Day 1314-1330
Our days really are numbered! Just thought of that as I counted them out. I'm at the store catching a bit of down time, the harvest rush is mostly over, so the store is more quiet these days, although I still seem to have line-ups once in a while.
I am pretty played out, although the tension of the move is over. The house was moved into Edenwold yesterday, and that went smoothly. Glenn and I sat in the RAV and watched it drive away, and I'm telling you, that is a pretty emotional feeling. A lot of our lives happened in that place. Anyway, it is gone, and now the restoration begins. The foundation was pretty wet and rotting, so it is probably a good thing that it was moved. Chances are it was going to start having trouble in the not too distant future, so Colin made the right call in building new. They had to take out a few trees to get it off the foundation, and they actually turned it around in the front yard. They had widened the lane on our side, so needed to go through the yard again with our house. We took videos of the procedure.
Let's back up to pre-move. Einar told us the trucks were coming right after Thanksgiving, so the push was on to get our stuff out! I asked a bunch of people to help, so on Wednesday the 13th we cleaned out the basement. I was pretty overwhelmed with the questions and action. They pretty well filled a dumpster with stuff, and the guys were great, moving the big things like the other piano , freezer, toy cupboard, they even took down a cupboard Glenn had built for books above the desk, and Colin will use it in his house. There was action, and I didn't sleep very well that night! Glenn was on his own again, but enjoyed the company when we broke for supper. He is doing well in the house, and we are learning the ropes all over again. We actually rented a power chair for him while we waited for our appointment to get his fixed. It was good to compare another chair.
In the middle of all this, I started piano lessons! Sorry to a couple of children who came for their lesson last Wednesday, and had to hunt me down in the chaos of the basement. It completely slipped my mind! Good thing they were family!
So, the biggest, hardest job is over, and I may now go through the boxes and sort, store, or throw out a bit more leisurely! I think I need a vacation!
'Til next time,
Louise
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Sept. 22 - Oct. 2
Day 1303-1313
Hmmm... where to begin. We have been sleeping, eating and showering in the new house since last Saturday , Sept. 24. It is working out well, although we don't have enough apparatus up yet. I have been working full time at the store, so that put a crimp into unpacking and setting up tools. We haven't got the TV antenna hooked up and the internet antenna hasn't been moved yet, so unfortunately Glenn has been a bit bored. He also shorted out the joystick on the power chair, so has had to move around in the manual chair, which has its pros and cons. The first day after it happened, (he gave the chair a bit of a bath) I brought him to Avonhurst with me, but he firmly refused to come a second day, so I had a bit of tension that day and kept calling him to be sure he was managing alright. It was probably a good thing for him to have to physically move himself around, it is pretty easy to just sit in the power chair and go. I have to wait until October 14 before the repair shop will look at it, so he will get a bit better at it as we go.
My cold got to be pretty miserable, and I'm still a bit congested. It has been very eventful.
The house is great if I do say so myself. Jackie decided we needed to sleep in it last Saturday, they got together and packed and moved some furniture on Saturday while I was at work. We had another good go on Sunday, and the guys got the piano moved too, so we made real progress. I think we will have another group effort tomorrow, and then I should be able to unpack and sort through all that has come over. There is the big freezer and another piano to move from the basement. I am filling up the shelves, but will organize and throw out more stuff as we go along. It is better now that we have started, and the weather has certainly co-operated. I will sleep in tomorrow though.
'Til next time,
Louise
Hmmm... where to begin. We have been sleeping, eating and showering in the new house since last Saturday , Sept. 24. It is working out well, although we don't have enough apparatus up yet. I have been working full time at the store, so that put a crimp into unpacking and setting up tools. We haven't got the TV antenna hooked up and the internet antenna hasn't been moved yet, so unfortunately Glenn has been a bit bored. He also shorted out the joystick on the power chair, so has had to move around in the manual chair, which has its pros and cons. The first day after it happened, (he gave the chair a bit of a bath) I brought him to Avonhurst with me, but he firmly refused to come a second day, so I had a bit of tension that day and kept calling him to be sure he was managing alright. It was probably a good thing for him to have to physically move himself around, it is pretty easy to just sit in the power chair and go. I have to wait until October 14 before the repair shop will look at it, so he will get a bit better at it as we go.
My cold got to be pretty miserable, and I'm still a bit congested. It has been very eventful.
The house is great if I do say so myself. Jackie decided we needed to sleep in it last Saturday, they got together and packed and moved some furniture on Saturday while I was at work. We had another good go on Sunday, and the guys got the piano moved too, so we made real progress. I think we will have another group effort tomorrow, and then I should be able to unpack and sort through all that has come over. There is the big freezer and another piano to move from the basement. I am filling up the shelves, but will organize and throw out more stuff as we go along. It is better now that we have started, and the weather has certainly co-operated. I will sleep in tomorrow though.
'Til next time,
Louise
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