Furniture for sale

One of the by-products of moving to Nashville is that we have to sell a few pieces of furniture as they just don't fit. 

I've posted the items for sale on Craig's List.  Check it out: 
http://nashville.craigslist.org/fur/728929937.html

First week recap in Nashville

Made it through our first week in Nashville. Honestly, it is everything I thought it would be and more. When we arrived on last Friday, the weather was unseasonably hot. It actually seemed hotter than Houston. One nice thing about Nashville weather, it does "cool" down in the evening and mornings, whereas in Houston, you never get relief from the heat in the summer months. 

Gracie doesn't dig the stairs too much in our home. She has only gone upstairs once with the coaxing of Charlotte.  Ester on the other hand is marching up and down the stairs like a seasoned pro. 

We made pretty good progress on the boxes. Tennessee's green reputation is true.  We found a local recycling station where we've taken the mounds of packing paper and boxes. Kind of nice b/c it saves us $150 to have the movers remove the boxes.

We made a mistake putting the office desk in one of the other bedrooms b/c it does not have cable hookup and thus I'm unable to keep the wireless router and printers in there.  We'll be hiring some movers to come and move the desk into the bonus room.  Also, the floor plan is not open and thus the house seems smaller. We rented a storage so we can put some of the items that don't fit here in it for the next year as we look for our permanent housing.

Commute to the office is 25 minutes with no traffice and via a winding road through the rolling hills. With the high price of gas though, we'll need to look at replacing the Explorer next year as it just costs too much to fill up and get's a measly 17mpg with the commute.

Ester catching some zzz's

Ester catching some zzz's
Originally uploaded by K3bert

Ester is tuckered out after the big trip to Nashville and the move. Neither she or Gracie know what to think of the new home. It's a two story home and they don't like the stairs. But I suspect they figure them out when we go to bed and they stay downstairs by themselves.

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kebert
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Moving day

Moving day
Originally uploaded by K3bert

2 1/2 years ago we moved into our home with a small 6 wheel truck. Today it's taking an 18 wheeler to move to Nashville. It's amazing how fast you can accumulate stuff.

Watching these guys are amazing. They had everything boxed and ready to start loading in 4 hours.

Something to think about when you publish a blog or other personal web site

This morning, I was modifying my blog to include functionality to add blog posts on my website to Facebook. In doing so, I realized, that some content that included on my blog and Facebook site contained content that may be considered inflammatory, derogatory, and/or offensive. For example, discussions around the upcoming presidential election, same sex marriage, or whether or not farting is fun to do (yes, someone actually posted a conversation about farting).

Because there are times when I do not agree with the content of site in question, I do not want someone to mistakingly assume I share the opinions being expressed on it. By including the content on my blog, it stands to reason that you could assume I share the same viewpoint and even worse be offended by it.

You have to be careful of your web presence. In todays world, it is not uncommon for someone to Google your name and you want to be certain that what ever comes back in the search results, that every instance where your name is plastered on the web it best represent you as a person. Of course there are instances of mistaking identity, after all, the world is a big place and people do have the same name as you (if you Googled my name from the link above, I'm not a professional Tennis player, although ironically enough, I was born in the St. Louis area).

And before you add a comment with a smart ass remarks about what content I could possibly be discussing (you know who you are), the content was coming from Floort.  You should check the sight out, there are some thought provoking (and not so thought provoking) conversations that go on there.

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