And...we're off!

I don't have a great camera. But I wanted to capture a little bit of what's going on around here for the rest of you to see. It's mass chaos, but I'm hoping it brings great results. We'll see. The sale is now less than 10 hours away. I have no idea what convinced me that 7 a.m. was a good time, but I went with it. So, bright and early tomorrow morning we'll be off to the races. And yes, EVERYTHING pictured is for sale. Everything. All things not for sale have been packed away or moved to another location (like the basement) until they can be packed away.

The photo above is a snapshot of our once Master Bedroom. Thankfully it's a large room, but the bed has been carted out and all kinds of lovely things have been put in it's place. Hopefully it will provide ample shopping room.


The next two photos are of our living room. Now the main show room at the House of King. And yes, the room is as small as it looks. But we have enjoyed living here, in the quiet, of the country, with no one around but the squirrels, turkeys, and deer.


I'm feeling good and positive. My friend Tammy (the Rockstar) is coming out to help me maintain my sanity. Since she's planning to be here bright and early on a Saturday morning, I owe her DOUBLE BIG TIME. The house is chopped up, and since I won't be able to be in two places at once I'm hoping she will be able to assist anyone with questions, purchases, or whatever else needs to be done.

I'm off to do a last minute sweep. See you soon!

For Sale!

I've been working my tail feather off today. Since I was down and out earlier in the week I took advantage of my hubby's time and we kicked some major butt here. I have almost everything ready to go. Almost everything. I have to do some more moving and packing tomorrow night but when those doors open at 7 a.m. on Saturday I'm determined to have it ready. Ha!

So, if you're local, come on out and buy my stuff. One step closer. Tomorrow marks 6 days of work left for me. I thought I'd be less hesitant to leave the job behind. But that's for another day. These posts aren't very exciting lately. Hopefully some things will get nailed down and then I'll have something REAL to report.

On a personal front, Mom had surgery today and is resting. Keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

Step By Step

Everyday gets us closer to departure, and everyday I begin to get a little more excited and a little more freaked out. Luckily the excitement is starting to make headway on the freak outs.

We have found a potential subleaser for our property. Potential because I have to make sure he's legit, and also because we have to him okayed with the landlords. He's a geophysicist, from the UK. So potential, we'll see if it's legit. I'm certainly not counting my chickens before they hatch.

I also called on another rental. They don't want pets, and would require us to kennel Ches if we're not there, not gonna happen. So I think tomorrow I'll call the boarding house and see what they're weekly rates are, and then perhaps wait around for the February 1 opening at the tri-plex. The apartment, aforementioned, is for sale and would require a 4 month lease. Blech. But I'm not going to turn it down just in case. We'll see...

I'm putting together a moving sale for Saturday. I was going to do it the following weekend, but frankly I just want to be done. So, it's all up for sale, and I"m hoping that we get a lot of lookers. A lot. OF BUYERS. I just want the stuff gone. I'll sit on the floor. Really. Don't care. :) So, that's my week.

I didn't update yesterday because I had some oral surgery done. Tomorrow will hopefully bring more progress, and I have 7 days of work left. Count them, 7!! I have a lot to do in the days following them. Unfortunately.

Pray for my mom, she fell and broke her ankle today. She'll find out tomorrow if she needs surgery or not. Bummer.

Have a blessed day!

No More Negative Nelly

Well, it seems like I haven't really been giving any real information. I'm feeling the squeeze, and so is Brent. In an effort to keep us both sane, or semi-sane anyway, I'm taking over most of the moving stuff, and just helping him focus on his day to day.

So, I will admit that the stress is getting to me a little bit and I'm finding it hard to fit everything in. So, I've decided to make everything semi-easy on myself. I'm having one moving sale, on Saturday. Am I prepared? Um, at this moment no. But things will change and we'll make it work. I'm almost there, at the brink of having everything ready, or ready enough to go. I have a lot of work in the next couple days, but we're ready, set, go. I hope. Ha!

