OK now it's two days to the move. I still have to line up more people to help and now the weather isn't cooperating. Yesterday was a wonderful day. Slightly overcast but there was some sun and it was warm. More of the snow/ice melted and that is nice. Today however it's only 7 degrees outside which is down from 11 degrees when I got up, the wind is blowing up a blue streak and it's snowing outside. That just started in the last hour. It was snowing a little when I got up but it stopped for over an hour and now it's really coming down. I was hoping it would be the big fluffy kind as it's supposed to be warmer later on today but now it's the powdery stuff that just blows all over the place. It's also very icy outside. I thought at first that I was seeing puddles outside so I stepped out the door and almost fell on my butt as I stepped on what I thought was a puddle of water.I It looks beautiful out there but looks can be deceiving. It's cold and nasty.
I worked for an hour this morning for my upstairs neighbor. It was just getting him rolled up on his side and making him feel comfortable and making him a cup of tea. Simple things that don't really take an hour but that's what I get paid to do what I do. I love working for him as he's a great guy and doesn't complain about the situation he's in. I don't think I could adapt to being in a wheel chair for the rest of my life like he has. He was in his mid 20's when he ended up there and is now in his 40's. I think it's been almost 18 years since that fateful day that he got thrown the wrong way wrestling and was paralyzed from the neck down. He has some mobility in one arm but not enough to really do anything for himself. He has no voluntary movement in most of his body but he can feel things. That must suck to be able to feel things but not be able to do anything about it. Again I don't think I could adapt to having to rely on others to take care of me the way he has. Thank goodness he has mostly family taking care of him. I consider him part of my family at this point and I think his family considers me part of their family as well. I love them all and they are real great to my neighbor.
I'm going out later today to do some errands and to get more boxes. I need at least 20 more in order to finish packing the rest of my stuff. At least that's my estimate. I may not need that many but it's better to be safe than sorry as far as the boxes go. I still have my room to pack, my sons room needs to be packed and so does the back hall closet and bathroom. So much to do and so little time left to do it.
The Salvation Army came yesterday and only took two pieces of the four that I wanted them to take. I have gotten rid of one of the things by taking it apart and putting it in the dumpster. It was OK but there was no way to tighten up the nuts to make the legs sturdy enough so the table wouldn't shake when you sat down at it. The other piece I'm going to see if it will fit in my bedroom at the new apartment and probably keep it as there was a lot of things that came out of it that I don't know where else to put. I don't want more boxes in the closet because I don't have a place for this stuff. I'm still undecided as to which room to put my hope chest in. I don't know if I want it in the living room or my bedroom. I guess it will depend on if I have the room in the bedroom or not. I just have to see on Saturday. I think the bedroom is smaller than what I have now so there may not be room for it. The closet on the other hand is HUGE and it's almost like having another room. I could put a twin bed in there for my youngest son to sleep on if I didn't have to have a lot of boxes in there.
This is enough for today. I have to see if my upstairs neighbor needs anything.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Three days
The count down has started and it's three days till the big move. I am both looking forward and not looking forward to this. It's a lot of work to pack up a house hold of a hoarder which I am. I collect all kinds of kitchen things plus food. I need to go through all the food that is packed when I'm unpacking and donate what is still good to the food pantry. I am a couponaholic and when I see good deals on things and have a coupon for it I'll buy it even if I don't need or use the product. I know for certain that I have hamburger and chicken helper that I'm never going to use so it's time to get rid of it. I also have a bunch of spices that are outdated that I need to get rid of and replace. I have a lot of the same spiced and they are all past the use by date so when I'm unpacking I'm going to throw them out and when I finally get to go grocery shopping I'll replace them. I won't need them right away so I will just pick up a few at a time of things that I use the most of.
My oldest son hasn't even started to pack what he has to pack in his room. Of course I'm guilty of that as well. I have run out of boxes at this point and hope that once I have the keys I can get boxed moved and unpacked so I can bring those boxed back over here to repack with other stuff. If I can get what is already packed in the kitchen and bring those boxes back I'm hoping that I can finish packing the kitchen. I know I'm going to have to run all the dishes through the dishwasher before I use them so they will be the last things that I do unpack. I don't like to use things that have been wrapped in newspaper .
