It has been a busy couple of weeks in the McConnell house.
The weekend of February 25 Sheila, Bill T and Todd drove up to help Scott and I clean out our basement. The basement has been growing and growing with “stuff”. There were boxes from Scott’s move from his condo in Somerset and I found my ballet costumes from waaaayyy back (that was a fun box to open!). The weekend went by fast and to reward ourselves for all the hard work we had dinner Sunday night at Harold’s Diner. If you have never been or never heard of Harold’s look on Scott’s, Bill T’s, or my Facebook to see the HUGE deli sandwiches or the HUGE bowl of matza ball soup (my personal fav!). As a second reward Miss G and Bob hitched a ride back to Kentucky to stay at my Dad’s house. THANKS McConnell’s for coming to help get our basement in order and taking the cats to my Dad’s! THANKS Dad and Jill for watching Miss G and Bob!
With the basement and a few pieces of furniture removed Scott and I were able to focus on getting the house ready to put up for sale. On March 11 our house was officially on the market. (Anyone interested in a townhouse in Jersey?)
Also on March 11 we loaded up Scott’s car with Virgil and all his stuff and headed to Kentucky. We spent a great weekend in Kentucky with both families, ate at a few of our favorite places (shout out to Ramsey’s, Shamrock’s and Harry’s!), and caught up with a few friends. Virgil spent the weekend checking out his temporary digs (The McConnell’s house) and Scott and I cleaned out his car to leave in Kentucky to try to sell (anybody interested in a 2005 volvo? Call Scott!) Before we knew it we were flying back to NJ
Once back in New Jersey we did laundry as fast as we could and ran last minunte errands before we started to pack Scott up for his move to Hawaii. Tuesday was spent making sure the house clean and then back on a plane Wednesday to come to Hawaii.
Our apartment was not ready until March 20 so we stayed at the Hilton Vacation Resort. Its is so nice and pretty it was hard to leave. Sunday we spent at the apartment, shopping at Wal-Mart and Target (they sell wine, beer and liquor!) for supplies and Monday (today) we spent running a few more errands and grocery shopping. Oh, did I mention that Scott also had to work? Friday and Monday he had morning conference calls (5:00 am is a little early for me). Shew - we are exhausted but really excited. The apartment was bare and then we bought a few pillows, added some pictures from home, rearrged the furniture and it really looked much better. I think the only thing missing is me! I think Scott would say the only thing missing is Virgil ;-).
So I am sitting in the airport in Honolulu getting ready to board my flight back to New Jersey and I found I had a few mintues to type. Scott and I are excited and ready to both get out here and start our next adventure. It has been a busy few weeks and I am sure there will be more but being out here just makes us realize that this was an awesome choice for us...
Tempatures
Somerset NJ 35
Lexington KY 58
Honolulu HI 82
