a blog by any other name...

it's been a month and a few days since we drove the 12 or so hours from our home in Houston to our new/old home of Abbotsford.

for 12 hours or so we had the beautiful view of a 24 foot u-haul holding all possessions driving in front of us. Mike and I took this scene in, looked at each other and then wished ourselves a Happy Anniversary. the finish of year number four of our marriage and the start of year number five was celebrated with the start of another adventure... on the road again...

one thing that comes with moving from a house to an apartment is the realisation that you have way too much stuff. and I thought I dejunked before I moved. almost all of my books and a good portion of kitchen items are currently stashed at Mike's grandparents house. the temporary loss of my books is hard to take. sometimes a thought or a phrase comes to you and you need to read it in context. or you see something on a show or a discussion comes up and you want to verify facts (yes, I do go to books before I go to the net, call me old fashioned). but who knows if I'll miss the boxes of kitchen gadgets? we don't have a firm timeline for buying a house, so it could be six months or so before those things are unearthed.

August has come and gone in a whirlwind of activity with family and friends. siblings from out of town have come and gone, their presence making a week or two or three go by that much more quickly (sadly enough - why does time seem to move faster just at those moments when you want it to stand still or lag a bit and when you need it go slowly it takes its merry way with you and possibly your sanity) ...dinners, visits to the lake or waterslides, coffee in the afternoons, or just hanging out...

along with the move comes a new blog... the northern chapter of our lives is over... we have said goodbye to Houston and all of our dearly loved friends and church and family there... we knew we had to move there and we knew we had to move from there... but we will always carry a bit of the Bulkley Valley with us...