AND the move continues

We are going on the 3rd month in the new house and I am amazed at how many boxes are in the garage and still unpacked !!! You might recall that when we moved from Niagara Falls, we sold everything with the house to the new commander there. We only brought our personal items and a few treasured antiques... all the furniture and accessories were left in the house. We still managed to fill the largest u-haul truck available. What was in that truck???? Now I am finding out. Craft supplies I will never use, clothes I will never wear, dishes from which I will never eat or serve,COATS I WILL NEVER WEAR ( THANK YOU , LORD) you get the picture. I am trying as I unpack to get rid of all of it. The kidney foundation and goodwill will have to build a new location. Truthfully, if someone set the garage on fire( the storage spot for all of this) I would have a hard time saying what was in there. STUFF ! Do we really need stuff? I think if I could bring myself to it, I could live on white t-shirts, black pants a few blazers and a few scarves. Think how easy life would be. That will be my new project.
Well, the camper life is out for now. The auction campers turned out to be in terrible shape and the base did not make us take them. For now, I will continue to live in the house and try to get it ready for the holidays. This will be another weekend that I do not accomplish this because Cindy and I are still in the process of moving my aunt to her new apartment. That will take the weekend to get the bulk of her stuff over there. Talk about stuff !!!! We did manage to get rid of about 20 huge bags of stuff from her place. WHERE do they put all the stuff when you get rid of it? I hate to think about the landfills etc.... hopefully, they burn all this stuff.
Let's talk about coffee. It is kind of like salad, always taste better when someone else brews it. I have tried every coffee on the shelves. I even joined Javalia and ordered coffee from them for a while... got the free coffee pot and everything. I have yet to find a coffee to brew at home that tastes as good as the fine restaurants serve. What is the secret? Do you have a coffee you swear by? My mother makes the finest coffee I have tasted . She has given me her secrets...you buy Maxwell House Master Blend... You use a heaping teaspoon for every two cups ( cups meaning her cups she uses to drink from) and then you dash the grounds with a little salt before brewing in an electric percolator. I followed all of the instructions and still cannot get the house to smell like hers when her coffee is brewing and cannot get that taste. It must just have to do with being home. I have to think back a long way to get visions of home where I grew up. That will be another post.
Must move on to my day. Caleb is on the way and we are taking a picnic on the boat with Big Daddy. Have a great day!

The weekend went by fast. Bo was here for a wedding with his good friends, Dennis, Angelo, Matt and Anna and he brought his friend, Jessie with him from Florida. They all stayed at the beach house. I have yet to go out there and see if it is still standing. Dennis informed me that they cleaned up before they left. Amazed that it even crossed his mind, I will report later what that means in his glossary because I can assure you that it will not meet my standard. In the past, I have found items I cannot discuss here and wondered if it was really my house when I entered due to the sand, beer can and general untidyness of it all. The old house will survive them and I only hope that the memories everyone makes there will be good ones. I only got one little hour with Bo over the weekend . We met for lunch Sunday and then he and Jessie flew the simulator for an hour before they hit the road back to law classes and Florida. Dec. 20th is on the way. Pray for Bo to do well on the bar in Feb. and to find a good job.
I have really enjoyed keeping my grandson , Caleb. Today was just an ordinary day, nothing to speak of but even those days are special when he is around.
My sister , Cindy and I have been moving my aunt's household from an apartment on James Island to one closer to us. Did I mention I hate moving? I am sure I did somewhere in my blogs from the last couple of months since I am still moving into my new house.
Jim and I won an auction for a pop up camper this week and I am considering whether to chuck everything and move into it. Wouldn't that be the simple life. You could move around visiting great spots and when you decide you don't like the people or the weather, you just jump in your car and pull your little home along to the next adventure. How much trouble could it be to clean?
Think of the money you would save !!! Even gas prices would be okay if that was your home.
Cindy and Scott also won one in the auction. We have not seen them yet...YES, you read that right, we bought them sight unseen. This could be a mistake but for the price we paid, we could put new tires, new mattresses and new awnings and even new ac and still come out on top ! Now you might say, I did not know that Dixie was a camper.... you are right , I am not a camper but if I do go camping, I am not sleeping on the ground so for the 2 times a year that I may go to the reunion at Givhans or take a little mountain trip, it will be fun. Also , all my kids now have access to a pop up so I think it is a good purchase. Bo may end up needing a home if he does not pass the bar so I can soooooooo see him in the pop up.
Amy started her new job today. I am a little sad because it has been great having her at home to jump in the car and do errands, etc.. Now it is back to Boogie and me.
I met the mom and sister of one of my new cadets over the weekend. Great people ...easy to see why my cadets are so special. I think they are doing really well.
The next few months are busy.... may not blog much but will try to keep in touch with all of you who have a blog. Adios