One Big Day Today!

This is it!  We are moving all of our things out of the house in Chubbuck/Pocatello today (I love how the computer underlines all these Indian place names as incorrectly spelled).  We will start in a couple of hours, probably.  Dallin and Haley, Danny, Justin, and some guys from the church down there will come over to help, which we soooo appreciate.  Most things are already packed in boxes, thanks to Seth, but we'll buy some more boxes and finish up.
Seth has kept things really nice there, which helps a ton.  I was down there for the last couple of days, making lists, etc., and seeing where things are.  Books and bins of memorabilia, plus our favorite furniture, will go into storage (and a bunch of other stuffs); a smaller chest, storage drawers, fold-up little table, Tamathy's fairy house and display, a little green chest, and some decorative items will come here.  A few things like the piano bench (Megan's old one) are going to Melinda's, and a load will go to the dump.
Mark's boss is letting us use his truck and trailer, and Dallin is bringing a trailer.  And I don't know what else.  I've made clear lists of what things go where, and we'll be sure and have duct tape and markers.

I found out why I haven't been feeling so great lately, and am on antibiotics now, but I missed giving my talk in church.  Mark, however, gave his talk and then gave it for me at home.  It was most excellent!

Bonnie, I'm sure Phillip and his buddies would love a box of cookies and F-Troop dvds.  That's so generous and thoughtful of you!  Thank you!
I am loving it here at The Gables, more and more.  The state changed some things that the owners and Mark wanted changed (cutting out some poor management from the past), and they noted things that are much improved, from the moment they walked in the door.  Everyone notices a different feeling here now.
One of the best improvements is that they got new magnets to hold the activities room doors open.  Now that huge room is wide open to the hall, all the time, and it doesn't seem like this shut off, wasted room anymore.  They got the music system fixed, too, so there is a pleasant background noise.

Kattie and Ben are getting married on Sept. 23rd, so you can imagine how exciting that is, with Sandy and Jessie, Tamathy, Muezet, Richard and other Kattie-siblings  (and maybe Megan and Sabriel!) coming out for it!  I can't wait for everyone to meet Ben - they'll know immediately that he is the right guy for Kattie. 
I know I am forgetting things I wanted to tell you all about, and maybe I can add them in later.  Anyway, it will be a HUGE relief to have the house empty!  Seth is moving up to IF, too, where he will look for work and spend time with the family.  Yay for that!
Shauna and Jason will act as rental agents, and we will spiff things up as much as possible for rental.  It is also listed for sale, but it's not likely to at this time in our economy, and that's fine with us.  If we can get some renters (and that market is big there, with the university in town), we will save paying those utilities and get some income from it, to help with the house payments.  That would be great, and we'd know the property is being managed.  I'll bet the neighbors will love it when we fix it up a little.

I'll go ahead and post this for now.  Wish us luck and pray for everything to go well, okay?  I am looking forward to having this huge task accomplished!  Thanks to everyone for helping (and to those who wanted to help, but can't).  Just the emotional support means a ton.

We love you!  Hang in there!
xoxoxo