17 STEPS TO SUCCESS. MAKING THIS MOVE AS EASY AS POSSIBLE.

After months of packing, carrying boxes to the car and unloading, sorting through every nook and cranny, loading up and unloading pieces of furniture in the PT CRUISER, more packing, buying moving supplies, cleaning as I go, shuffling, another donation drop, repeat, repeat, repeat.  I can finally see results.  

The upstairs of the house is bare.  Three fourth of the main floor is bare.  The basement is 3/4th bare. House projects are coming to completion.  I can breathe easier. Getting close to wrapping this BIG MOVE up.  

Here we are mid October. Before the snow blows we would like to sell the house.  Praying for the buyer.   

SATURDAY WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS...loaded the car full and drove to the COTTAGE to unload. From the COTTAGE we went to one of our storage units to place some odds 'n ends in there getting them out of the Living room.

Drove back to the main house and worked in the basement collecting things to donate to GOODWILL.  Boxes filled the car and we drove to the Manhattan GOODWILL making a full carload of donations.  Lunch was chicken tenders from RAISING CAINS.  Sat in the Menard's Parking Lot to eat before going shopping for potting soil, paper towels, bottled water, contractor bags.  I wanted to look at their smaller vinyl storage boxes as we have large cardboard boxes full of dishes that are falling apart.  The dishes in smaller boxes will be easier to handle as older peeps.

I didn't buy any boxes, just got some idea what I will have to spend to store dishes in the COTTAGE cellar.  I think I will take one of the plates along with me next week and do some measuring to make sure the plates will fit.  I'd like order throughout the COTTAGE.  Lots of order.  

From Menards we went HOME and we loaded another car load of boxes.  I drove over to the COTTAGE, went to the storage unit and unloaded all by myself the car load in 6 minutes.  A record.  Then drove HOME.  A round trip took only 45 minutes.

Hubby is doing some painting in the basement stairwell.  Tonight I will load the KITCHEN supplies up.  Taping some boxes and away I will go.  This was a very good day for me concerning packing and getting things out of the house.

With days like this, the basement will cleaned out in no time.
House projects are getting done.
Giving thought to how to get things out of the Carriage House quickly.  Thinking about renting a small moving truck that can be backed up to the Carriage house garage door.  If I load the smaller items on this truck alone then unload it at the storage unit, I'm not sure I could walk the next day.  After Hubby gets the basement stairwell finished and I have cleared out the basement then maybe he will see eye to eye about getting a small truck to fill up.

TONITE as I rested, I could finally say, "IT IS COMING TOGETHER."

1) loaded the car full of things to take to the COTTAGE.
2) drove to the COTTAGE and unloaded the car.
3) reloaded the car with things to take to the storage unit.
4) unloaded car.
5) drove back HOME.
6) loaded a car load of donations for GOODWILL.
7) drove to GOODWILL.
8) donated load.
9) lunch.
10) went to Menards for supplies.
11) drove HOME.
12) reloaded car with boxes.
13) drove to one of our storage units.
14) unloaded the car.
15) drove HOME.
16) made boxes and filled with Kitchen supplies.
17) count my blessings and rested.

WE WILL NEED A VACATION AFTER WE LEAVE THIS PLACE.  Post moving blues might decide to visit us as we have been extremely busy fixing the house up and taking months to clear off the property.  MONTHS.  This is the longest drawn out move I have ever participated with. SO very different than any other.  There have been 23 moves since I met my Husband, dated, got married, started a family, bought our first house and moved and moved and moved.    

This phase of LIFE will come and go.  After we get moved this time, then I will do a serious double take about the THINGS we will KEEP.

Praise the LORD we have THINGS.  Praise the LORD.  Praise the LORD.  PRAISEEEEEEE THE LORD.

~d