Moving also involves calling people who may give you some sort of service like transportation, or in my case my home health aide, insurance and any postal delivery things to let them know of your new address. I have slowly been transferring thing to the new address but keep feeling like I'm missing things. I did put in a change of address to the post office but just yesterday I received from an old neighbor a piece of mail that not only came in my married name (which was changed 7 years ago) but came to my first address when I moved in here. That was 2 moves ago, over 4 years since I lived there. I have no idea why I get mail there when someone like AARP knows my new address and has for over 4 years. I know once I move I will be getting mail at my new address for someone that lived in this apartment last. No matter how many times I let the post office know that that person no longer lives here I still get his mail. I am going to get after the office to update their resident address list so hopefully I'll get all my mail when I move to the new apartment. I also have to go to the town hall and change my address with them so I can continue to vote.
There are just to many things to do and not enough time to do them in. Plus no matter where I write things down that I need to go the list keeps going missing. I must have written out 5 lists of people and places I need to change my address with and can't find a single one right now. I think I have gremlins that eat the lists at night when I'm sleeping. I only hope they are not eating them after midnight.
The cats are on edge as well. They know something is going on but don't know what. I can only hope that by moving them to the apartment the night before and letting them get used to the smell of the place overnight when I lock them in the bathroom the day of the move they won't be real stressed out. I only have one kennel to move them in so the big cat I'm going to carry as he doesn't squirm as much as the little one when taken outside. He's not going to be happy about being in a car for the short ride to the new apartment but I'm hoping he won't claw me up to badly. The little female will be kenneled as she hates to be held and given a chance she will run off because she's scared of every thing and any thing. I have the kennel out and open with their towels in it but they at this point have ignored it. I thought maybe the big cat would sleep in there or the little one would get in once in a while but neither one have paid any attention to it. I hope the little one doesn't fight me when I put her in it Friday.
Time to get dressed and finish cleaning off the furniture I'm donating to the Salvation Army. I have to empty my dresser and clean off the top of the table and buffet so when they come they can just take the stuff. Of course they will be here during the time that I'm supposed to be gone but the oldest kid is here to direct and make sure they get what they are here for and only that.
See you later.
My oldest son hasn't even started to pack what he has to pack in his room. Of course I'm guilty of that as well. I have run out of boxes at this point and hope that once I have the keys I can get boxed moved and unpacked so I can bring those boxed back over here to repack with other stuff. If I can get what is already packed in the kitchen and bring those boxes back I'm hoping that I can finish packing the kitchen. I know I'm going to have to run all the dishes through the dishwasher before I use them so they will be the last things that I do unpack. I don't like to use things that have been wrapped in newspaper .
Moving also involves calling people who may give you some sort of service like transportation, or in my case my home health aide, insurance and any postal delivery things to let them know of your new address. I have slowly been transferring thing to the new address but keep feeling like I'm missing things. I did put in a change of address to the post office but just yesterday I received from an old neighbor a piece of mail that not only came in my married name (which was changed 7 years ago) but came to my first address when I moved in here. That was 2 moves ago, over 4 years since I lived there. I have no idea why I get mail there when someone like AARP knows my new address and has for over 4 years. I know once I move I will be getting mail at my new address for someone that lived in this apartment last. No matter how many times I let the post office know that that person no longer lives here I still get his mail. I am going to get after the office to update their resident address list so hopefully I'll get all my mail when I move to the new apartment. I also have to go to the town hall and change my address with them so I can continue to vote.
There are just to many things to do and not enough time to do them in. Plus no matter where I write things down that I need to go the list keeps going missing. I must have written out 5 lists of people and places I need to change my address with and can't find a single one right now. I think I have gremlins that eat the lists at night when I'm sleeping. I only hope they are not eating them after midnight.
The cats are on edge as well. They know something is going on but don't know what. I can only hope that by moving them to the apartment the night before and letting them get used to the smell of the place overnight when I lock them in the bathroom the day of the move they won't be real stressed out. I only have one kennel to move them in so the big cat I'm going to carry as he doesn't squirm as much as the little one when taken outside. He's not going to be happy about being in a car for the short ride to the new apartment but I'm hoping he won't claw me up to badly. The little female will be kenneled as she hates to be held and given a chance she will run off because she's scared of every thing and any thing. I have the kennel out and open with their towels in it but they at this point have ignored it. I thought maybe the big cat would sleep in there or the little one would get in once in a while but neither one have paid any attention to it. I hope the little one doesn't fight me when I put her in it Friday.
Time to get dressed and finish cleaning off the furniture I'm donating to the Salvation Army. I have to empty my dresser and clean off the top of the table and buffet so when they come they can just take the stuff. Of course they will be here during the time that I'm supposed to be gone but the oldest kid is here to direct and make sure they get what they are here for and only that.
See you later.
