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  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

Here’s a video blog of the first weekend of beginning to move.
I’m trying hard not to look tired!

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

Day 2-  Today we met with Realtor #3; this one a friend of my brother-in-law.  We interviewed Realtors #1 and 2 last Saturday. We wanted to talk to several before choosing this time and so we have had 3 interviews and 3 entirely different presentations.  READ MORE