Month Two, Day...?!

Success could prove to be difficult to attain if I can't even remember how to sign into my own blog! Conversation this morning:
"So, hubbykins, remember awhile back when you were messing around with my blogs...?"
(mumbly grumble sounding somewhat affirmative - apparently OtherHalf was still a bit drowsy)
"Well, I wonder, did you, you know, change the password or something?"
"I changed your old password so that both blogs were the same."
Ah ha! Gotcha!
"Well," (now maybe sounding a little irritated and possibly kinda "blamey") "whatdidyoudo? 'cause now I can't log into my new blog! It only lets me go into the old one. And Iwasgonnablogyesterday but I couldn't 'causeit'sallmessedup...!"
"Did you use the right email address?"
"Huh?"
"Remember, when you set it up you used the new email address..."
"Aah... right... oh yeah. oops. sorry."
Brilliant. Managing my success should be no problem at all.

So, out of all the moves in my life this one has certainly had it's share of unique challenges.
#1 Pack entire house without the help of OtherHalf, who had left for his new job already.
#2 Get insanely sick during the last week of packing and waste several days. Thank goodness for MotherDear and Friends!
#3 Run out of room in the moving van, and get forced to rent an extra trailer. Still run out of room and send one dresser to the dump!
#4 Arrive at new home, ready to pack up the current owners' stuff. From the photos online, I'd assumed that the original owners didn't have much stuff in the house. Assume nothing. Spend many hours with SisterinLaw packing and packing and packing.
#5 By the way, the water is frozen at the new house. don't pee while packing.
#6 Hooray! water is thawed! Clever OtherHalf and Sibling. Turn on tap, discover that sewer is frozen.
#7 Finally have two men available for moving. Haul original stuff out of house, store in shop. Haul our stuff into house. Wonder where on earth it's all gonna go!
#8 Hadn't seen OtherHalf in nearly three weeks. The first thing I shared with him was my germs. His raging fever will make thawing the water and sewer somewhat unpleasant.

There have been some great things, too. Sibling and SisterinLaw have let us overrun their house. The sun has been shining non-stop since we left the Columbia Valley. Our cat is ecstatic to be out of the moving truck. My new house is adorable. So many people volunteered their help throughout this whole process. A new neighbour here dropped by the house with a bag of beef for us. Groceries here are really cheap! The kids aren't sick at all. So far I've only found one broken item in our stuff, and it wasn't important. OtherHalf really likes his job. And I've already turned down one cake job! Tomorrow is Sunday, and potluck at church. Our new church has TWO potlucks per month. Ooooo. Oh, AND I got to see two big moose (mooses? Meese? Moosen?) on the way to Athabasca today. And I did not hit them with the truck. I also returned the U-Haul trailer to Athabasca and backed it into the parking lot and did not hit anything or humiliate myself in any way.

All in all, I would consider this move a success. So I guess I'm not too far off track! Four months to go... but a lot can happen in four months....