Poor Gypsy in her new SNOWY yard! She had to get a coat to wear!
As soon as we found out handome hubby got a good job in Boise, we had to decide if we wanted to live together, when we wanted to make it happen and how we would accomplish such an undertaking with one of us in Idaho and one of us over a thousand miles away in Arizona!
Hubby set to work looking for a place to move to while I set to work packing and tying things up in Arizona (with Amber's help!) I also had to quit my job which was torture! I loved my job and love the people I worked with! I miss them dearly, but remember the advice of my good friend, that "you will make new friends, but you will always have the love and friendship of the old ones too".
Once moving day arrived, it was raining of course....Travis and I went and picked up the truck and got ready to load it. Several friends showed up from our Ward to help load the truck and, after a 'practice load' they unloaded it all in the yard and loaded it again to fit more furniture. But, we soon realized we had way more 'stuff' than truck! I was beginning to panic and stress and almost cry. My son assured me we would make it all work, we would just get another truck the next day and make the move. Then....our wonderful friend came to the rescue!! He assessed the situation and said he would be back in about 45 minutes. He called hubby and told him the situation and what he could do to get us on the way. They worked out the details and he showed up with his pickup and his father-in-law's enclosed trailer that would hold all the rest of our stuff! I was very humbled by his generosity. I don't know anyone that would ever turn their truck over to a crazy lady, fill a trailer full of furniture and let her drive the whole thing over 1,000 miles! All the while taking her little 1/2 ton "Grandma" truck in exchange! He is an amazing guy and I am crazy about his whole family!
After everything was loaded, Amber, Travis and I had a 'camp out' in the bedroom. We had set out sleeping bags and cots to sleep on the last night, but with so much help there, they got packed up on one of the trucks! There was so much help there that Travis had to rescue his suitcase 3 times from the moving truck! Every time he unloaded it and hid it in a closet somewhere, the next thing he knew it was back on the truck!
We got up the next morning, Amber and Travis headed out with the moving truck and her car on back while I went to work to do my exit interview and say my final good-byes. I finally caught up to them somewhere in Utah. The trip itself was pretty uneventful until we ran into snow in Utah, but that wasn't too bad. We just kept pushing and made it to where Karlo was waiting for us.
Travis had an early flight out the next morning and we were on the road again. This time we all traveled together and made it to Idaho without any problems. We got to our new home and Karlo and Blaine couldn't wait to unload everything! Here it was, Christmas Eve and they were moving us into our new home! We made it in time to get a visit from Santa!! It was a long trip, and we were glad to finally be together again!
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