Growing old and feeling it!

In my adult life, I have moved 22 times and have moved all my furniture and belongings each time using the old U-haul. I suppose my total set of belongings never exceeded the size of a truck and I've gotten very good at purging and packing through the years. For some reason, my mom can't seem to part with stuff. I counted 78 boxes after I had already unpacked several boxes! My body had to move most of the boxes and had to get my brother to come help move a few that I just couldn't pick up. My body is sore and I'm feeling my age. I'm still trying to recover from the weekend - I not only moved my mother, I then came home and rearranged my house from having her here for seven months and painted one room too! My garage is beautiful now and my hubby is happily able to work out again.

Moving Day!

It's here at last! My mom is moving into her own apartment so I am taking a couple of days off from work (what a way to spend spring break huh!) and helping her to unpack her hundreds of boxes and get her settled. My brother is coming over this morning to take a few things over. My car is packed with stuff. The movers arrive at 9 and after they leave here, they are going over to her storage unit to load up all her belongings and take them to the new place. What a day ahead!

Charlotte's future

Driving around town this weekend, I happened to notice the uptown skyline is changing! There's a whole lotta building going on.

When I got home, I googled what the skyline might look like when all these skyscrapers are done. Fascinating stuff here with lots of links into other sites to give us a sneak peek of what our city will look like soon. One of the coolest links is a site that provides a 3D view of the city - baseball stadium and all!
http://www.charlottencus.com/charlottes-skyline-a-glimpse-into-the-future/

And there's talk of a Trump Tower in Charlotte too! Now are we getting into the big time real estate market with "The Donald" coming to town or what! http://www.trumpcharlotte.com/