Sounds of Saturday

Happy Saturday! It is fairly quiet around here as we wrap up the last of our preparations for the big move on Monday.  Well, I say it is quiet until I stop to think about the sounds I am hearing...

• Quiet chatter of the clerks at Panera as they go about their work while we eat our breakfast
• Ornery and me laughing out loud while recalling various scenes of a stupid movie
• Scratching sound of a pen on paper as we draw out the floor plan and list of items needed for the new garage space
• Buzz of a neighbor's chain saw as they trim some trees
• Whirring, clattering and clinking sound of Ornery removing the mirror from the dresser in our room with his drill and dropping the screws into a bag for later reassembly
• Screeching sound of the end of a five year old roll of duct tape as it unfurls around a mirror box containing the last of our wall hangings
• Tones of the Addams Family theme song as my phone rings
• Ripping sound of the tape as I take it off a box I had already packed to find something Ornery needed, and again to put something in a different box that I had left out by accident
• Clinking of a pile of keys while Ornery rummages through to find the shed key
• Seal-like barks of the dog behind us as Ornery opens the shed to remove the lawn mower
• Droning sound of the mower as he cuts Miller Manor's lawn for the last time
• Puttering of the weed eater as he trims the overgrown edges around the yard for the last time...
• Chirping songs of robins and other birds as they enjoy the cool morning
• Squeak of rubber wheels on tile floor as we shuffle boxes from one room to another with the dolly
• Swish of the metal gun safe as it is moved across the carpet from the closet in preparation for the move
• Squeal of surprise as Ornery has a bit of fun with his wife
• Airplane sounds as the washing machine spins out the water from the last loads of laundry

We hope to also hear some worship songs and teaching this evening as well as voices of friends calling out greetings, and according to the forecast we'll possibly hear a bit of thunder and rain. Otherwise, it is a pretty quiet day...