike excitedly blowing out his birthday candles
Mike and his framed Dawkin's jersey