This morning I was awakened by the sun shining through the windows of my new home: a quaint rambler on the East side of town.

Crowded in by piles of our possessions though we may be, Wifey and I are now settled comfortably into our new digs.

The move, completed over the course of three weeks, is thanks to the gracious help of my friends.

Thanks to Dave and Greg for helping me solve my drainage woes; thanks to Joey for assembling some of the IKEA furniture and helping me to move that stupid piano; thanks to Peter for painting the baby’s room; thanks to Danielle for cleaning up Peter’s little messes and painting the guest room; and thanks to Scott for helping me move all the stuff that hadn’t made it into boxes, and for helping me to keep my sanity throughout the last day.

And a special thanks to my realtor and friend Ron Nallon, who talked us out of several “fix’r uppers” before we found a home we really wanted.