All the boxes and smoke! AHHH!

So Paul and I are finally moved into our new place. I've never liked moving and find the hardest part getting started packing it all. We waited until the last minute to pack 90% of our things because we're such procrastinators. But there's something nice about unpacking a box in a new place. Getting everything situated and for even just one day having a clean house makes me feel like life is in order. Now knowing us the orderliness of the house will fade over time as life gets busy and we get more lax...but it's nice to look around and have everything in its place.

Here's a few pictures from our move:

Paul's stereo equipment was actually the first stuff in the apartment. We hired movers for the rest but we didn't want to chance having something happen to the entertainment equipment so with his friend Skye's help we moved it ourselves.

I am a master car packer. :D

Hopefully this apartment will be a place we call home for a while. It's right on the edge of some local farms not far from the Rio Grande so every morning we are greeted by the fragrance of animal "presents" wafting into the parking lot. A great way to awaken the mind without caffeine! LOL

We've had a lot of smoke in this area due to the Arizona fires this past week so much so that it looked like a large fog had come over the city. We were next to Pei Wei the other and it smelled like Chinese food mixed with a campfire. This week is only expected to be worse until they get an upper hand on the fires or our weather patterns change. Boo!

It looks like a rainy day...only it's not!

View from across a parking lot.

I just saw on the news the fire is as big as Chicago and New York City combined!!! Since there is 0% containment it's unlikely the smoke will leave any time soon.