Day 14.  Went up to the new house today with another load of boxes.  As I mentioned previously, this new place is close enough (90 minutes) to drive to and bring things up a little at time.  I have been loading my car (to the brim) every trip with boxes and then unpacking the boxes once I get there and bringing the boxes back with me.  No, I don’t need more boxes – I am just doing this so that I do not have a mountain of boxes and tons of unpacking to do later.  This strategy does not work with all moves, READ MORE

Day 12. My dear husband’s birthday is today and   I managed to convince him that we should spend the night in the new house.  Of course, we took a load of boxes with us – you know, I can’t be unproductive!  While we were gone, 2 couples came with their Realtors to look at our home. READ MORE

Day  11.  Oh my aching legs!  Today we took a large load to the new house.  My helpers today were another son, his wife and my best friend.  I was amazed at how quickly we unloaded a 16′ truck.  Luckily, this son used to work for a mover during the summer when he was in high school so he knew what he was doing!  The downside today was that the new place has steps no matter which door to the house you enter so needless to say, READ MORE

Day 9 & 10 – Yesterday was spent watching my dear granddaughter and having my old faithful dog’s portrait done.  A little off the move subject, but life is still happening around me…..  I did manage to pack more boxes and stage things near the door for loading.  I reserved a truck from Budget Rent A Car and hired a 2 man work crew- essentially one of my sons and his friend.  These days with work offerings so slim, I thought I would help them out by giving them a job for a day or two READ MORE

Day 8 – So tonight, after packing 14 more boxes with the help of my dear friend, Chriss, I am sitting here thinking… “Wow, that grande iced coffee from Starbucks did nothing for me!” Needless to say, no energy here. Aside from packing the boxes, today it became evident that there are more expenses than anticipated.
Insurance to cover our possessions and property. I called our existing agent and gave them the change of address and all the details. Now I owe 50% of an annual premium for renter’s insurance (this on top of the homeowner’s policy still in place while our home is on the market).
Truck Rental. Compared 2 well known truck rental companies and need to reserve that tomorrow. More on how that goes later.
Muscle for hire. Hiring a few of my son’s friends to help load furnishings on this end of the journey into the rented truck. I am anticipating moving the first 50% of furnishings this weekend. (I am leaving some things at the house for staging purposes).
New washer and dryer. My set is over 15 years old and although not broken, we are giving this to our sons for their new place. Need to purchase a new washer and dryer (like the red ones on my vision board). Also convenient to have them delivered and installed at the new place for us!
Double household bills. We will incur charges for 2 sets of household bills until such time as our home sells. Phone, internet, pest control, and satellite dish will be transferred mid month. At least that’s only a half of a month of additional expense, but expense nonetheless.
Oh and for good measure, let’s throw in a needed car repair too!
Don’t worry, I’m still smilin’…….

Day 5 – Today was a busy day for me. I was in work mode as well as move mode.  I opened a new business account at a bank that will be local in my new city.  The manager, Nick, was very friendly and I found it a huge relief to be able to not wait in a long time to speak to someone.  Nick was very interested in me and my business and even promised to follow up himself.  I love small community banks (this one took no federal bail out money, by the way).

Next, I went to an eWomen networking event and helped facilitate the monthly Elk Grove luncheon, where I won a gift!  Looks like a great housewarming gift for our new home, doesn’t it?!    I also was lucky enough to READ MORE

Day 4 -  Okay, so what tasks were completed today?  I think I’ll make a quick list:

1. Set date and time for this weekend to do walk thru and get keys
2. Decided which Realtor will list our house
3. Left message for insurance agent to obtain renter’s insurance
4. Assembled and packed 8 boxes (while granddaughter was sleeping)
5. Identified some furnishings with the dot system

Dot system??? – Are you curious? READ MORE