...as I was planning to do a chicken in a sauce and serve with roast butternut squash, peppers and onions...I have ended up doing the roast veg the way I planned them, but I have made a chicken curry...how is that supposed to work...well, I guess my hubby will have to say what he thinks after eating it...
Other than that I have cut the lawn in the back garden, I have done a little work in the house...the rest will be for tomorrow...including cutting the front lawn and pruning the bushes by the living room window. Inside the house I have to do the regular cleaning, but also try to pack away a few things that we won't need before the move (YES I know it is still 4months away) and decide what we can get rid of...some things for Ebay and the rest for charity shops...I prefer starting early...last time we moved I was working more than fulltime, trying to pack, taking care of the house sale, finishing off at work (leaving after 4years was NOT easy or fun), taking care of the cats and the dog, trying to find time to go see hubby who had already gone up to work in Blackpool, and go on interviews up in Preston...5 1/2 hours drive EACH way...
This time I am working part time, I have hubby home to help, we are only renting so it is much easier with the move. The most important thing is to make sure that Darwin does NOT get stressed. Last time I spent 3months packing, boxes everywhere, poor Darwin got stressed, and the night before we moved, his cystitis flared up because of the stress, and it took 2weeks for him to stop bleeding...poor thing...this time I am doing things in small steps, making sure that I don't stress him out. What I am planning is to go through things slowly and what we do not want or need I will either give to charity or sell on Ebay...that way we might have fewer boxes than last time...poor moving men had to carry sooooo many boxes of books and other heavy items...
So, that is it for now, better check my roast veg so they are not burnt...
Other than that I have cut the lawn in the back garden, I have done a little work in the house...the rest will be for tomorrow...including cutting the front lawn and pruning the bushes by the living room window. Inside the house I have to do the regular cleaning, but also try to pack away a few things that we won't need before the move (YES I know it is still 4months away) and decide what we can get rid of...some things for Ebay and the rest for charity shops...I prefer starting early...last time we moved I was working more than fulltime, trying to pack, taking care of the house sale, finishing off at work (leaving after 4years was NOT easy or fun), taking care of the cats and the dog, trying to find time to go see hubby who had already gone up to work in Blackpool, and go on interviews up in Preston...5 1/2 hours drive EACH way...
This time I am working part time, I have hubby home to help, we are only renting so it is much easier with the move. The most important thing is to make sure that Darwin does NOT get stressed. Last time I spent 3months packing, boxes everywhere, poor Darwin got stressed, and the night before we moved, his cystitis flared up because of the stress, and it took 2weeks for him to stop bleeding...poor thing...this time I am doing things in small steps, making sure that I don't stress him out. What I am planning is to go through things slowly and what we do not want or need I will either give to charity or sell on Ebay...that way we might have fewer boxes than last time...poor moving men had to carry sooooo many boxes of books and other heavy items...
So, that is it for now, better check my roast veg so they are not burnt...
Oh, ugh. I HATE moving. I hope you have better luck with your movers than I did!!!
ReplyDeleteI kinda enjoy moving...the packing and finding space for all the boxes is the negative bit, but once you have all the boxes in your "new" house/flat, and you start trying to figure out where everything goes...I LOVE IT!!! I know, I am a weirdo...but proud of it:) Last move was horrible because it took about 3-4months of living in boxland before the move actually happened as we were waiting for the house to sell...NOT fun...this time we are moving from rented to rented, and it seems we can upgrade the house we are moving to each time we move, which is lovely:)
ReplyDeleteNot to mention, we are moving to Scotland which is GORGEOUS!!! If you search for pictures of Inverness, Scotland you will see where we will most likely be living...but check out Shetland and Orkney isles as well, and you will see why I am excited:)
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