Out With the New and In With the Old (and New)!

On Friday morning they came and picked up all of the rental furniture. They came right at 9:00 and everything was gone by 9:30. They were fast and efficient. It was not only furniture that they took but all of our linens, bedspreads, blankets, plates, knives, forks spoons, bowls, toaster, pans, you get the picture. They were to deliver our old furniture from the house in Kearney at 12:00 noon. Since we didn't have anywhere to sit or anything to do, we decided to go to the store for groceries for the week and to Lowes to get a folding table and chairs to use for a dining room set. While we were checking out at the store, the movers called and were waiting at the apartment. They had arrived early. We rushed home and they got everything carried up and in, in about 30 minutes. We spent the rest of the afternoon unboxing the kitchen stuff and setting up the spare bedroom. We made a list of everything that didn't arrive and headed back to the store to buy them. We didn't realize until late that we didn't have any silverware. We have 20 spatulas, 30 measuring cups and tons of other dishes and hardware, but no silverware. For now we are using plastic. We had our TV but no living room furniture, so we laid on the floor and watched a movie.

Saturday, they delivered the new living room and bedroom furniture. Mom is in love with the furniture. One thing we realized, it was a lot smaller in the store than it is in the apartment! It is huge! It is nice to have our stuff here finally.

Saturday was an absolutely beautiful day. The high temperature was 73 degrees and it was sunny and clear. Friday was also great but Saturday was fantastic. The best day since we have been here. Unfortunately Dad was sick so we didn't get to go out like we would have liked to. There were people here from Taiwan and he took them on a quick waterfall tour and came back home. While driving north on I-5 through downtown, you could see Mt. St. Helens straight ahead and Mt. Hood straight to the east. We have never been able to see them like this before. They we so large and majestic. We did do a little running around but stayed home for the most part. Easter Sunday is overcast and rainy again, but, with what we saw of Saturday's weather, we might be able to adjust after all.