Friday, March 7, 2014
It's Official
As of last Sunday it is official that my oldest son will be living full time with me when I move to the new apartment. Until his father called to talk to him (I had been telling him to call his dad for 2 weeks) everyone BUT his dad knew that he wanted to live with me full time. Now his dad knows as well. I'm glad his dad DID call to talk to him as he was going to sign a lease on Monday for a two bedroom apartment. Now he can get a one bedroom and save himself some money.
Of course this brings up a whole host of problems on it's own. How to pack all the stuff he has in a room that's almost twice the size of the one that he will have in the new apartment. He currently has a full size bed but has a queen size at his dads. He also has 2 dressers, a night stand, a bookcase and other assorted stuff in that room. The room he's moving into is kind of tiny with one wall that has the closet in it so that only leaves three walls to put stuff on. I have already decided to confiscate his bookcase as I have more books than I have space for. Time to go through the books to see what I can donate to the library. I did that before I moved to the last apartment and got rid of about 75 books at that time. Most of those were paperbacks that I had gotten when I worked for Barnes and Noble. Most of them had no front cover as they were the ones that didn't sell and were getting tossed. What a waste. They take the front cover off them to get the money from the publisher and throw away the rest of the book.
I have a call into the Salvation Army to come and pick up three big pieces of furniture I no longer have room for or want anymore. I have a hutch bottom, a Chiffarobe and the matching dresser with mirror. I won't be needing the dresser anymore as when I get my sons room set up with his stuff from his dads he won't need it anymore. That dresser has a matching night stand. I already have two pieces of furniture that I'm using as night stands but one of those can be brought out to the living room to be used as an end table. I also have this 3 drawer plastic thingy I use as a night stand right now that I'm going to use as a junk drawer in the living room. I'll put all the paperwork for the electronics in it and maybe the photo albums. That means I have to take all the junk out of it first but hey I haven't used that stuff in about 3 years so I don't think it will matter if I throw it away now.
I want to replace the futon that I'm using as a couch with a real couch but I don't have the money for that right now. I am going to replace the hutch with a bakers rack as soon as I find one online. I'm hoping that I can get it delivered before I move next weekend. Maybe I'll wait till I'm all moved to get it.
Well I hope everyone will pray that I can pull this move off and get into the apartment when I want to. If I don't come up with about $150.00 I won't be moving. Also the apartment has to pass inspection today so hope it does that. Last time I saw the apartment the electric didn't work and there wasn't a dishwasher in it. I plan on being there at noon to do the walk through to make sure it passes.
Enough for now. I'll write more later.
Of course this brings up a whole host of problems on it's own. How to pack all the stuff he has in a room that's almost twice the size of the one that he will have in the new apartment. He currently has a full size bed but has a queen size at his dads. He also has 2 dressers, a night stand, a bookcase and other assorted stuff in that room. The room he's moving into is kind of tiny with one wall that has the closet in it so that only leaves three walls to put stuff on. I have already decided to confiscate his bookcase as I have more books than I have space for. Time to go through the books to see what I can donate to the library. I did that before I moved to the last apartment and got rid of about 75 books at that time. Most of those were paperbacks that I had gotten when I worked for Barnes and Noble. Most of them had no front cover as they were the ones that didn't sell and were getting tossed. What a waste. They take the front cover off them to get the money from the publisher and throw away the rest of the book.
I have a call into the Salvation Army to come and pick up three big pieces of furniture I no longer have room for or want anymore. I have a hutch bottom, a Chiffarobe and the matching dresser with mirror. I won't be needing the dresser anymore as when I get my sons room set up with his stuff from his dads he won't need it anymore. That dresser has a matching night stand. I already have two pieces of furniture that I'm using as night stands but one of those can be brought out to the living room to be used as an end table. I also have this 3 drawer plastic thingy I use as a night stand right now that I'm going to use as a junk drawer in the living room. I'll put all the paperwork for the electronics in it and maybe the photo albums. That means I have to take all the junk out of it first but hey I haven't used that stuff in about 3 years so I don't think it will matter if I throw it away now.
I want to replace the futon that I'm using as a couch with a real couch but I don't have the money for that right now. I am going to replace the hutch with a bakers rack as soon as I find one online. I'm hoping that I can get it delivered before I move next weekend. Maybe I'll wait till I'm all moved to get it.
Well I hope everyone will pray that I can pull this move off and get into the apartment when I want to. If I don't come up with about $150.00 I won't be moving. Also the apartment has to pass inspection today so hope it does that. Last time I saw the apartment the electric didn't work and there wasn't a dishwasher in it. I plan on being there at noon to do the walk through to make sure it passes.
Enough for now. I'll write more later.
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