Sooooooo, we moved homes. It was a total spur of the moment thing, its like when you see something you like and just know that it will be very difficult to come across something like this again so you have to jump at the opportunity. So there you have it, new house, new school year, things are just in full swing. “Operation Bust Your Butt” really started last Monday when Jackie and I made about two dozen trips in the little pickup truck and brought over what we could over during the week. Then on Saturday morning at 7:30am I picked up “the beast!” a 24 foot UHAUL truck. To make it even more fun this gigantic truck was a stick shift! So as I get into this bad boy I notice that the stick shift is like 6 feet long, it was like pole vaulting and driving at the same time! It also didn’t have a 4th gear; I just had to skip that gear when I got to it. Oh and 1st gear was reverse. I loved that truck, we really bonded. The one set back in moving was when I dropped the huge 100 year old dining room table on my big toe! I felt a new level of pain I had yet to experience, I saw spots and said lots of things about Holy MOnkies, and Blinking Nora’s. It is fine now, just has a nice color to it. In record timing we were able to move a house and unload into a new house by 10:30am. That is a 3 hour moving record. HGTV would be proud! Emmett got to ride in “the beast” with me; he was just a grinning and giggling the whole time as to how high he was up above everyone else, and how loud it was when pushing through the gears.

Thanks to all those who helped, Jackie and I really appreciate it very much.

So just before Jackie and I are about to take a nap after all this hard work, we realize that Scooter is missing. Panic sets in, because this is a new place, and it’s also a very big open area. I give the mail man my cell and ask him to call if he sees her. About an hour later, I am almost out of gas, and I am exhausted from the heat, I get a call from a man who says he has scooter on his back porch she was one street over from the new house, she’s tired, but OK, he fed her some cat food which she loved, and drank a ton of water. Scooter is now home safe, but grounded! “Operation Build a Fence” is about to get underway.