On the way...

Well the Pederson's are on their way up north. After a long hard road...in pure Pederson fashion we finally got packed up and hit the road.

Our first problem came on the Monday morning prior to our packers arriving on Tuesday. Jeffy called the company to check on the arrival time of the packers the following morning and was told...Oh I'm sorry...no one told you....we have decided not to move you. Huh? After a few not so nice words and several calls to Ottawa we had another team lined up. They did arrive and seemed to pack well. I'll let you know for sure when we do the unpacking! All seemed well...until the loading team arrived on Thursday. The man who's the driver is a Newfoundlander who bears a striking resemblance to Papa Smurf. He walked in the house, did the initial walk through and immediately said, "we have a problem." Not exactly what we wanted to hear. Seems that the packers grossly underestimated the weight we have. They felt we had between 14 and 15 thousand pounds with the only large item being a projection TV. According to Papa Smurf we have around 19 thousand pounds and he felt that 4 sofas, 2 refrigerators, a freezer, a stove, and a gigantic bunk bed should have also been listed as "large" items. Who'd have thought??? Papa only had enough room on his truck for 14 thousand pounds...so 14 thousand pounds of our belongings were loaded up onto Papa Smurfs truck and are heading to Texas. The other 5 thousand pounds got loaded onto another truck heading for storage in Oklahoma City. Papa will drive to Texas unload the other two loads off his truck and then proceed back to OKC and pick up the rest of our stuff before heading to New Brunswick! We'll be very interested to see what actually makes it and what gets lost in transit! Oh yes and now our things are not due to arrive in New Brunswick until the 5th of August...Lovely!!

After three very long days packing/loading and a goodbye at ABC (Atlanta Bread Company) that Jeff referred to as an emotional blood bath...we were on our way to Kentucky. We stopped overnight in St. Louis and had a great visit with Aunt Wilma and Uncle Cotton on Saturday morning in Centralia. We made it here to Kentucky on Saturday evening. It was super because Tommy, Sheena and the boys were here and so was Tracy!!! The whole family came in for Maddy and Sarah's baptism! I simply can't tell you how great it was to see the whole family together! We did have the girls baptised and we also celebrated Sarah's first birthday a little early with cake, ice cream and presents. Michelle...you'll be glad to know that Gigi got Sarah her own little cake!! Tommy and Sheena had to be back in South Carolina on Monday and Tracy left for Ireland this morning. Now we are packing up and getting ready to head to New York. We have thoroughly enjoyed our stop here. In fact, Maddy just asked why we couldn't just stay here! I have to say I'm with her!! Oh yeah...Michelle I got a Kathy at TJ Maxx...the giraffe print...and it was marked down to $20!! I wish you could have been here shopping with me...it sure smelled a lot better than Ross'!! LOL

Well tomorrow we're on our way...I'm working very hard on looking forward and not backwards. I'm excited about visiting Ann in Coopersville on Friday and of course I'm planning on some serious "retail therapy" at the Hanna Andersson and LL bean outlet!! LOL I'll do my best to keep you updated...until next time!!!