The, "Well, The Move Has Ended" Story

It was another ordinary day.  Saturday...and the move has just about ended.  Carol and I have moved from our beautiful home of 29 years in Manheim Township to our new home, a villa at Woodcrest Villa which is a retirement community to the West of Manheim Township in Hempfield Township.  We have been thinking about moving for quite some time since I am struggling to keep the lawn moved, leaves raked, snow shoveled, painting done, etc, etc., etc.  I know....I can hire someone to do all that for me, which I had been doing for some time.  But, it was getting too costly to pay someone to do all that I couldn't do.  So my wife and I talked it over and decided to move with our two cats to a retirement home in Lancaster County.  We looked at close to half-a-dozrn before deciding upon Woodcrest Villa.  One factor was that we knew quite a few people who already live at Woodcrest and they have nothing but good comments about the place.  Plus, both of our sons live less than 10 minutes from Woodcrest just in case we might need them.  So, we went for a visit and decided it was the place for us.    We looked at a few of the models they had and decided upon a villa rather than an apartment so that we would have a garage.  Began packing close to six months ago and made the change on October 12.  Hired a moving company for all the big furniture pieces and moved the rest with the help of our children and spouses.  Also asked Carol's good friend Debbie to keep our two cats with her for a week or so while we organize our new home.  It's been a few days since we have moved and have begun to unpack everything we had packed a week or so ago.  We had to take our wall TV off the wall and bring it with us which has been placed back on the wall in our new home.  Our children helped unpack all the items they had helped pack and have begun to help with arranging the furniture in our new home.  So far we have hung about a dozen pieces of artwork with another couple dozen or so waiting to be hung.  Being that we only have two bedrooms, we have made one into not only a guest bedroom, but an office where I have my computer.  As of now, that is the room that holds the dozens of artwork pieces to be hung.  Our cats have now returned and enjoy sitting on the windowsills looking at the residents walking past our villa.  Well....time to get back to work finishing the decorating.  I'll post some photos when all is in place!  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.