In our profession we usually only see the buying and selling side (or renting) of the home or condo. When is the last time you actually "moved"?
Well Steve and I found our little dream home recently. It's a rental, not far from where we live now, with a garage for our 82 Shovel head. Something we've been in search of for awhile.
When I moved to Florida, I went from 2000 LV SQ FT to 880 then to 900. Needless to say, I have a lot of things in boxes I've not seen in 4 years! Our new home is a 3BR. 1.5 BA and about 1100 LV SQ FT. It's going to be like Christmas for me. I'm even going to be able to put a Christmas Tree up this year!
When Steve moved in he put a lot of his belongings in storage, he will go into the storage to get what he needs on occasion, so he is so stoked about being able to have all his belongings with him.
We decided to take possession of the keys on Friday the 13th and keep our current rental til the end of July. This way we would be able to take our time moving in the July heat. We didn't take into account the July Storms!
I began packing my stuff this past week, making a pile of boxes in the corner of our narrow living area.
When I pack boxes, I pack them so that I can lift them.
I was packing a box in the kitchen and bent over to make sure it wasn't too heavy. I had a box of unopened Kitty Litter sitting in front of it, my foot slipped as I bent over..
No four letter words came out, but Steve knew I was in pain, I knew what I did, been there done that and I did it again! I dislocated my baby toe. OWE!
I stepped away and fixed it on my own and the sick feeling in my stomach went away. Whew.... Ok, I was done for the night.
Steve and I have two households of belongings incorporated into one. I have just a few items left from when I was married that I'm slowly weeding out. (The couch went out the door in May). My Broker/Manager just happened to have a beautiful couch that she was giving away and we picked that up yesterday morning. With baby toe taped to it's partner and full shoes on Steve and I got the couch and packed boxes into the house. No sooner then we were done the skies opened up.
I said yes to the couch, sight unseen. We love it!
Next we need a nice old coffee table to go with it. Something rustic, as we like antique, or rustic type tables.
Once back at our soon to be former home I started to empty the storage room I've had filled since I moved in 4 years ago and put the boxes in my trunk. As I was carrying boxes from the back of the house to the car I have to step up on a patio and back down, and I'm wearing my sandals. Yep, jammed my big toe on a step. (4 letter word? Oh yeah, it came out) Once the car was loaded, I took a nice long bath and took the polish off my nails and now my big toe nail has a pretty blue hue to it.
I have to laugh you guys. One of my moves, someone left a hand truck laying down, with the lip sticking up, I was carrying a box and didn't see it and walked smack into it. That time a no four letter word escaped me, it was one of those 4 word exclamations. A couple minutes later I realized I was bleeding. That required 7 stitches in my shin. Let's hope I'm done running into things, I have 2 more weekends of this!
Today we are going to empty Steve's storage room, he is so excited about this, and I am excited for him. This is something we've both been looking forward to since he moved in.
Next post will include: What's Going On In That Closet?
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