Moving and Packing...it's REAL!

This process was freakin' amazing...the packers showed up about 9am and went to town. Then while they were packing up EVERYTHING the TV packers came and built a box for my plasma TV. Then about 11:30 the movers showed up with a HUGE truck. They loaded everything we owned into the truck and were gone by 3pm. They do NOT mess around that's for sure. Needless to say, with two large dogs and a lot of "no packer" stuff to pack, the 4-Runner was stuffed to the gills! Check it out. Oh yeah, and while we are trying to load up the car, the floor guy showed up and started sanding our hardwood floors, that's right, just as we leave we get the floors refinished...lucky renter!

and the 4-runner stuffed!


the BIG truck...we filled about 1/4 of it



Custom built TV box

Living room in the works

Kitchen all packed up, well almost

Best Surprise EVER

so the special ladies in my life organized a surprise happy hour at the Del for me...lead by Christine, we had a fabulous time, uninterrupted by any unwelcome company! All the ladies I loved were around me. they spent a lot of time gathering pictures of all our fun memories in SD and made a mug for me to take with me and see their smiling faces every day. on top of that a couple got me special gifts, personalized dog tags with our new address (thank you Tammie) and a web cam so I can skype with all my loved ones...virtual wine night ;-) thank you all so much, i miss you every day
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The whole group.


Nensi and I


Me and Katie


Me and Dominica


Tammie, me and Christine


Me and Devarae (you so pretty :-))

So Far Behind...

I don't even know where to start...I'll just post pictures and then fill in gaps...let's start with the going away party in the park. I had a WONDERFUL time, so many awesome people showed up, more than i could have asked for. I was randomly taking pictures so forgive me if they aren't the best or if I'm not featured in a lot of them. Thank you to everyone that came to send us off in style. Next to come, surprise happy hour, the movers, tucker's ouchy, move in to SJ, and a quick trip to San Francisco.

Portion of Party 'Go-ers'

Baby Girl Elizabeth


Jessi, Noah, Tammie and George


Kien, Nensi, and Moi

Shalyce and Lexi

Dyl-bug, me and Kalena (aka Jenn Steen)

See the crowd! Beautiful Day

Sabrina and Lily with their B's

Talking football with the boys, Mychal, Kyle and Mario is back there somewhere

Thursday night

well not playing basketball sucks! stupid broken hand :-( so it's also really starting to sink in that we are packing up and moving in...tomorrow will be exactly one week till we drive up to sj. seems like it would never get here and now it's on top of me. it's such a bittersweet feeling. i love my life here but can't wait to see what life has in store for me back up north. it feels like this has been a whirlwind trip to SD, i got here almost exactly 5 years ago...and oh that's right i was only supposed to be here 6-9 months. good thing i stayed. between that time and now i have:

1. reconnected with my sister (i love you and will miss you most)
2. met my "future husband" (technically i met him in Sacramento, right hayes?!)
3. bought two houses
4. adopted a beautiful puppy for life sequoia
5. spent quality time at the beach with tucker man
6. traveled to a country i didn't even know existed (Albania)
7. met "my person"
8. bought and paid off my first car all on my own
9. passed my pe
10. broke my first bone
11. lived through a total renovation of my house
12. became a landlord
13. deepened old friendships and made amazing new ones
14. parted ways with some of my favorite people, bummer but that's life
15. became an "auntie" to multiple gorgeous children (way too many to name but it brings such joy to my heart to see them smile when they see me)
16. held an officer position in a professional organization
17. helped win an 8 million dollar job
18. got my first "major" car crash and had to beg my car out of the totalled pile
19. learned "voodoo" - right loomis???
20. won the first annual tacky sweater party
21. discovered i love taking pictures
22. found out i'm addicted to books and used book stores
23. traveled to seattle 3-4 times
24. the list goes on and on...

GOD...i'm going to miss San Diego and all my family here. please come visit me and i love you...what a great life i have, right? i can't wait to see my list for the next 5 years :-)

Dad's Visit

So my dad came this weekend to help us get the final items checked off our to do list for the move. He was so helpful, we got tons done! With my hand being out of commission for a little while he did so much to help. We put up a new motion light in the alley, planted bushes along the fence and side yard, painted the side door, fixed the irrigation, got rid of old paint, completed the final prep for the moulding, fixed a few outlets...is that enough??? Oh yeah...prepped the yard for new grass. But most importantly, he filled in on the beach volleyball team in my absence, stupid hand. Although he did excellent on the court he hurt his knee and limped around the rest of the visit. I think he'll be OK, but sucks to be hurt. And then at my sister's house last night, while checking on the new dog gate he built he unknowingly stepped off the porch to the steps being moved and went down. 3 foot drop! scraped his knew and sliced his hand....good thing he is headed home, SD seems to have it out for him!

I can't wait to see my parents again very soon. They are meeting us at our new house in San Jose in two weekends to help us get settled in. We will be painting and sprucing the place up in preparation to our stuff being delivered. The movers come on the 26th to pack, load on the 27th and we drive up to the bay on the 28th.

We found a tenant for our house...THANK GOD!!! one big item off my list of worries. Now if my little house will just behave itself for her, we'll be in good shape.

Not sure if anyone looks at this blog anymore but if you do enjoy the volleyball pictures...

soo...

to go with the move i get to deal with this...what does everyone think...i talk to the hand doctor on fixes tomorrow. I got the middle finger snagged in basketball last week and it definitely snapped. I'm just glad I'm not a certifiable wussy...i'll let everyone know what the doctor says...

San Jose House

Here are some pictures to our rental house in San Jose...I'll include the link so you can see more...oh and the links after that are for the colors we are going to paint. Enjoy

http://picasaweb.google.com/chanse2100/SJVisit?feat=directlink

http://www.myperfectcolor.com/Match-of-Pittsburgh-Paints-355-1-Kiwi-Splash-p/mpc0064665.htm - master bedroom

http://www.myperfectcolor.com/Match-of-Walmart-95152-Metro-Mauve-p/mpc0085278.htm - bathroom (what we have now)

http://www.myperfectcolor.com/Benjamin-Moore-2022-70-Creme-Brulee-p/mpc0004178.htm - kitchen and dining room walls

http://www.myperfectcolor.com/Match-of-Dulux-Brick-Red-p/mpc0057235.htm - 1 wall next to fireplace

http://www.myperfectcolor.com/Benjamin-Moore-OC-18-Dove-Wing-p/mpc_bm_oc-18.htm - rest of walls in fireplace room, and other walls