{"id":7858,"date":"2012-04-16T07:17:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T12:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=7858"},"modified":"2012-04-16T07:17:14","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T12:17:14","slug":"worse-before-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/16\/worse-before-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Worse before better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first day we were moving stuff in it was just part of the stuff from the townhouse. And it seemed like I had it all under control.  A little in, a little out.  Unpack, break down box- haul outside.<\/p>\n<p>But then the big truck came.  It&#8217;s going to take me a year to dig out from this mess.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday Austin and I made three trips to the recycling place to dump boxes and paper.  <\/p>\n<p>The recycling place is pretty cool- it has a spot for everything, even things you don&#8217;t want anymore- and there were people there taking the stuff as fast as people were unloading.  Better than filling a dump!<\/p>\n<p>Our curbside recyling only comes every two weeks.  That&#8217;s not enough!  I think I am going to be going to the recycling center a lot.  Fortunately it is close.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/6924938138\/\" title=\"The kitchen table by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5238\/6924938138_cb59b57f63_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"The kitchen table\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But despite the mess, I am loving our new neighborhood and house.  We have gotten the warmest welcome.  Lots of flowers, cookies, muffins, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The best was friday when a ton of teenagers (boys and girls) showed up with a big cookie cake.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/7074297729\/\" title=\"Hello weekend by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5072\/7074297729_297bb32dd9_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Hello weekend\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made a to-do list for Andy and somehow it ended up on the floor with water spilled on it so you couldn&#8217;t read it.  Hmmm.<\/p>\n<p><del datetime=\"2012-04-16T11:43:05+00:00\">Eva<\/del> Zoey got a new cage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/6937452566\/\" title=\"Untitled by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7203\/6937452566_9649464822_c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zoey gets carried a lot.  She is a good sport.  And very floppy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/7072168991\/\" title=\"Eva loves Zoey by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7050\/7072168991_3755cf28e7_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Eva loves Zoey\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zoey chase<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/7083529329\/\" title=\"Untitled by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5332\/7083529329_4f1dd48207_c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zoey capture<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/7083534447\/\" title=\"Untitled by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7059\/7083534447_c2c21de975_c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other day when I had my first solo hour in the house I went out on the balcony and sat in the sun for 10 minutes<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/7083600133\/\" title=\"Untitled by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7260\/7083600133_4a76566e85_c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and took a deep breath<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/6927803678\/\" title=\"Gifts from a girlie by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5034\/6927803678_5988a646e4_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Gifts from a girlie\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At Austin&#8217;s lacrosse game Cole and Eva were fighting like crazy.  Over everything.  At one point they were rolling on the ground smacking each other.  But then they went to pick flowers and all was fine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/7083503937\/\" title=\"Untitled by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7067\/7083503937_ec42fdacd0_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Monday!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/6937448008\/\" title=\"Untitled by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5469\/6937448008_1da20daf08_o.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first day we were moving stuff in it was just part of the stuff from the townhouse. And it seemed like I had it all under control. A little in, a little out. Unpack, break down box- haul outside. But then the big truck came. It&#8217;s going to take me a year to dig out from this mess. Saturday Austin and I made three trips to the recycling place to dump boxes and paper. The recycling place is pretty cool- it has a spot for everything, even things you don&#8217;t want anymore- and there were people there taking the stuff as fast as people were unloading. Better than filling a dump! Our curbside recyling only comes every two weeks. That&#8217;s not enough! I think I am going to be going to the recycling center a lot. Fortunately it is close. But despite the mess, I am loving our new neighborhood and house. We have gotten the warmest welcome. Lots of flowers, cookies, muffins, etc. The best was friday when a ton of teenagers (boys and girls) showed up with a big cookie cake. I made a to-do list for Andy and somehow it ended up on the floor with water spilled on it so you couldn&#8217;t read it. Hmmm. Eva Zoey got a new cage. Zoey gets carried a lot. She is a good sport. And very floppy. Zoey chase Zoey capture The other day when I had my first solo hour in the house I went out on the balcony and sat in the sun for 10 minutes and took a deep breath At Austin&#8217;s lacrosse game Cole and Eva were fighting like crazy. Over everything. At one point they were rolling on the ground smacking each other. But then they went to pick flowers and all was fine. Happy Monday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iphone","category-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}