The dreaded moving day arrived and for the 15th time we got to watch all our things get “dumped” onto, into and next to our house. Boxes that had been put in storage nearly a year ago suddenly materialized. Boxes that would need unpacking! Furniture that needed to be put someplace.
We had 5 movers, one supervisor, a handyman still installing the baseboards and doggy door, carpet installers laying bedroom carpeting and Mr. T and myself with “deer in the headlights” facial expressions. Here we go again.
It took the movers from 11 am until 9:30 pm to empty the two vans. Did you know that the trucks (tractors) are expected to get ONE MILLION MILES from the engines?? Do you know a grand piano weighs 900 pounds and requires 3 men to move it—move it into the house or move it just maybe 4" more to the left? No—I mean forward—wait, 6” forward and back to the right?
When we moved to Bakersfield in 2003 I got brand-new, matching washer and dryer! They are no more—the electric dryer doesn’t work in the gas hook-up house. So—the new dryer goes up for sale and I’ll make do with the 20 year old gas dryer that came with the house. The freezer arrived moldy beyond rehab. There are now 2 refrigerators. These are little problems.
We have slept on Select Comfort Air Beds for the last 4 years. These beds are totally useless until the pumps are located! I will keep you posted.
Is it possible to unpack a kitchen and NOT line the drawers with that sticky paper with the dumb flowers? I can’t. I was imprinted too early. And why would movers pack tea cups in one box—which has been found—but pack up the saucers somewhere else? In a box that has NOT been found.
But the “OH YUCK” award goes to the bun warmer. Yes—an electric bun warmer—that contained 2 slices of garlic bread from some long-ago dinner. The bread had solidified into rock-hard plastic-like faux bread. No deterioration, no mold, no melding—just life-like petrified garlic bread.Is there an expiration date on running away?
4 comments:
So what Sleep Number do you set for Birdy?
Right now we can't set any sleep numbers! While the pumps have been found the remotes are vanished into the nether regions of Venus. I vaguely remember thinking I should bring the remotes with me so the movers couldn't lose them. BIG MISTAKE! I have no idea where they are so the bed is airless and I am clueless. Byrdie will sleep in the closet.
Your new pad looks great. I love the paint. I love the paint color - looks like sunshine!
Glad your cruise was exhilarating. Alaska is awesome. I lived up there a few lifetimes ago.
Tell us how your visit to National Jewish goes. We all care a lot.
Love,
S
Thanks for the cautionary tale of the pumps; I didn't know they would or should be separated from the beds; I guess that is where the remotes are too? Man, that would be worth a trip to the select comfort store for that camper bed they sell to tide you over. I keep mine at 45 and W. keeps his at about 80 so it is necessary we keep ours intact when we move. Good luck.
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