Good morning!
Thanks for having fun with me with my photos! AND thank you so much for the wonderful comments!
It's only 43º here! Coldest morning so far! I don't think I could handle the Midwest winters again where I spent the first 47 years of my life!
The Move From Hell
I remember the day we left St. Louis to move to AZ. It was -22º windchill! 10" of snow and ice. The movers came and of course had to leave the doors open. omg. I don't think I've ever been so cold.
After the movers left, we took off for a small town in MO to visit his family then on to KC to see my family for Christmas. We also had a golden retriever and 2 cats.
We were driving a Suburban and towing a Cadillac. The things that went around the Cadillac's front tires kept falling off. It was a frozen mess!
We made it to KC for Christmas. Then we headed to AZ. White out conditions all across KS, OK and the TX panhandle. As we drove on I 40 into NM, we were going to stop in Las Vegas, NM for the night. Nope. All hotels full. But the college gym was open. lol... Ummmm.....do I look like someone who would stay in a college gym? With 3 animals? I don't think so!!
We continued on to Santa Fe. I40 was just 2 tire tracks with probably 10" of snow. We found a room in Santa Fe. The next morning we discovered the bumper was missing from the Cadillac. Snow must have pulled it off.
We headed west on I40 across NM. It's high plains and the temp reading was 0 with high winds so have no idea the windchill.
We get into AZ and head down to Payson. It was 40º in Payson. No snow. I said we are NOT pulling into Scottsdale looking like the Beverly Hillbillies! So we stopped to wash all the crap off the cars. Then we noticed a dent in each front door of the Cadillac. Fine, just fine.
Down the mountain we go and it's getting warmer and warmer! We're peeling off layers of clothes! We arrived at our new home and it was 61º! 0 to 61 in just hours!
I walked inside and had a horrible sense that something was wrong. The paint I spent weeks picking out looked neon lavender. I'm like, don't panic. It's the sunlight, the house is empty and you're tired. We spent the night at a motel and went back to the house the next morning. Yep, neon lavender. omg... I get the paint chip and it's not the same! 3300 sq feet of the wrong color paint! Ceilings, walls, trim and doors! Did my ex and the painter NOT check the color?!?!? Are you laughing yet? lol
Ok, truth be told, it wasn't really neon lavender. But it was not what I picked. Turns out Sherwin Williams changed all their coding and guess what? The painter had the old code and well the rest is history. They gave us 33 gallons of paint for the outside but wouldn't cover labor. I made it work and ended up liking the color.
The car? U-Hall gave us the wrong tow kit for the car. They paid to repair the bumper and doors.
Arizona is an amazing place to live! I'm glad we survived the move and I will (hopefully) never live anywhere else!
So after the move from hell, how about some more vacation photos?
http://imgur.com/a/ixTsy
Have a GREAT day everyone!
WOW!!! You make cold days SMOKIN' HOTT


