Packing and Moving and A Walk Down Memory Lane

Happy Friday, Friends! 

It's been a busy week of packing and moving and repeat and rest. Every time I take a car load of stuff to the house, I come back to the apartment and wonder why there's still so much left to pack. But David assures me we are making progress, so I'm taking his word for it.

Yesterday I went to the house twice, once to unpack my car, and once to put some packages inside that had been delivered. Today will be a two-time trip day as well and then tomorrow the movers will come to move the big pieces of furniture. My goal is to have everything out by Sunday. 

Every time I go to the house, I get more and more excited about it. It truly does feel and look like a different house. 

Yesterday I spent a little time in Home Goods looking for a few kitchen items I needed. I also bought myself a new coffee mug. I couldn't resist with the colors and the hearts. I also have a cute mug the girls gave me for Christmas. I will alternate these for morning and afternoon cups of coffee. A cute mug just makes the coffee taste that much better, don't you think? 

Today I will go to Hobby lobby and look for a wall calendar. I haven't had one in years because I keep things on the calendar in my daily planner. But, this is an old tradition that I want to bring back (maybe no one else lost it, but I did). Growing up, I always had a wall calendar, as did my mom, my aunt, my step-mom and most people I knew. 

I'm going to hang it in the kitchen for all of the family to see and use it to schedule family gatherings and other important dates. I remember when the credit union would supply us with a Norman Rockwell calendar every new year. Wow. That's a memory that just popped up. That was many, many years ago. 

And if we're going down memory lane...do you remember when banks would give you a coin purse or umbrella or rain cap, just for opening a new account? My stepmother Ruby worked at a bank and I would somehow end up with all of these goodies to take home. I also remember when the gas stations would give out a set of drinking glasses every time you did a full-service fill up. Ahhh...those were the days 😀 In fact, I remember most of our drinking glasses being from the gas station and the glass jelly jars that had cartoon characters on them.

Well, I didn't intend to go down memory lane, but here we are. That was fun!

So I'm off to start my day. I need to eat and get dressed and start loading the car with more stuff. 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I will be back on Monday to let you know how it went.

Until Next Time...

Blessings!