California By the Numbers

Hi everyone!!

Well, we eventually did make it to Valencia and here are the stats of our trip.

Total miles traveled - 1,006
Roadkill spotted on the freeway - 6.5
Fellow U-haul travelers - 14
Hours Thomas spent in my lap - 16
Hours Kitty meowed in his cat kennel - 12
Time I wish we would have bought cat/dog sedative - countless
Total hours spent in the car - 20 hours and 21 minutes!!!! Whew!

So that means my mom is the big winner of the "How Many Hours Will We Spend in the Car" contest!! We hope to see you down here soon!!!!!!!!!! :)  Sorry Fred and Erin (the ONLY other two people that guessed), but for participating, we will graciously let Dudley sleep in your room when you stay here to help remind you of home... :) Y'all can thank us later :)

And now for the details :)

The actual trip went surprisingly smooth! Helga (the BMW) pulled that U-haul trailer like no body's business, although we definitly got some interesting looks from other drivers.  We made excellent time and throughout the second day, enjoyed beautiful views of California.  The sun was shining and it was so exciting to be going to our new home! I would post pictures, but I have misplaced my camera.... :(

During the last few days, we have just been going crazy painting, shopping, and organizing the new house.  It is a perfect size for us and the dogs absolutely love the fenced yards.  They run all over the place and are really soaking up that California sunshine!  Our land lady was so sweet and brought us Starbucks the morning after we arrived...breakfast of champions!!!

Speaking of sunshine, our most unproductive day occurred on Friday.  Why?  Well, first off, we had scheduled our Internet and cable to be installed that day.  The Internet folks showed up about 9 am and had to erect an flipping pole in our backyard!!! So needless to say, that took a lifetime and it was literally waiting for concrete to dry...fun, right? Once they finished, the dish network man came to hook us up with some cable, during which, our sunny California weather disappeared and was suddenly replaced with HAIL!!! Yes, hail, for about 20 minutes....didn't we leave that weather up in Washington???? :)  So, about 4 and a half hours later, the cable was working and we learned sooo much about our cable guy, including that he was a former full contact fighter! I just don't know what to say about that..... But even after that little setback, we remained motivated and continued with the painting :)

So tonight is the first night I have been able to sit and relax.  Adam is out waiting for our refrigerator to be delivered (we have been without one for the past few days and living on chilled wine from the cooler, classy!), Thomas is asleep next to me, the kitchen, living room and bedroom are finally painted, and our furniture is schedule to be delivered tomorrow.  Hooray! We will finally have couch! :) Pictures to follow....

Adam has an interview tomorrow, then we will leave for Vegas to celebrate my 23rd birthday either tomorrow afternoon or Tuesday morning! Time to party it up!!!!!!! and no....we aren't getting married :)

Soooo much more to say, but a $1.99 bottle of wine from Whole Foods is calling my name :) Good Night!!!!