Seriously, the packing is AWFUL!!!

     Well, as of Monday morning at 9:00, the packing has finally really begun. Mom has come over the past two days and we have worked like trojans for 6 hours each day, and after those 6 hours, Mom hobbles home and I collapse in my recliner. We are spent...Austin Powers ain't got nothing on us. Mom is the master packer of houses, since she has helped Marigayle pack up and move 47 times. Yes, that number is true. I am not making it up. Promise.

     And Mom is twice the work horse I am...she has crazy wild arm strength for a woman 72 years old. She is 20 years older than me and she was running circles around the 52 year old ME. She is amazing. I hope and pray her health stays good as she really has at least another 20 years left in her, even though she thinks she will only last about 10 more years...those were her words, not mine. Mind you, all of her relatives have lived into their 90's, so I just know Mom will be right there with them all. 

     Every single room is now officially torn up. We have 2 forks that aren't packed, and some paper plates to eat off of. I have a small skillet and cookie sheet left out and we still have a microwave to cook with. The big caravan will be leaving on Saturday, the 7th, but Caleb and I are staying behind till the 13th. It is going to be mighty empty in this house with all the stuff gone. Luckily, Marigayle bought much of our furniture so it will still be here. Caleb will go on an air mattress and I will sleep in the "pink bed" that Marigayle also bought. 

     Ryan and Jon are packing like crazy, too, and we will be living with them in their duplex until our home is ready on the 6th of August. Since Caleb and I are flying later in the week, we are in charge of all problems that might happen while the caravan in moving across America. I will look for food and hotels along the way, and will alert James to weather conditions and such. I will try to be a help, and not a hindrance. Sometimes I am a pain in the pants...or at least that's what James says!

     Our 4th of July will be spent packing, and that is just fine with us all. This time next year we will be in Juneau for the 4th, and we have heard that Juneau throws a great party for the holiday. 

God Bless America! (and God--can you bless our little family as we prepare to caravan to Alaska? )

We need all the help we can get!