Well guys, this is my first post from our new home in Lake Havasu. Albeit on a crappy, slow lap top. We purchased this home furnished, which is both good and bad. The good side is it was very tastefully furnished for the most part. A lot of the time people leave a bunch of crap for you to get rid of, that they don't want anymore.
This wasn't the case here. So we were able to get rid of a lot of stuff back in Phoenix, and not have to pay the movers to move it 200 miles. That helped. The downside is you wind up with double everything. So you start getting rid of stuff here as well.
I can't count the trips I've made to both Goodwill and St. Vincent DePaul both here and there. A lot of it was stuff we have not touched in the 22 years we were living in Phoenix. So out it went. I still have both of my gun safes to get moved, and then the movers are going to take everything else. But basically my ass busting is finished. All that's left is to unpack and get organized.
Unpacking is always a lot easier than packing. And I'm sure there is a lot more to get rid of, or else tossed. I can't count the dumpster runs I've made as well. I hate doing that, but the landfill both here and back there is a PITA to get to and from. Plus I've known a lot of people who ended up with nails, screws, and God knows what else in their tires.
When we moved here the first time in 1991, you just put your bagged garbage at the curb. Now all you get is 1 bin, and that fills up with just the garbage that you generate in only a week of living.
Anyway, so far so good. I'm guessing we will be pretty settled in within about 3 weeks or so.
Then all I'll have to worry about is selling our old place. I hope that goes quickly, and without problems. I'll try to stay in touch as much as I can in the next few weeks. In the mean time you guys stay well and take care.