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alexpgpThe last time we left this house was at the end of 2000 (a description of the trip starts here). What is not apparent from my posts from that time is that we left quite a number of items behind, which eventually ended up in a storage place not more than a mile from here, which flooded sometime in 2001, if memory serves, resulting in the loss of quite a lot of items.
As I've mentioned, we've put this place back on the rental market (with a brand new fridge and "environmental control system," including cleaned ductwork). Galina has been culling our stuff for a garage sale tomorrow (I thought she was going to do the usual Houston thing and run the sale today and tomorrow, but I was evidently mistaken). The real estate agent, a friend of Galina's, was by earlier in the day to put a sign in the yard, take photos of the house, and hang a key-vending contraption on the front door.
Our "original" plan called for us to leave for New York yesterday, but to do that would have entailed packing the Ford with only some of the stuff in the house, thus requiring Galina to repeat the exercise of putting the rest of the house in local storage. As noted above, we've been there and done that, and it was most unsatisfying.
Then consider that the items I currently have in my office were culled from the larger pool of items that were in Pagosa about a year ago, and consists largely of materials that I use all the time and would like to have available to me, and the "original" plan really starts to have an aroma about it.
On the way down from Pagosa, it occurred to me that what we should do is identify the stuff we absolutely want to take from Houston, and then rent a truck to take it to New York with us. The rest ought to be sold locally or go to local storage for eventual sale.
With that in mind, I need to apply myself to the new assignment that came in yesterday, displacing the item due the 19th, and then spend my copious "spare" time packing stuff for New York.
Cheers...
As I've mentioned, we've put this place back on the rental market (with a brand new fridge and "environmental control system," including cleaned ductwork). Galina has been culling our stuff for a garage sale tomorrow (I thought she was going to do the usual Houston thing and run the sale today and tomorrow, but I was evidently mistaken). The real estate agent, a friend of Galina's, was by earlier in the day to put a sign in the yard, take photos of the house, and hang a key-vending contraption on the front door.
Our "original" plan called for us to leave for New York yesterday, but to do that would have entailed packing the Ford with only some of the stuff in the house, thus requiring Galina to repeat the exercise of putting the rest of the house in local storage. As noted above, we've been there and done that, and it was most unsatisfying.
Then consider that the items I currently have in my office were culled from the larger pool of items that were in Pagosa about a year ago, and consists largely of materials that I use all the time and would like to have available to me, and the "original" plan really starts to have an aroma about it.
On the way down from Pagosa, it occurred to me that what we should do is identify the stuff we absolutely want to take from Houston, and then rent a truck to take it to New York with us. The rest ought to be sold locally or go to local storage for eventual sale.
With that in mind, I need to apply myself to the new assignment that came in yesterday, displacing the item due the 19th, and then spend my copious "spare" time packing stuff for New York.
Cheers...
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Date: 2007-11-10 05:21 am (UTC)I can see where I'll be expanding this reply into a post, so stay tuned.
Cheers...