Gunternation

According to reports, Toblerone is faring well in Indiana. New Mommy (Andrea) and New Daddy (Kevin) are staying with Andrea’s parents for a while, so Tob has lots of attention and at least three walks a day. She and baby Trevor are getting along, and should continue to do so as long as Trevor thinks getting hit in the face by a tail is hilarious.

We are so thankful to the Bockelmans (and their extended family) for taking in our old girl. (Some people have asked if we’re going to take Toblerone back after she’s become accustomed to Bockel-life. You mean, take the away the only dog Trevor has ever known? The answer: Yes!) We miss her, and apparently she’s been observed missing us too. We better have a darn good time in Ireland, that’s all I’m saying.

Toblerone, we did not sell your chair.

Ronan offered us the use of his tent and/or dog kennel while we look for an apartment. Thankfully, they won’t be needed. We’ll be staying at the Crowne Plaza for a few days (very fancy, we’ve stayed there during both visits) and then we move on to a B&B in Clontarf, the Willowbrook. Looks like a nice place, and the reviews I’ve read are stellar. Clontarf and the surrounding neighborhoods of Raheny, Killester and Artane are where we’re considering living.

Three people have viewed the house so far (one a realtor). Come on people! It’s a nice house!

We bought some milk tonight that expires after we leave for Ireland. We’ve entered the Milk Window. Also known as crunch time.

We held our garage sale yesterday. 8:00am to 2:00pm. Well, make that 7:30am. People started lining up at 7:00am! I sold a couple things as I was pulling stuff out of the backyard, and then Sharon shooed the people out of the garage. We opened officially at 7:30, and traffic was steady for the next four hours. As far as we know, everyone who came found out about it from our signs. No one said they read about it on craigslist. Sharon put a lot of effort into the signs, and they looked great, so she was pleased.

We did about as well as one can from a garage sale. It’s nearly impossible to collect the fair market value. People would ask the price of some little thing, and on hearing it was a quarter put it down! What, that candle isn’t even worth a quarter?!? Even so, we sold a lot of stuff, although what we have left looks like what would normally comprise a garage sale. It was a bit creepy seeing all the stuff laid out in our living room and kitchen (we held the sale indoors). “All this stuff was in our house? Living with us? Watching us? *shudder*” Good riddance.

Also, we sold our older car to the younger daughter of a family at church. Leah paid us cash from her job at Ikea. I bought a car stereo from my first job, and Leah buys a whole car. Kids these days.

We leave in less than two weeks. There is still a ton of stuff to do. Pray for us. Please.