Seems like ages since I posted last. So much has happened. We had Thanksgiving at Nancy and Dan's up in Chicago, and just yesterday, Wednesday, we helped Bill and Epril move out and into their new apartment in Punta Gorda. It's been busy!
I guess I'll go in chronological order. We had a non-stop flight from Ft. Myers into O'Hare airport. We had expected a lot of traffic, delays. None of which materialized. We had some expected traffic into the city on Wednesday late afternoon. Our nonstop flight on Sunday evening left at 6:15PM and was completely uneventful and a delight. No traffic or crowds at the airport. Got back here at midnight Sunday evening.
Dan's parents, Jane and Scott, visited also, but stayed at their other son,Jeff and fiancee Nina's apartment which was close by. They'd gone to Cape Cod to visit her relatives, so they had the apartment to themselves.
Dan cooked Thanksgiving dinner. No one was allowed in the kitchen while the chef worked...for a day and a half - the dinner was outstanding. Turkey, of course, with all the fixings. Nancy made home-made cranberry jelly. Jane and I set the table with the tablecloth and napkins I'd gotten Nancy from China and her Gram's silver and Haviland china. And we all did the clean up afterwards. Except for Dan of course! The rule of the game: the cook does not clean up.
To stay out of Dan's way on Thanksgiving morning, we all (Jane, Scott, Evie (2), Vincent (6), Paul, I and Nancy) went to a place called Pump it Up.
It was a fun house filled with all kind of air jumping houses/slides, a climbing wall, riding toys. Evie and Vincent had been there for a birthday party before and when we opened the door, Evie gave out a screech of delight. We had to grab her and take her sneakers off first. She was so excited, fearless and invincible.
Jane went in some of the mazes with her at first, but soon realized that Evie was content to do everything herself. Vincent tried the climbing wall and did quite well. He also loved the other apparatus. Adults could sit on plenty of sofas, chairs and have coffee too. Nancy is in her sixth and 1/2 month, looking pregnant. There were a lot of people there Thanksgiving morning - doing the same thing we were doing - staying out of the cook's way! Lots of fun.
Epril mentioned to me that her mother, Nila, reads my blog to learn about what's happening to them, so I'm happy to report, Nila that they've moved into their new apartment as of Wednesday.
Bill and Epril had been packing up and moving things in Paul's van, down to their new apartment in Punta Gorda while we were in Chicago. The van held a lot of things and they got a lot of furniture moved. They made numerous (four?) trips back and forth while we were gone.
Yesterday we spent packing up all that was left, and in the afternoon, we drove down to the apartment to unloaded stuff. It was a 45 minute trip on I75.
Epril and I made up the twin beds with sheets, pillows , after Paul put the second one together. The first one, they'd moved beforehand and was set up. So we knew they'd be able to "fall into bed" when the time came and I helped put food in the fridge/freezer.
Their apartment is very nice - it actually seems larger than our villa here in Circlewoods. We were very impressed.
As you walk into the living room - the small galley kitchen is in the back. They have three bedrooms - master and bath with a huge walk-in closet on one side and two nice-sized bedrooms on the other side with a bathroom there. There are plenty of closet spaces to do with as they like. They have an end unit - next to them is a nice grassy area. The pool is not too far away. Looked like lots of kids around. There is a playground. There was a dog across the street barking through the screen window which could be a problem, but they'll deal with it.
Bill's office is in the smaller of the two bedrooms, and our sofa-bed and a loveseat are in the third bedroom. He spent the time in his office, getting his computer hooked up, table up.
As we were getting ready to leave, the Comcast man came to hook up the cable for Bill's computer. Naturally they forgot stuff here at the woods edge. . .Bill called this morning to list the things they'd forgotten. They're coming up Saturday to pick them up. He also said unhappily, the Comcast man couldn't get him started and would be coming back again today. So he couldn't work last night. Hope it all is okay. But that's moving for you. . . things happen unexpectedly.
What a domino effect: We gave Bill and Epril our green sofa bed, which they moved and put in their third bedroom. So- we took the sofa bed we have in the computer room into the living room. (It looks very nice.) But there's a bare wall in the computer room now where it was, that needs a sofa/futon. We stopped at a Futon store in Port Charlotte on the way home, just looking. We're going to go other places before we decide which to buy.
Paul went to the dermatologist this morning to have the pre-cancerous spot on his nose taken care of. Paul said it wasn't necessary for me to go, and I had things to do here and decided not to go with him. It didn't take long, and before I knew it he was home. The doctor suggested that he not have pictures taken for Christmas, as he'll probably have a red nose. (It looks fine now.)
Paul is in the guest room (now) painting the walls a pretty light avocado. Debbie, our cleaning lady, has been here and done her magic. We've ordered twin bed mattresses and frames for there. We'll get a bedroom suite soon enough.
Paul said he talked with Lue over Thanksgiving. She had dinner with Sharon, Dave, and the family. Sounded like she had a good time. Paul said she said she used a walker now rather than a cane because it was more comfortable. I'm glad she found something that would help her. We hope she's doing well still.
Paul worked a long time on my computer to see if he could get my e-mail up and running. It seems I could send, but not receive. It seems to be working well, so if you've sent me anything important between November 21st and yesterday, the 28th, I did not receive it. I lost all info from that time period. You may want to send it again.
There's always more to write, it seems, but time runs out. It's lunchtime and I'm hungry, so I'm sure Paul is!
That's all the news from the woods edge - how're things in your neck o' the woods?
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