Mileage on the U-Haul .. 791657 .. just playing it safe!!! Checked the gas gauge too!!!
Ken was feeling like a macho truck driver .. LOL!!!
The fun all began around 11:30 .. Madonna and Derrick showed up and we were off and running ..
It wasn't long before everybody was here and we filled up .. the U-Haul .. Madonna's van .. Walter's car, Theresa's Jimmy and Beth's truck .. every vehicle was filled to the top ..
Sidney pole vaulting over the sidewalk with a metal pipe in the yard next door .. LOL!!!!
I should have taken a picture of the nice .. clean .. EMPTY .. basement before we left yesterday .. it's definitely not empty any more ..
After our second trip .. the U-Haul is empty at last ..
Sidney's doing the cleanup .. they charge you $50.00 if they have to clean up after you!!!
Break time .. LOL!!
After the second trip .. the basement is even fuller!!!!
Don't worry .. it doesn't ALL stay down here .. a big part of it goes upstairs or into the garage after we get moved in!!!
A tuckered out crew .. but they're still smiling .. most of 'em anyway .. LOL!!! Left to right .. Madonna, Ken, Sidney, Lydia, Elizabeth, Mary and Walter. Theresa and Derrick left before we got to the picture taking!!!!
Our neighbor Anita was kind enough to take a couple of pictures for us!!
Hmmmmm .. we don't LOOK like we've been working our buns off all day .. but believe me .. we have!!! Since we could only put stuff in the basement all that stuff on the U-Haul and in the vehicles had to be carried through the house and down the stairs OR around the house to the back to walk-out doors .. LONG trip!!! Thank God we had lots of terrific help!!!
The good Lord was good to us .. except for a very brief sprinkle of rain as we first got to Festus we had sunshine all day .. after all was unloaded and everyone was at last headed home .. the rain started ..
By the time we got this big guy back to our driveway in Hillsboro it was pouring down!!
Thank You Lord for holding that rain back until our work was done for the day!!!
TIME TO ORGANIZE ..
Monday, the 29th .. Ken and I were a bit surprised that we were even able to roll out of bed .. but roll out we did!!! First project of the day was to return the U-Haul!! Cost wasn't bad at all .. $29.95 for the truck, 79 cents a mile .. we put a 113 miles on the odometer .. fill it up with gas .. $30.00 which was a whole lot less than we thought it would cost us!!! Around $160.00 .. not bad for allllllll that stuff we moved!!! That taken care of we made a run to the Bread Company to visit with "The Bunch" .. we didn't want to miss the celebration of Bill Siever's 80th Birthday!!! And then we headed to Sawyer's Ridge to do a bit of organizing on allllllllll that stuff in the basement.
Everything being moved upstairs (we're letting the guys from Two Men And A Truck do that on moving day!!) and the stuff that goes in the garage was put on the wall by the stairway.
Computer / Office boxes were stacked on the wall where the computer area will be.
Work Shop stuff over in the Work Shop area!!
Storage stuff and furniture and lawn chairs in the storage area
Holiday stuff under the stairway .. for now anyway!!
And the "beyond" area ..
The ladders .. adirondack chairs .. old garden cultivator .. long burgundy shelf will no longer be piled there when we get moved in and they can go where they belong. And the totes will be over in the storage area when we get shelves in .. all will be livable SOMEDAY .. I hope .. LOL!!!
And just a bit more on the wall beyond the "beyond area" .. LOL!!!
We had originally scheduled Two Men And A Truck for Wednesday but in looking at the house .. there is no way that's going to happen!!! The upstairs still has not been cleaned up .. the fuzzy carpet mess from when carpet was installed is still all over the place .. the hole in the master bathroom floor has a "plug" in it but vinyl still has a big hole .. water is not on yet .. appliances are not hooked up. And there are a few things that need repaired. While we were at Hardee's eating a quick lunch I called and rescheduled the move for Friday to give them more time to get stuff done AND it gives us a break too .. and I think these old bodies need that break .. LOL!!!
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