The "Votto" Story

A quick post before the Christmas video goes up. So, about a month before we moved our family cat "Joey Votto" went missing. We looked and called for him for about a week and he just never showed up at our door, so we assumed the worst and started to move on with our lives.

A week before the official move out day, I got a text from our neighbor Joe that Votto was under his deck and was not looking good. We went over and saw this very dirty, very skinny cat that kinda/sorta looked like Votto, but we weren't sure. (Joe was positive, by the way) After a week of nursing him back to "fighting weight" on our front porch, he finally started to look more like Votto. But there was a dilemma, since we were moving into my parent's house and there was already a cat there, what to do with Votto? After debating for a day, I took him to the vet, had him checked out for diseases and issues. Once he got a clean bill of health, he made the trip with us to Old Course Lane.

I'm glad to say that he is back to his old self and doing well. So, where was he for that month? Our theory is that he got locked into the house behind us, which was under foreclosure and winterized. The night before he showed back up, the lights were on in that house, so someone was in there and must have let him out. The cat is a fighter, surviving on who knows what for a month in an empty house. How could we not take him with us?

Our House

Of course I made a video of us moving from our house, thanks for asking!

A funny story about the week of our move (some of it captured in this video). Two days before the movers came, a hole opened up on our dinning room ceiling and water was dripping out. PERFECT TIMING! We got our plumber over and he fixed the leak in about 2 hours. In the video, you see my brother-in-law, Brian, fixing the actual hole. It was just one more stressful thing that happened as we moved out. Fortunately we know very nice and talented people who helped us out of our jam. So, thanks Brian and Steve for hustling for us!

A Sad Day/A Happy Day

We officially sold our house in Kentucky. We closed last night at 5. It was very bittersweet. We need more space, but we love our house. It was "our" house and our kids' only house. We did so much with this house. Restored some of the original look, re-did the entire kitchen and backyard and in the process just fell in love with Newport. We will miss everything about it, from walking to the Red's games, to our neighbors (and good friends) the Hansbauers. Hopefully our next house will provide as many good memories as this one did.

In case you don't remember, yes that is the same kitchen. the "before" picture on top and the after our renovation picture on the bottom.