Almost Gone

I am sitting in the sunshine of our bedroom, on the mattress on the floor.  The room is flooded with sunlight.  I love that about our bedroom.  Our house is empty but for the bed and a couple of folding tables and chairs.  It has been a marathon effort to get all of our stuff packed up.  We have way too much!  How did that happen when we've only been here a little over 5 years?

With the house and yard packed up there has been a noticeable change in Layne's demeanor.  He is calm and slept all night last night.  The stress and worry is lifting.  Thanks to our neighbors Ernie and Bev Trutner, we are just about ready to walk away from our dream house.  They have helped and supported us all week long.  Others have come to help also.  I'm so thankful for good people.

Me and Lori Nielsen, who used to be our babysitter and is still
a dear friend.  She showed up to help us pack, and what a help she was!

Dinner at Eyres, with my birthday cake in the foreground.  If
you look closely you can see the "70" on top.  

Some of the Eyre dinner gang:  (sitting) Jana Grant (her hub Peter took the picture), Audrey,
Cliff, Mart Peterson, (back) Hedy Eyre (her hub Chris was sick), me, Linda Peterson.  Layne
went home sick also.  I think he was sick with exhaustion.  By morning he was fine.

Audrey and Cliff are gone as of yesterday. They spent their first night in their new home in Mountain House last night.  It is haunting to walk through our home, once filled with life, and feel the emptiness.  I am comforted by the excitement of our buyers, who love this place and are anxious to move in.  Knowing how happy they are makes our departure much easier.  Not that I am mourning too much.  Idaho is beginning to sound a little exciting.  By Thursday we will be there, once again sleeping on our mattress until the rest of our things arrive a couple of weeks later.

I almost forgot to mention that I had a birthday last Friday.  I turned 70!  Wow.  Not sure how that happened so soon.  Friends Hedy and Chris Eyre had a dinner/birthday celebration for me on Friday.  Lots of fun to be with friends.  So not only do we have a new home in the wings but also a new decade.  

Life brings many surprises.  Our new adventure is about to begin.