The First Week

The first week at our new home has been a hectic one to say the least, but we could not have done it without the help of our moving crew, family members, and a big giant moving truck. Unfortunately I didn't capture any pictures of the move. I would have felt guilty not helping to move something in my own home, but I have some random photographs of the last week that I would like to share.

The night before the move without furniture.

Moving and Looking Back

The past week has been spent moving in and setting up our new house in Elyria. With the help of multiple movers and a dog sitter we were actually able to get everything moved over in just a single day. In the midst of setting up and cleaning our new house I ran back over to the condo for one final walk through and one final project. I call it the Condo Memories Project (mainly because I could not think of a better name). I took our pictures from the past and placed them over current shots of the empty home.

Like our first Christmas.

Exploring the Remains of Sports & Stuff

On Cooper Foster Park Road just east of Leavitt Road on the Lorain side there used to be a place called Sports & Stuff. Sports & Stuff was a collaboration of arcade games, go-carts, mini golf, basketball, and batting cages. Every child's dream, and if you were able to clinch about 10,000 tickets from the arcade you got yourself a sucker.

Sports & Stuff was one of my favorite local places to go as a child. It closed down in 2006. My guess is that it just couldn't survive in a time where arcades were decreasing in popularity, and since it was a smaller operation they could not rebound from the loss of sales, but that is a matter of opinion. In the time after closing the property was repeatedly vandalized and the arcade building set ablaze in late 2008. As the property was uninsured the building was a total loss. The property is still for sale today.

The other day after I dropped some stuff off at Goodwill I made my way over to the property and snapped some pictures of what remains, and let me tell you, it was slightly creepy....and possibly trespassing. Here are those pictures in the name of preserving history (seriously don't come after me).

The main building and arcade once stood here before it burned down.

Catching Up for the New Year

The past month has been a hectic one to say the least. We bought a home and are selling the condo. Days have been filled with making nonstop phone calls to real estate agents, mortgage companies, utility companies, the bank, insurance companies (nine separate ones), moving truck rentals and more. We have also been packing day in and day out while also trying to keep the condo clean for showings. Whew! But there have been a couple of holidays to break up the madness. Here are some recent pictures of the past few weeks.

Christmas

Sarah and I on Christmas Eve.