Movin In Day Finally

Snow on our actual move in day last Friday!

Yes it is true we finally moved in our new home! Well since Friday we have been in it but not until today did we have our furniture so now it really feels like home.

Ellen is so happy she is rubbing up against everything rolling on the floor, feeling at home too. The picture's tell the story so enjoy and remember I have lots and lots of boxes to unpack! Yikes!

And...it stayed on the ground until two days later! This is where Ellen has pretty much called home since we arrived. :)
Plenty of unpacking to do! Feel free to come on by and help! :)

The Living Room is a Jumbled Mess and yes Ellen is in her "Spot"

My own bed at last! Yipee! :)

The Family Room/Lower Level/Basement is our "Fun Room" Lots of games, pool, poker, children's area and Movie Time will be happening here. Richard's Room for sure! :)

Lots more work to do, the boxes are hiding in many closets and areas so don't be fooled!

Megan, it is true I NEED your decorating help NOW! ;)

Just A Quick Update

We have officially moved...however our furniture has not. It will, or is due to arrive on Friday after our Thanksgiving Meal with our family in Ellicott City. We are having fun with our home, putting together shelves and getting ready for the big delivery on Friday.

I will post some pictures of our day of "Settlement" as it was snowing and beautiful here. We love it here...however we are looking forward to being with our children and grandson for Christmas.

Thought I would add an adorable picture of Mr. Emerick Paul..

Bulle Rock Kind of Day

Headed North to Bulle Rock (Havre de Grace) where our new home is as of Friday!

I took this today because it was so beautiful and sunny but very crisp outside. I found a new veterinarian for Ellen, a hairdresser for myself, love the new haircut. I even went to the new house to look around. It just was a Bulle Rock Kind of Day. :)

Beauty in Bulle Rock, not much more to say....

Anyway......

Anyway.....on with our stay in Chambersburg over the weekend...

We visited the place where Jennie Wade, the only Gettysburg citizen that was killed during the Battle of Gettysburg at only 20 years of age. She was staying with her sister in her home because her mother thought it would be a safer place for her during the hard times. The home was really amazing with just a few minor changes and repairs it remains how Jennie must have known it more than 100 years ago. She was killed by a gunshot that went through two doors. She was baking bread in the kitchen at the time for the Union Infantry. To see the actual bullet holes was a strange feeling.

Jennie Wade House

Richard and Ellen before our Tour

Richard played a lot of golf with his free time prior to my arrival on the east coast. While playing golf at Locust Hill Golf Course at the 12Th hole is a wall left from a home after a battle during the Civil War.

Wall still standing left from the battle

Close up picture you can see all of the bullet holes in the walls. The battle took place on August 21, 1864 in Jefferson County. There are so many monuments and artifacts from the war to see and so much to learn. I am so interested in all of it.

And of course our "Little Ellen" was such a good traveller! She loves being back with her Dad reading the paper and doing cross word puzzles! :)

Weekend in Chambersburg, PA

We spent the weekend in Chambersburg PA and it was rather wet all weekend with rain pretty much the entire time. We still did what we wanted to do though. Went into Charles Town and actually got to shop in this really neat Retro store we have been eyeing for months online and then out here. We bought our kitchen table and chairs, well ordered them finally. Very exciting for us since we have wanted a retro set for a very long time.
We headed to Gettysburg and did some of the Battlefield tour with Richard as my tour guide. He loves the history there, well so do I but he is a great tour guide! We toured the home where the only civilian was shot and killed during the battle that took place in Gettysburg. I had toured it before but Richard had never been there. Oh and little Ellen enjoyed it as well, what a little trooper tour dog she is.
I did take some pictures and will load those later on.
The latest on our move, Friday is move in day! Wow finally....again thank you to my cousin Lynne, David and Big Ellen for opening their home to me(and little Ellen) for this long. :)

Big Walk Through Day

Today we had our "Final Walk Through" in our new home here in Maryland. Our house has turned out beautiful. The walk through was to be sure everything is in working order and also for us to learn how to work things in and around the house. Since we are new to the East Coast we know nothing of air conditioning units, and things of that sort. We needed to know where things are, shut off valves, blah, blah, blah. There were only a few things that needed attention so we will close on time next Friday. I can't even explain how we feel about finally moving in other than "More than Excited". It will feel good to have our Arroyo Grande home, well the inside of it, placed in this new home here.I did take a couple of pictures, wanted to take more but we were so busy learning everything, just plain ran out of time. :)

Stairway from Lower Level to Main Level, exciting I know... :)

Breakfast Area and Front Door, sorry blurry...Living Room and deck...so pretty out there!Lower Level Slider to back yard, again so pretty. The sectioned off part is for Richard's Pool Table and Game Room...Party At the Awalt's!

Amish Way of Living

We visited Hershy,PA where the town smells of chocolate and the street lights are Hershey Kisses :)
After some thought we decided to head to Mt. Gretna where I have spent time as a child, teen and adult at my late Aunt Peggy's cottage. The lake looks so different in the Fall. Everything looked different with all of the leaves on the ground. I have always loved it there and will enjoy more time there. Our daughter's and son in law have stayed there as well. I look forward to more time in the future. It is a peaceful place to be with fond memories as well.
I remembered to take my camera so after checking out a really cool Antique Store we headed back towards Lancaster to see some Amish Country. The day was beautiful, sunny and crispy. A bit of winter approaching maybe?
We drove by a school house for the Amish children, I got out of the car to take a picture. The children go to school from K-8th grade and that is it. Therefore there are no Amish Doctor's or Lawyer's. Interesting though it is observed by most people here that the penmanship and math skills of the Amish is much better than the English (this is the Amish word for people that are not Amish) due to no Computers or Calculator's. Makes sense I guess. They are very sweet people as we had some chances to speak with them in their shops, the wood working they do is really incredible.
We were in awe of the beautiful countryside, the farm land, the Amish and English farms are side by side with huge silo's. Enjoy the pictures of the beauty of our day.

Also it was fun to see the horse and buggy's along the road's or parked inside the barns.
And then there is our Trouper of a Traveller "Miss Ellen"
She seems to love to go here and there with us. We take her in stores, restaurants really anywhere. She loves her new bag, bed, area of her own. I carry it as my purse and no one really knows she is with us, unless she pops her head out. She does love the attention and yes she does seem to get loads of it from perfect strangers. Gotta love this face!