Finishing up Project number One

I was feeling pretty excited about beginning the project. I grabbed my ipod and opened the door. I started pulling boxes and the large items out. I put them all in our front room and was still feeling pretty good. THEN I started to go through it. I went through boxes and called out each item for Remy to catalog and then we decided which category to put it in. Not only was the task overwhelming but I realized that the stuff we were selling/giving away I would never see again. Some of my old cheerleading stuff, Miss Nanaimo stuff, things from my hope chest that I was holding on to for the future. Remy was supportive but also a voice of reason asking “Will you ever wear this again?” I got to one of my totes and starting going through old cards. I have kept almost every card I have gotten. It was nice to go through and read them. I got rid of about half and I know the half I kept I will have to go through again before the move. We were able to get through most of our storage but after a few hours (5) we called it quits for the day. Our front room is a disaster zone with all our storage stuff so I’ll work on that today.

Research:

The more research I do about the two cities the more confused I am! We have decided to ship most of our stuff and get what we need when we get there second hand and what we can’t get second hand we will buy new. For shipping we have a few options: Postal Service, Greyhound, or UPS. We thankfully won’t be on a deadline so that helps keep the cost down. From what I’ve found Greyhound seems to be the cheapest. I am hoping that we will be able to greyhound it to Windsor and one of my most loving and wonderful family members could pick it up and store it.