Adventure in moving recap...
Hi all,
We are pretty well moved in and I have begun my new ministry here in Columbia, IL.
I thought I would share with you all how it went down.
So, back in November we had the vote, signed the contract and scrambled to get everything packed and ready. We spent Thanksgiving afternoon and evening in the Northern Chicago suburbs visiting Kelly, Jill and the kids and being fed incredibly well by Stacy and Charlie (Jill's sister and brother)... Friday the 23rd: more packing; picking up the U-haul trailer (for things we needed to have with us and things the movers wouldn't take); oh and a wedding rehearsal. Saturday the 24th: more packing; a wedding and reception. Sunday the 25th: Sunday School, Worship, farewell lunch and open house til 3pm; more packing; begin loading vehicles and the trailer. Monday the 26th: the moving crew arrives at 8:30am, loads up and leaves by 12:30. We finished loading, cleaned the house a little, picked up the kids from school and drove south. Nicole, Casey and Murphy the Beagle in the van; Kristian and I in my Saturn Vue pulling a trailer as big as the Vue... Now, the Vue normally gets a little better than 22mpg, but on this trip I got 15. We got into Columbia about 10:30pm and settled into the parsonage which had not yet warmed up (we had space heaters provided by a search committee member) for the night. Tuesday we unloaded what we had brought with us and worked on things we could get done before our stuff arrived, and got rid of the trailer. Wednesday the 28th: the moving crew arrives at 8:30, moves our stuff in and is gone by 12:30 - Wow! Bekins is the best moving company we ever had. Since then we have been unpacking - and decorating for Christmas - and reconnecting with family and friends down here.
The whole thing was nuts, but we took very little damage to us or our stuff... I'm not sure this even qualifies as an adventure except for the way we pulled it together and pulled it off so quickly. We amazed each other, Nicole was awesome at getting stuff organized and packed and so on... so, here we are!
That's all for now,
Kristofer
We are pretty well moved in and I have begun my new ministry here in Columbia, IL.
I thought I would share with you all how it went down.
So, back in November we had the vote, signed the contract and scrambled to get everything packed and ready. We spent Thanksgiving afternoon and evening in the Northern Chicago suburbs visiting Kelly, Jill and the kids and being fed incredibly well by Stacy and Charlie (Jill's sister and brother)... Friday the 23rd: more packing; picking up the U-haul trailer (for things we needed to have with us and things the movers wouldn't take); oh and a wedding rehearsal. Saturday the 24th: more packing; a wedding and reception. Sunday the 25th: Sunday School, Worship, farewell lunch and open house til 3pm; more packing; begin loading vehicles and the trailer. Monday the 26th: the moving crew arrives at 8:30am, loads up and leaves by 12:30. We finished loading, cleaned the house a little, picked up the kids from school and drove south. Nicole, Casey and Murphy the Beagle in the van; Kristian and I in my Saturn Vue pulling a trailer as big as the Vue... Now, the Vue normally gets a little better than 22mpg, but on this trip I got 15. We got into Columbia about 10:30pm and settled into the parsonage which had not yet warmed up (we had space heaters provided by a search committee member) for the night. Tuesday we unloaded what we had brought with us and worked on things we could get done before our stuff arrived, and got rid of the trailer. Wednesday the 28th: the moving crew arrives at 8:30, moves our stuff in and is gone by 12:30 - Wow! Bekins is the best moving company we ever had. Since then we have been unpacking - and decorating for Christmas - and reconnecting with family and friends down here.
The whole thing was nuts, but we took very little damage to us or our stuff... I'm not sure this even qualifies as an adventure except for the way we pulled it together and pulled it off so quickly. We amazed each other, Nicole was awesome at getting stuff organized and packed and so on... so, here we are!
That's all for now,
Kristofer
posted by Kristofer @ 2:54 PM
1 Comments:
At 8:08 AM ,
Anonymous said...
wow! sounds crazy! its good nothing went wrong, you wouldn't have had time to deal with it! can't wait to visit in 2 weeks! love ya
miah
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