Dial Up

Well, we have been in the new house almost 6 days now!  We are loving it!  It has been a lot of working moving with 3 kids but well worth it!  The last time we moved was 9 years ago from the Bay Area.  Back then Ed and I did not have any kids and were moving into a 2100 square foot house from a 1000 square foot apartment.  It was a pretty easy move!
Even though I spent the past month purging and getting rid of 9 years of clutter, we still haven't moved everything!  I go back to the old house everyday and get a load to bring.  Our new Master bedroom closet is half the size of our old one so until I get another rod put in for the rest of my clothes, my winter stuff will be staying at the old house!  Honestly, that was the only negative for me at the new house, the smaller closet.  I know though once the bottom rod gets put in I will be able to fit.  Besides, Alyssa's closet is huge so if I needed to hang a few things in her walk in closet, I will!
I have had a problem with getting high speed internet to this house.  The previous owners had DSL.  When I called to get DSL they told me they would initially set me up with dial up and I could call and have them test my line and they would give me a higher speed.  I did this but they gave me false information and are refusing to give me any speed other than dial up.  They said the previous owner was grandfathered in to DSL and they are not offering that anymore to new customers.  So, I only have two other options, pay $80 a month for satellite internet or pay to have Comcast dig a line from the pole to my house to install cable here.  I am waiting on Comcast to give me a quote for that.  I am hoping it won't be too expensive!  So in the meantime it will be pretty hard for me to put videos on the blog.  Could take a long time to upload!
The dogs and cat are super happy here!  I was so worried the cat would run off but he is doing great and having a great time exploring the land.  Last night we all took a family walk around the property.  The dogs had fun sniffing all the smells and the girls had fun looking at all the berries that will be ripe in another couple of weeks.  The only downfall about the ripe berries is it will bring the bears at night!  From what everyone tells us they only come around between 2-3 in the morning, so we will hope to never personally encounter them!
We are all beyond thrilled to be living here.  I am so glad we had the opportunity to buy this house!  I am loving not having any stairs and being able to get everything I need without having to go downstairs to a basement!  It is also great not to have to have a baby gate!  I think the baby loves her freedom too!
Next week school starts.  The girls will be going to a new school.  I wrote the principal an email requesting a certain type of teacher for each of them.  He was so nice he called me himself and said he personally placed them into classes that fit the description of what they needed.  We know who their teachers will be so that is nice.  I don't really know anything about Alyssa's teacher.  I have some friends that go to this school and they all like Kayla's teachers so hopefully she will have a great year!
I will try to write a bit more in a few days about our transition!  Once we have the house all unpacked and put together I will take some pics and videos.  If I can't upload the videos due to slow speed maybe I can do it somewhere else.