Ooof. Tomorrow will be...interesting.

[kyrielle]

Today, I: did a load of laundry, moved boxes around in the garage and marked them so we wouldn't have to stop and evaluate while loading them, did a load of dishes, took a carload of boxes to the storage facility (I mostly wanted to bring by the tarp for the floor, but why not bring a load with?), went to the Japanese Garden and walked up the hill (only to notice the shuttle was running as it went down when I was halfway up, but I usually don't take it) and walked through the gardens, went to Powell's (no real bearing on the reason for this post, but hey, I did - and found the print copy of the Anna Quindlen book I was looking for, which is a collection of journalistic essays, in the self-help section - only found it because the computer told me where they were), stopped to get gas for the car (on the grounds that actually having the fuel to arrive where you intend is a good thing), visited tax advisor to sort out one last issue (related to my parents' last filing, not my taxes), went through the post office (entered, observed line, departed - not an urgent errand), stopped at the library, came home. That was all well and good, however, I then wanted to wash the blankets and sheets from the bed. So I did so. However, having stripped the bed, I noticed that the cover (used because this one helps reduce dust and other allergen fun) was seriously ragged - so much so I could reach through shreds to the mattress. Thus, off to buy a new cover. Then pull off this one (they go all the way around, this is fun) and put on the new one (see previous, this is really fun), then put the clean sheets on, and blanket.

Why will tomorrow be interesting? Simple: the boxes in the garage, the boxes to the storage center, the gardens, the replacement of the bed cover. Lots of exercise. My legs in particular are feeling it now. Tomorrow? Tomorrow we make trips to bring stuff from my parents' house to the storage place and our house, and from our house to the storage place. This will be interesting. (Shouldn't be too bad, based on how it feels, but in retrospect I perhaps overdid it given the plans for tomorrow, even so.)

I did say I wanted to exercise more, though. I suppose it might just as well be useful exercise as not, when the opportunity presents itself.

Comments

[katbyte.livejournal.com]

I am not a big fan of storage facilities because we tend to leave stuff in them and pay forever for stuff we can not remember we have.

I know you are in a crunch, but just try to get rid of stuff you don't want as soon as you can so you don't have to pay storage forever.

I have gotten rid of two full households of stuff (my own) and one of my mothers. We lived just fine in an RV, and did not have a storage unit of any kind.

Of course I am right back to having way more than I need now. We have a huge storage shed for garden tools, and all the other stuff we can't seem to get rid of, plus mdh has a huge shop.

Reading back over this post, ignore my advice about the storage shed, I don't know what I am talking about, lol.

[kyrielle]

As I said in the earlier post, we are doing this so that we can sort through the stuff with more time to do so, not so we can keep it forever. I've had no problem using a storage facility as temporary storage in the past. I do have a problem with tending to accumulate clutter in the house, which tends to freeze me up (too much to deal with all at once) so getting THAT under control and only having to deal with a few items at a time is important.

[katbyte.livejournal.com]

You are probably more diligent than others about making sure you go through what you have. You must be overwhelmed right about now.

Sometimes though, it is fun. Kind of like getting the stuff all over again.

I have a large box of pictures, and albums and I have no idea what to do with them. You are great about your pictures, but really, no one probably cares much about what I have.