New Happenings

Disclaimer (I don't normally write this much, but it was quite the experience.) It's been so long since I posted, but it has been a very busy month. We just moved to Idaho. Yes, in the middle of the freezing weather. Byron was offered a really great job that we just couldn't pass up. It happened really fast and has been full of ups and a lot of downs. We made the decision and with in a week and a half, Byron left to drive to Idaho. It was snowing and his car broke down in Beaver, UT. He had to stay the night because the roads were closed ahead of him. A very nice couple from SLC took him as far as there the next day, and his Dad met him to take him the rest of the way. Ok, so I thought, crisis experienced, hopefully smooth sailing. Ha Ha! My original plan was to stay with the kids in CA until Christmas, then we would move during the holidays. But after looking at all our options, we decided Thanksgiving was a better time, but only a week and a half away. We were able to have a moving company do all the packing, which I thought would be great. So, the day before Thanksgiving they show up, 2 days early mind you, and pack up our tiny apartment of stuff. More stuff then we had planned, so of course, more money then we had estimated. Ok, I'll take it, I didn't have to try and do it on my own. Byron's company flew him back to CA and we had a nice drive back to Idaho. I started to work the next day looking at houses to rent. We figured with the difference in cost of living between ID and CA we could upgrade. I was discouraged by the first places I looked at though. In the end, we were lucky and found a really great place about 4 times the space we had in CA. We snatched it up. Then we just had to wait for our stuff to arrive. Not a big problem, except that the moving company kept telling us a time and then it didn't happen. But on top of that, I had to stand up to a really rude man to solve some payment issues. Finally, we have a sure appointment for delivery, 8:00 am and the temp is -17 degrees. I was so cold standing there directing where everything was to be put. It went pretty fast, but there were broken items, and as I unpacked I found even more broken things. So, the big truck pulls away and I go into the house and Byron is yelling for me to find towels. The toilet overflows and then backs up into the other toilet and two bathtubs. Luckily, the rental agency had someone there to look at it within 10 min. A bright spot, finally. But he has to bring in his big auger and send it down the pipes. Then we find water pouring out of a heat vent in the family room downstairs. Yeah, I know. Come to find out there was an unusually big blockage. Ice? We don't know. Hopefully from here it will be a little less exciting. Kallie had a few days in her new school and Byron is enjoying his job, especially the flexibility with time that it has given him. I don't have my cords unpacked so I will post pics when I can find them, but my mother in law took some great pics of the kids in the snow yesterday. ( http://bonkersycarax.blogspot.com/) I have one week to get a little settled and then the kids and I are off; back to CA for Christmas vacation. Crazy I know. Byron will join us for part of it. I roped my parents into a road trip with us. Hopefully we'll have enough electronic devices to keep the kids happy. Three legs of a 14 hour drive in one month, what was I thinking?