The wild flowers below were taken on our way to Ma’s funeral. We hit a huge traffic jam along the way where we came to a complete stop for a little more than an hour. When driving at a snails pace these wild flowers begged to be captured. The spring blossoms and colors were positively breathtaking.

Below is a family photo in the church where Ma attended. After the funeral service, the gals at this church prepared a wonderful southern meal for us including some of the best homemade cornbread I’ve ever had. The only two grandchildren who were not able to come were Bobby’s daughter Kristy and Rita’s son Lars. Both of them were right in the middle of finals and were unable to come. Unfortunately Gerry and Eric were not in the picture below.

Bobby and I found the tombstone of his Great, Great Grandfather, Dr. Andrew Balfour. He was a Captain and Dr. for the Confederates in the Civil War. Dr. Andrew Balfour’s Grandfather was Colonel Andrew Balfour. Colonel Balfour was a Revolutionary War Veteran killed by Tories in North Carolina in 1782.

The Movers arrived bright and early last Thursday morning to begin moving the contents from our home.

My sweet neighbor Fran came over for a brief visit before she left for work.

When the packers were finished packing the contents (not the furniture, the movers did that), the movers arrived to do an inventory on all the boxes and to insure each box was labeled and put into the system.

Some of the furniture was taken outside and put on these stilts for easier packing. All the furniture was wrapped in plastic and double wrapped in blankets. All the fragile stuff like my kiln and many other items were specially crated.

Moving right along and by the time the movers loaded all our things we filled The entire Semi tractor trailor with an estimated twenty five thousand pounds. I had no clue we had so much stuff!

Small potatoes here but it felt like a rather large potato at the time. I was told that the movers could not ship my collection of fingernail polish and that I would have to dispose of it. Truth be told, I picked out a little stash of my favorites and packed and moved them with me in my suitcase. I even packed my little polish carrying case with me so that I can replenish it as time allows.

We made our final trip back north where we can now call this home sweet home. Bobby was due to fly off to London today but he had to cancel his trip as he is oh so sick. He started getting a sore throat Saturday on the flight and he seems to be feeling worse by the day.

With all the moving and late nights catching up with both of us we’ve been getting so much sleep the last couple nights here. We slept a full 11 hours the night before last and then had a 3 & ½ hour nap yesterday afternoon. And then we both got a full 11 hours worth of sleep last night too! I can see Bobby getting that sleep with being so sick but I’m right along side him getting lots of sleep as well. I just hope I don’t catch the same bug he has.