getting moved in bits and pieces

[marni]

We got moved into the new house last week. In spite of three weeks of mucking, hewing, sorting and several fulll loads to charitable organizations we moved 200 boxes, not counting the pieces of furniture. My Father in Law, who is also moving in with us, had his bits and pieces shipped from Florida which totaled 80 boxes and furniture.

I have been unpacking boxes for a solid week and gradually whittling down the check list of missing items which includes our pillows and bedding,a box full of connectors and cords including dh's garmin, several of my fathers wood carvings, my computer lap desk, and workout clothes for both dh and I and until box 103, my biking shoes, and box 178, my biking shorts. There are four picture/mirror cartons and the rest are smaller book boxes which are all heavy enough to contain only books, so it is not looking good for pillows, bedding, electronics or carvings. Fortunately, we moved our bikes, helmets, gloves ourselves and dh's bike shoes and one set of bike clothes were in his gym bag which helped out some.

Of the 80 boxes that FIL brought with him are 45 boxes of Staffordshire, Ironstone and Mercury glass, which I don't have to do anything with but DH will have to deal with after he becomes an expert on Ebay. The rest of the boxes are unpacked for FIL and I still have the book boxes to do, but there is light at the end of the tunnel and if I can bestir myself early enough to beat the heat, I may even get in some exploratory biking this week.

marni

[emily_in_nc]

Hi Marni,

We just moved too, and it's really an ordeal, isn't it? I definitely feel your pain, though we moved a lot less than you, thank heavens! We'd sold (ebay and craigslist) a ton of stuff ahead of time, had a garage sale last summer, donated load after load to Goodwill, books to the library, given stuff to my mom, etc. to downsize from a 4BR house with a 2-car garage, attic, huge workshop, and garden shed to a 2BR apartment with no garage or storage shed (the second BR is our storage shed!) We stored a small amount of stuff at my mom's, so all we had to move into the apartment was furniture, about 25 boxes of "stuff" (mostly kitchen items and electronics), clothing, and houseplants. Oh, and our four bikes, of course! Not too bad. We did it all in a week all by ourselves (it was a local move). The only thing that just about defeated us was the queen-sized mattress, which was a real comedy hauling up the stairs to the third floor, but we finally got it without any loss of life or blood. The mattress is a bit worse for the wear, but it wasn't brand new, thankfully.

Good luck to you in your new home and in finding everything that is currently missing! Since we didn't have all that much to unpack, we got settled in in a week, and it sure feels good to be to this point. Starting to ride again too after having to take some time off during the move prep and move.

Have fun!

[Pedal Wench]

Oy. I move next week...

[smilingcat]

Looks like we too will be moving, to Portland area of Oregon not Maine. A real estate agent is looking for our temporary house. Can't rent while we look for our permanent home cause we have ten cats, two dogs and three hen. Who would in a their right mind would rent to us?

We are so finished with SoCal. just the other day, someone poached all my lemons off our tree!! not one or two... but the whole friggen tree was stripped clean.

Even without the animals, I am not looking forward to the move. I think I need to go scrounge up dozen pallets for our stuff. Large electric kiln, a medium electric kiln, a gas kiln, a commercial Hobard mixer think of it as an over sized kitchen aid mixer standing just over three feet tall and weigh in around 300 pounds, a commercial convection oven... These are just for starters. and oh the monster is a 20ton or was it a 40ton hydraulic press. cylinder itself is about 12 inches across and uses three phase. A small fork lift will not do... OUI!!! just some of our toys my partner and I have

I should have grabbed all those stainless steel cages for the animals from my vet.

[bmccasland]

If all goes well, I'll either be moving to Seattle or Portand by this fall. I grew up moving, and apparently still can't settle down. Over the years, various things have disappeared off the truck, or the entire truck has gone missing. That was a fun move, load got split, FBI was involved... a week later the second truck arrives. And since Uncle Sam paid for the move, my folks couldn't sue the movers.

My pending move will be packed and moved by Uncle Sam, which in itself will be an adventure. Despite careful checking of the inventory of boxes, seems like something is never seen again every time. Moving, quite the adventure.

[marni]

all 280 boxes are unpacked. The important things like bike clothes, workout clothes, bike computers, change of t shirts and underwear and the wine opener have been found at least once some more than once since I am still picking things up, wandering around and trying to find homes for them and then forgetting where I put them.

Still missing are the three kitty litter trays. These are not small items. When last seen three weeks ago, they were clean and in the laundry room holding light bulbs, cleaning equipment and detergent. These - with the exception of the kitty litter trays- were all found packed nicely together in box 189 with plenty of room for the kitty litter trays.

At this point I am so tired I am hallucinating brightly colored little furry animals and people watching me.

I'm sure it will all work out eventually but in the meantime, having your 88 year old legally blind, diabetic, but mainly independent, FIL move in with you with his geriatric dog is probably something I will hopefully never have to do again. It is rather like suddenly having a three year old child again. I am hopping that I have managed to get things stabilized enough that I can maybe take an hour at the gym and work off some of the stress tomorrow. I am hoping to do a little exploratory bike ride Friday, just to sort of get the lay of the area.

The house will be lovely when and if we ever get all the details done, pictures hung, plants in planters, empty boxes out of the garage etc.

marni

[Pedal Wench]

Took 20 minutes to find pants to wear to work yesterday. Gave up on finding socks. Wore Keens to work. Would love to start cooking dinners at home, but can't find my pots - any of them, anywhere.