Two Men and a Truck

Hi....it's been a while, I know. We've not had internet access since we moved (again), so I'm having to rely on Paul's Verizon wireless access when he comes home from work. And it's not always been reliable. Who knows if this will even manage to be posted!

This weekend marked yet another move for Paul and me (I think I've moved 6 times in 7 1/2 years of marriage). My mom has learned not to put our address in ink in her address book and who could blame her! We are now in a more permanent lease in Palatine, IL (minimum of 6 months, but probably closer to 12). It's a newly built 2 bedroom, 3.5 bath townhouse with a 2 car garage. We have about 2,000 square feet of living space and have taken up just about every inch of it.

We took possession of the townhouse on Thursday. I was a bit annoyed that the space had not been cleaned....the kitchen and bathrooms were gross and there was drywall dust everywhere. My preference would have been to get this cleaned up prior to moving in, but there wasn't time. The moving company delivered our belongings on Friday morning. The guys did a great job bringing our stuff in and were thrilled that there was very little damage to our furniture (something we've heard horror stories about). We're missing a bracket to put the mirror on our dresser and we haven't found our wet/dry vacuum or kitchen broom yet, but other than that, things are coming along quite nicely. It's been interesting trying to find room for everything (an organizational challenge), but it gives me a good excuse to get rid of stuff that we don't use.

We've taken pictures but don't have access to them at the moment....stay tuned for that. And a special thanks to Elise's grandparents who were gracious enough to watch the girls in our small Schaumburg apartment while we moved in. While there was still much to be done, we accomplished enough to allow Elise to feel 'at home' when she arrived for the first time on Saturday.

That's all for now. We have space for guests and are now taking reservations. Who wants to come to Chicago for a visit?