moving day/week

Wow, it feels so great to be in my new house.  EVERYBODY has been helping I am so thankful.

David and Deziree got here on Thursday afternoon and Rich showed up on Friday morning at 8 a.m.  They loaded up all of the stuff that my mom that I would need to stay in the new house... our beds, clothing, supplies and of course our dogs.  Stanley, Janet and the kids plus one showed up on Friday evening and by Saturday everybody was wildly unpacking while I was just trying to stay out of everybody's way.  I sure did have a lot of stuff but it's understandable going from a three-bedroom to a two-bedroom so needless to say I had to get rid of a lot of stuff, I really hate to part with my stuff but I did it at it really didn't hurt too bad.  we just put the stuff in the garage and sometime soon we are going to have a big garage sale and that I won't have to look at it or think about it anymore.

Stanley, Janet and the kids one went home on Sunday evening and Janet and Corinne will be on Thursday.  Rich, Vanessa and Luana have come by every day to unpack the remaining of the boxes and put up my drapes that Janet, Deziree and I picked out at Bed Bath and Beyond, everything really looks great and I am so thrilled.

The only thing that didn't go smoothly is the installation of my computer and Multimedia Max.  Multimedia Max is a computer program that basically runs your house by voice command or using the mouse on your computer.  Multimedia Max turns on and off lights, open and close its doors, answers the telephone, changes the channel on the television, currents and the heater/air conditioner... basically anything that you can run with x10.  First of all David could not get the computer to boot up so after a trip to Circuit City and to Santa Cruz computer store I got that fixed but that was having a problem with the infrared but finally got that fixed tonight. tomorrow David Jeff are going to finish up and we will finally be settled in our new place.

Brodie doesn't know what to think.  All of her stuff is here but she keeps looking at me like she's ready to get into the van and go home.  We went for a long walk today down to the animal Hospital to see if they were accepting new clients but we didn't end up going in so I'll probably go back tomorrow.

So far my new caregivers are working out GREAT.  Cassie, the evening caregiver, lives right across the street and she is a really great girl.  She is young but very mature for her age, her mom and step Dad are both emergency room nurses in Watsonville. she picked up the routine really quick and is always willing to do what she can to help.  Christina, the morning caregiver, is also young but does have some experience.  The lady that was supposed to start the morning caregiver job lost her mother and had to go back to Mexico to take care of things there.  Charlie brought out a cleaning agency to do the final cleaning that he was familiar with and recommended for the final clean.  We were going to use the cleaning girls that our neighbors to use and when we interviewed them they did not speak English so the agency that Charlie use ended up interpreting for us and later came back and said that he would like to put in a bid.  They also did yard work and maintenance and laundry and would change the birds cages once a week... pretty much everything I need.  My Aunt jokingly asked them if they happened to know of a caregiver and the man said, "as a matter of fact, my daughter".  Everything worked out great and I have the best family in the world.