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Old 12-20-2005, 09:44 AM   #1
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Greetings from SC!!!!

We made it!! We flew from CA to SC last Wed, and the moving van arrived at our new house Friday morning!! Soooo we are slowly getting unpacked and settled in.
I was really looking forward to decorating our new house for Christmas, but I just don't think I'm going to have time. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/pout.gif[/img] Not to mention that I haven't found half of our Christmas stuff. My parents put a Christmas tree up in our basement, so we do have that.
I'm glad to be here, we love the new house, but we have sooooo many boxes to unpack. Ugh. Anybody wanna help? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Old 12-20-2005, 10:09 AM   #2
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Yeah...I will be right over (box cutter in hand)! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Congrats on the new house and the uneventful move!!
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Glad to here you are working on getting settled in. We just moved in Septmeber and I had trouble finding all my Christmas stuff!! So I understand your pain! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Just take it a little at a time and you'll do fine.
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Glad that the move went so smoothly!!
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Glad to hear you move went well. Good luck with the unpacking. I'm in the midst of the packing right now. Wish us luck now....we're moving in Thur/Fri this week!!
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Glad to hear your move went well!! If I was near ya, I'd be over to help in a second. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Good luck with the unpacking!!
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Glad you arrived safely along with your furniture. Good luck unpacking... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img]....here are some pixies to help you.
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Glad you made it [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] Have fun unpacking [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img] with all the unpacking! I would say we'll be right over, but it would take us a while to get there.. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/whistling2.gif[/img]
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I'm glad to hear that you made it safe and sound, Robin! I hope you get everything unpacked and organized zoon, and have fun decorating. I remember a few weeks ago you were trying to figure out how to move your pets... how did that go?
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I still think it's so funny that you moved to my home state that I just moved from. Tell me again what part of SC you're in?? I'm from the Clemson/Pickens area.
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Glad you made it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] that you get settled quickly!
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Glad to hear the move went well - I hope mine goes as well.
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Thanks for the good wishes everyone!!!
Babieemelly- the kitty cats made it fine (they did end up going on the plane with us). They were pretty unhappy about the whole thing, but they're doing fine now!

MeStitch- we are in Greenville/Simpsonville. Very close to where you grew up! Dh graduated from Clemson!

[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] to HiddenMickey and DrDolphin on your upcoming moves!!!

Okay, back to unpacking! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] I'm hoping to find some time this weekend to catch up on all the delicious Mousefest reports!!
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