Moving!

Yesterday the movers came bright and early at 8:30 AM. Our landlord had recommended a company called Oasis, and we were able to set the move up with them very quickly. They sent three guys and an 18 foot truck that couldn't fit down the driveway. Unfortunately, we still had our cars in the driveway, so they stayed there during the course of the move and the movers worked around them.

It took them about two hours to move the furniture out of our house, and an hour to move them into the new house. The new house wasn't quite as big as I remembered, and our furniture just fit. The bed fit perfectly in the new bedroom. It took three guys to move our TV (oof!).. I'm really glad we had them do it! The entire cost, including tip, was about $300 -- well worth the money.

In the afternoon, we walked downtown for lunch with Kurt's brother and sister-in-law, who were down visiting from Washington state. More packing afterwards, and then we got ready for Kurt's big 50th birthday bash at a local restaurant. Our friend Cyndi ordered a fabulous cake in the shape of a grand piano -- complete with 88 keys and music! The dinner was Spanish fare, and was quite delicious. We got home by 10 and were quite exhausted.

Today we woke up bright and early and resumed packing. Kurt's brother Mark is a contractor, and he and Kurt installed a deadbolt lock on the door to one of the rooms that is not being modified so that we could store our stuff in a slightly more secure room. In the meantime, Marilyn shredded stuff to be shredded, and I packed.

We moved more of our stuff over to the rental, and we are now almost ready for the demolition crew to come. We ran out of boxes, so tomorrow evening, after we get some more boxes, we'll pack up the remaining stuff, and we should be ready to move over to the rental house. Tomorrow they disconnect the hot water at our house, so it will be our last shower here for a while.