Order Amid the Chaos

You wouldn't know

that on the perimeter

of this calm scene

are towers of 

boxes

boxes

boxes

boxes

Boxes

I tell ya:

millions of boxes.

xx

Settling In

Beginning to feel 'official':

have license plates and driver's license!

Zipping down the 'to do' list, changing:

health/auto/home insurance

doctor, dentist

address 

email

phone

internet server

utility companies

yada yada

(half of those to be done again

in the spring when we move

to more permanent quarters

but still here in Maine)

But in the midst of to-doing

have the chance to

bake a pie with granddaughter

and that is yummmmmm.

You bake anything this week?

With anyone?

xx

Maine Move, continued

The main reason we moved

to Maine

was to follow

the beloved grandchildren

who also recently moved

to Maine

and another good reason

was

this:

a seemingly endless

coastline

of

endless beauty.

I think we're going to

love

it

here.

Have you moved lately?

Do you want to?

Are you already where you most want to be?

xx

Welcome to Maine

Maine!

We made it

officially

our new turf.

Having a little challenge

updating emails

so if your comment has not yet been posted

that is why.

My blog is not yet talking to me.

Maybe it didn't want to move.

I will convince it.

Stay tuned.

xx

The Impending Move

Where have I been?  What have I been doing?

See last post for book tour hopping details.

The tour for The Great Unexpected was mostly awesome:  amazing students and librarians and teachers and independent bookstores.  I mean:  a-maz-ing! I'm so full of all that book love and wish that those who want to cut school library budgets would step into these schools and see the beauty of what can happen with a great librarian, a 'real' library, and 'real' books.

The hardest part of the tour is always the travel - the airport and airplane slog - the sneezing, coughing crowds; the long lines; the delays; the wait, wait, waiting.  My body revolts.  It takes weeks to recover.

But now I'm home and here is what is happening:

We are packing, packing, packing!  It's crazyville here.  We've sold our house in western New York state and are moving to Maine.

Maine!

We are following the grandchildren, who have recently moved there.  (With their parents, yes.)

Here are three things we have discovered:

1.  We have way too many books.
2.  Boxes of books are very heavy.
3.  We have a hard time getting rid of any books.

You, too?  Too many books?  Hard time letting them go?

xx