Hot... hot... hot... and we moved furniture!!

It is hot here in the southeast corner of Pennsylvania.  We are in the midst of a brutal heat wave.  The thermometer says it is in the 90's but the heat index is well above 100.  The TV news says the air is  thick and difficult to breathe.  They are right.  The heat pounds you in the face as soon as you step outside.  It takes your breath away.  Then, after being outside for a few minutes, coming into an air conditioned place almost sends chills down your spine.  There is no happy median.  At 72 years old, I just stay inside and as quiet as I can when it is this hot.

I was doing some running after the storms on Wednesday night.  I had my car back into Hershey Motors to have the lighting harness installed for the hitch.  I had ordered the full blown wiring harness with lots of spaghetti-like wires of many colors to be spliced into my car's system.  In all of the videos I had watched about adding a hitch to my Caddy, they found a plug already installed that just needed another set of wires to plug in and voila, the ability to plug in lights on a trailer.  But, when the guys at Hershey put in the hitch, they SAID that they did not find a plug.  So, I ordered a full hitch harness to be installed.  I asked Andy @ Hershey to please check again before they opened the package to check one more time for the plug.  (The kit was about 3 times as expensive as the plug in version)  And lo and behold, they found the plug.  So they have ordered the GM official plug-in and I will send the other one back to etrailer.com for a refund.  So, I will also be saving lots and lots of labor cost.  Yippee.

Saturday was an open craft day at church.  Patches came with a quilt top that she is working on.  She really likes doing her sewing with others around to talk to.  I started a chunky blanket with really, really thick yarn.  Donna was working on a crocheted Afghan.  At 10 AM Laura came in and then Laura, Donna and I headed up to the sanctuary where I spent two hours training Laura and retraining Donna on how to set up the video agenda for Sunday services.  Laura will be replacing me as that is my current job.  Donna will become her backup, along with Beth.  Laura handled the presentations today and did very well.  She will begin doing it all with me as her backup if she needs it.  This way, when I head north, she will be more confident in her abilities.

Today, after church, Josh (a young man from church) came over to pick up a twin bed, mattress, box springs, two dressers and a TV, blu-ray player and sound system for the TV to take to his home.  He is in the process of a divorce and is replacing furniture that he lost when his wife moved out.  Another church friend, Andy Propst, came out in the heat to help with the furniture moving.  I let Josh use my truck and Andy brought his truck so they could move things in one fell swoop.  So, basically, the basement bedroom is empty except for the quilt frame, a TV and the sewing machine.

We removed the TV from the wall in the sewing room and he also took the sound system, speakers and blu-ray player.  He was a happy camper.

So, more things are no longer in the house that need to be moved.  Josh will also be taking the extra fridge in the basement and the washer/dryer in the kitchen just as I am getting ready to leave.  So I only have a couple of tables and 8 chairs as big things left to find homes for.

My friend, Patches, will be coming over to help me tackle more of my sorting and purging in my sewing room.  Fabric that I do not want to take with me will either be given away to my sewing friends or donated to the Lancaster Reuse store.

There are days when I think I am never going to be able to do what is left to do by myself.  And then there are days, when I think I might just be able to get it done.  But, still no actual date for the movers, yet, but I am aiming to have as much done as I can by Labor Day.

At this point, I just want to be on my way to my new adventure.  But the house in Alaska has not gone to settlement, thus is not yet ready and I still have things to do here.  So I will just take things one day at a time.  It is all I can do.