I'm back

Happy New Year.

I am back. I have been incredibly busy moving--I made 2 round trips from Maryland with the rest of my stuff. I had no idea how much I have. But, as Audrey has pointed out, I don't just have my stuff, I have stuff that belongs to her, to David, to my mother and father, and to my brother. That is stuff from 6 people. Yikes! But, I am slowly getting it all organized and the process feels like an onion, with many layers.

The trips up were mostly uneventful. Audrey and Santiago were unbelieveably helpful packing the big 17 foot truck. Audrey kept saying, "Don't worry, Mom. I have a plan." And they kept shooing me away so they could concentrate on getting the monster packed. When we got up here, they unpacked fast and efficiently. They were miracule workers.

Then, we had the fun of putting things away. Santiago put together some of the big pieces of furniture, such as the trundle bed and David's platform bed, which is officially in storage here, but I am using it anyhow.

Audrey and I would discuss placement of things and, before I knew it, changes would be made!

After Christmas, I made a trek down to Maryland to get the rest of my stuff and my friend Lynn came back with me. We got everything and then had several days to recuperate. We had fun just reading and chilling and she went home January 3. She promises to return when it isn't so cold, maybe after mud season or in the fall.

I've spent most of this week hunkering down. It has snowed a couple of times but I did get out to the Brattleboro Food Co-op and to the fitness center to work out, as if shovelling snow and moving boxes around aren't working out (silly me). The chimney sweep came on Tuesday to clean my wood stove and teach me how to use it.

And I decided I have neglected my blog long enough.