Home again

Home again - what a crazy, busy trip but quite the feeling of accomplishment.

Yesterday dawned bright and early again but it was good because we were at church at 8:00.  I liked this church - Holy Mother and Child.  It's small - they only have a Saturday 4:00 service, the 8:00 Sunday morning, and then there's a 10:30 in a nearby town.  But I kind of liked it.  I told Jim that we will have to take our time finding a parish we like before we join.  However, while we are living in Corinth, it will be hard to beat the convenience of this church.

After church, we went to Mollie's Mason Jar for breakfast.  This is the place where Jim had the cranberry nut pancakes on one of his trips.  It's situated on a golf course and the scenery is just beautiful.  I had banana nut pancakes which were amazing - much better than Jim's - ha!

After breakfast, it was back to the apartment to unload the last tubs that were on the truck and to load up some empty ones and boxes that were in the apartment.  I packed some sandwiches, made sure all was well to leave the apartment, and we headed to the lot.  We wanted to cover up the building supplies we left there.

All covered up and awaiting Jim's return!

Unfortunately, this trip didn't afford much time to spend at the lot.  But it's so gorgeous and really helps us focus on the goal of living here. 

 

After some last looks, we went to Saratoga Springs.  We swept out the storage unit there to make sure it was nice and pretty and that we would get our deposit back.  In fact, I called the manager while we were there to take care of that, so hopefully we'll get our deposit and partial month payment back.

Then we headed to the barn to unload a few things there that Jim decided he wanted at the barn instead of in Corinth.  I hadn't seen all the work Jim & Kyle had done there - everything looks organized and in place.  Still can't believe they got all that done in one day!

 

Then we set off towards home.  We encountered a few areas of rain, but for the most part it was a nice trip home.  Truck did amazing - we are getting between 11 and 12 mpg, which I think is great for a huge, loaded truck!

 

Today, of course, it's back to the reality of trying to get everything done here.  One of the big tasks of the day for Jim was trying to get the gas tank off of the 4Runner so he could see for sure where it was leaking and then fix it.  He finally got it off and the rust doesn't look pretty.