Move completed!

Our furniture arrived from being in storage in Albany, GA on July 9th.    It was a tough day unloaded a U-Haul truck with two strong guys helping us.    We got it all in the house and set up a bed to sleep and went to bed.   This is our son and daughter-in-law's house located at 406 Justin Court, Woodstock, GA 30188.    Our daughter, Leigh Ann and granddaughter, Tatum, lived here until last fall when they moved to Florida.  The house has been vacant since they left so the yard was really a mess.    The young man next door cuts the grass but limbs were everywhere and things in general made the house look deserted.

We made the decision while we were in the Philippines that we would share this house as our base home with Ronald and Gigi as we both continue our mission work.   Due to our quarantine in the Philippines, we could not get here sooner or get the furniture moved here until now. 

Ron and I both knew this was probably our last chance to have the ability to handle a move ourselves without having to hire everything done.   We were almost forced to do it now because of the virus and our inability to travel to visit at various congregations.   Everything changed and we adjusted our plans accordingly.    I promised Ron that I would do everything I could to relieve him of the work.  He has helped or done the impossible for me to do but I have done my share of unloading box after box and getting the house in order. 

Here are a few pictures to show how lovely the house is now. The dining room furniture was loaned (or given) to Leigh Ann when she moved into this house.   She has no room for it in her condo.   She still has things stored around in this room that she will take with her when she comes to visit.

Leigh Ann left the glass table in the breakfast room and the backyard with the birds feeding is what we enjoy at each mealtime.

The next pictures are of the large living room.    The cubes to sit on in front of the fireplace and the gold chair were left by Leigh Ann,   

The glass table belongs to Ronald.   This house now belongs to the entire Brown Family!

 I mixed in my furniture whether it really matches or not to complete the room.   As my decorator friend says, "some of it is early basement" style.    

I used gifts and pictures that have been given to us by family, friends and acquaintances, both at home and abroad.  My oriental corner and gifts from our friends cover the tables and include pictures on the walls.   The fun of decorating is remembering where everything came from and when we received it.   

Ronald and Gigi have their room in the master bedroom and it will always be ready for them when they return home.    I will have to take a picture of it and post it in the next segment.   

Here is my office set up in one of the bedrooms.    

I have a corner for reading and a bed for resting.    

Ron has a large table in the other bedroom and his office is set up with a cabinet for storage of offices supplies and a closet for his clothing with shelving on each side which provides a lot of space.   He does not have it neat enough for a picture but I will post one soon. We share whichever bed we feel like and sleep separately when we are tired and need to have uninterrupted sleep.   Our patterns of sleep are not good and as we get older, it seems to get worse.

There is another room upstairs that will be used for a guest room but I have not completed that room yet.   It is a big house with four bedrooms and 3 full baths but Ron and I will use less than l/2 of it, closing off unused rooms in the winter months and using radiator type electric heaters in our rooms.  

Ron still hopes to go back to Thailand for this winter but the virus situation and our health will determine what we are able to do by winter.   In the meantime, we have a very lovely place to live.  We feel very blessed and thankful for all that God provides for us. 

Here are some outside pictures to complete this blog.