Hola!
(You can click on the photos to enlarge.) I wish the movers had been a little more careful, but...here is a photo of the boxes they delivered. 
Didn't anybody read that yellow SIGN on one of them?
Well, you would THINK we could have some closure on "moving..." but I'm afraid the reality is, we never, ever will... :)
For the past 12 weeks, besides babysitting contractors, I have been ever so S-L-O-W-L-Y emptying boxes. I put them out on the deck when they are empty. The problem with that is, while it gets them out of my sight for the moment, it is now winter here. These boxes have been rained on, snowed on, sleeted on, blown this way and that, and yes, gone through some pretty low temperatures!
So when we called the moving company last week, and requested that they come get these boxes and take them away, their instructions were: "Have them as DRY as possible." I just shook my head. DRY?
These boxes were basically covered with snow, or frozen SOLID to the deck. (They want them "DRY?!?") All 5 of us worked on them: we dug them out of snow, melted ice and pried them off the deck, and put them in the driveway all in a group, so they could just back up the truck and load them in. Easy, right?
Well, no. I was gone all day, very excited to know that when I returned, there would FINALLY be NO more boxes in the driveway. But what do I see? THEY LEFT THEM ALL. Oh, dear. 5 of us worked a total of 4 hours to get these in the easiest possible state to be hauled away. What happened?
The message they left was, they couldn't take them away (are you ready for this?) "BECAUSE OF HEALTH REASONS." Oh, that's right, I forgot about the disease-carrying rodents that live in there...my mistake...(?!?! (Sarcasm, of course! We really do NOT have rats!!)
So...NOW what? Frank calls our trash/recycle guy and asks him if he'll take them. "Sure, no problem." Whew! He came the next day.
Now we have full use of the driveway again. Yippee!
VISITOR :)
Now, to the fun part of the weekend. Grandma Kay (my mom) came to visit! Why Boston in January? So she could go to David's Eagle Court of Honor. It was awesome--that will be a blog for NEXT week.
Meanwhile, we crammed in as much activity as possible. We even had a 6-inch snowstorm while she was here, and we went sledding. Here are some photos, including the science museum, 
sledding
and some sugar cookies she and Kara made. 
(Life is so much better with sugar cookies...) Have a great week! Kari
Happy New Year 2023
3 years ago
4 comments:
oh no! what a box mess :(
Thanks for stopping by my blog, it was fun to see your family and all that snow!
Oh life is definately better with sugar cookies - especially if they come from Mom! Your pile of boxes made my jaw drop! Just when you thought you'd sit and twiddle your thumbs, (right?) you have to clean 'unhealthy' boxes. Can't wait to hear about the court of honor! Congrats David.
Health issues? In sub zero temperatures? My oh my!
I wish we were unpacking boxes. We are waiting for the shelving to be completed before we can unpack books and stuff and we still don't have our formal dining room furniture so all my china and pretty glassware that I have rarely used over the past 27 is still in boxes. Its a work in progress. Things happen slower in the country which I am learning to love.
Ugh, I would have died to have pulled up and seen the dreaded boxes again! Phew that they are finally gone.
I love pictures of Grandma's making cookies with kids. I always grab my camera when my mom starts a batch with the kids. :)
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