In addition, I'm having oral surgery tomorrow. Nothing major, but it does put a little kink in my timeline. So, that portion makes me nervous and my goal is to recover quickly and get my stuff together. I'll keep you posted on that.

In other good news we managed to get a head's up on a rental, two, in DJ that are available now, and so we'll see what we need to do, and if we're interested in those. The tri-plex isn't available until Feb. 1, so that's not totally out yet. I'm hoping it's as nice as it seems and I'm thinking we may still try to acquire that rental in February.

It's snowing. It's beautiful, and worrisome. But I'm taking the time to just enjoy the look and the feel of it, and if nothing else, it truly is beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Happy Holidays!

Spinning my Wheels

Well, our trip is certainly growing closer. Closer day by day. And I am officially in the FREAK out portion of the journey. Truly. Freaked. Out. Ugh. It seems like my time is running out quickly. It's the holidays, and I'm worried about everything. Do I have enough warm clothes? Will we find a place to live? Will we find someone to sublet our place? Is it even remotely possible to make everyone else happy without killing myself? The answer to that last question is a resounding NO. No, it is not. I simply do not have enough of anything to give. Not anymore.

I know in the end everything will come together. Things will truly be fine. But right now I'm going to take my freak out and run with it. Because it's my prerogative and I just need to. So, now I'm off to plan a freakin' moving sale.

Today I have a dentist appointment, tomorrow I have oral surgery. Then I'm done. With all of it. Oy. This moving crap is hard. I don't want to do it for quite a while. Ha! Wishful thinking.

Have a happy day!

Chugging along

Everyday, or evening, we get one more task accomplished. Last night I managed to clean out the closet in the second bedroom. Oy, I'm much more of a hoarder than I thought I was. However, now that it's all gone, gone, gone, I feel great. I threw out 2 HUGE bags of trash, sorted what to sell and what to keep, and now I just have to decide if the keep goes or stays in storage.

Still no place to live. I'm hoping we'll here very soon on something. Anything. I'll be calling more people and seeing what I can find. So, why don't you all just say a little prayer, and keep your fingers crossed. Ha!

This weekend is busy with activities, and with stuff to get accomplished. I'm hoping to get a lot more stuff cleaned out, off and packed. I plan on working like a dog. Or maybe a pack horse/mule would be better. :)

That's about it. I'll update again...soon... I hope.

Happy Day!

DECEMBER!!!!!

We are officially down to 27 days. 27 days!! Holy Cat! So, it's been a while, let me think back and see what's happened since the last time I was here.

Well, I gave my notice at work. I wanted to give them enough time to prepare for missing me. Okay, so I'm just kidding, though a lot of them said they would! I will say that as much as the job itself frustrated me some days, I really am going to miss the people. I have been so fortunate to work with some of the nicest people I have ever met. It's nice to share everything with them instead of holding it all in.

This past weekend we were able to get a lot accomplished. The house is in a state of total disarray, but there is definite progress. We have packed up quite a bit of stuff, and sent more of it to storage. Now I'm working on getting anything that we're keeping out of here and into storage so we can sell, sell, sell. I did drop off all of the clothing we are parting with at Good Will, and let me say, the red kettle will be a lot fuller this year. We had a lot of stuff just sitting around, just in case. I feel lighter, literally.

We've been scheduling maintenance and other appointments. So we have some of those to finish up, but that should be all wrapped up by early next week. Except my gift certificate for a massage, I'm planning to use that on my week off before the move. Although I'm really feeling like I could use it now.

We have a potential lead on a rental. It's a 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment in a tri-plex. THANKS DAD! The owner is going to call me when she has a date that the current tenant will be moving out. Hopefully everything will line up. It's a newer place, 6 miles out of Delta, though the owner couldn't tell me which direction, lol. And heat is included. Thank goodness. So, I'm hoping...and keeping my eyes open for others.

I still have some Christmas shopping to do, but I'm a little afraid that it will get lost in the chaos of this house, so I'm being a procrastinator there. I'll keep you posted as we go. Have a happy day!