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It’s almost as bad as moving.

July 13, 2024 Rivergirl 30 Comments

The horrible old carpet was gone, the lush new carpet was laid… and then it was time for the (not so) fun part.

Putting everything that we’d moved out back in.

It’s no wonder people rarely change their flooring.

It really is like moving.

And I don’t know anyone who enjoys that.

My husband and a friend moved all the major pieces.

Slowly, carefully… and thankfully without mishap.

And once our bed was put back together..

And the doors reattached, I got busy with everything else.

Now that’s more like it.

😊

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Out with the old…

April 29, 2024 Rivergirl 24 Comments

One last cuddle on the old chair.

One last before picture…

After that, our farming neighbor and his field hands carried the old furniture out the door and over to his house.

It’s funny because we gave him the living room set we had before this one as well.

It was a tight fit…

And made my husband wish our back door was just a little wider.

One large scratch on the paint later…

Empty echoing space.

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Move it! Part three…

April 27, 2023 Rivergirl 30 Comments

The destination for our caravan of furniture, household items and basically all the rest of my SIL’s unclaimed worldly goods was here.

The charity rummage sale at our local town hall.

We missed the regular donation hours by a mile but the kind ladies that are organizing the sale opened the building for us late in the afternoon.

After giving them 3 truck loads full of things from our cellar last week , and then these three loads… I’d say they’re going to have a very profitable sale this year.

By the time we were through carrying it all in the hall, we were literally through as well. Hot, tired and thirsty.

And you know what means.

A trip to our local pub… where we bought everyone drinks and a meal as a way to say thank you. We even talked the rummage sales ladies who don’t drink into a drink.

😉

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Move it! Part two…

April 26, 2023 Rivergirl 28 Comments

A little background info.

When the hospice facility did an assessment on my SIL and determined she didn’t “rate” that level of care anymore, the search for a nursing home bed began. We were assured she could stay at the hospice until one became available, but they neglected to mention the bill would have to be privately paid from that moment on.

Our poor niece has been carrying that (pay in advance) $500 a day burden for weeks. When she said she was already $10,000 in, we realized we couldn’t let her pay the $1,000 fee The Dump Guys were going to charge to haul away the remainder of things in her mother’s apartment.

So we filled my husband’s truck.

We filled the apartment complex’s dumpster.

And we filled a friend’s truck and trailer. Then we made arrangements to donate the whole lot.

But first, a much needed moment of laughter.

There were three bottles of Bud Light left in the refrigerator, and after pinning a stray rainbow earring on a friends shirt in celebration of the now hated beer, we smiled for the first time all day.

Even our niece, who doesn’t drink… and had just broken down in tears after seeing all her mother’s things ready to leave for the last time… smiled.

Love… not to mention laughter … really are the best medicines.

💕

To be continued…

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Move it! Part one…

April 25, 2023 Rivergirl 20 Comments

My husband’s sister is now in a nursing facility and sadly, will never be going home again . With the state taking all but $40 a month of her income to cover the (insane!) cost, emptying her apartment and canceling all her subscriptions, accounts and services went to the top of her daughter’s list.

For us, this meant enlisting the help of a few friends and lending a hand. Physically, and emotionally.

It was a hard day.

Our niece’s fella just had shoulder surgery and was down to one working arm, but was there pitching in as well.

The apartment was on the third floor and the absolute farthest from the elevator.

Yes. That’s a giant stuffed tiger… for which I have no reasonable explanation.

After a few hours of moving furniture? I swear that hallway got longer.

And the elevator? Smaller.

This foldable cart from Amazon was a life saver. The amount of weight it held was surprising.

To be continued….

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This shouldn’t be so difficult.

June 21, 2021 Rivergirl 29 Comments

Forget toilet paper and gas shortages, the really rare items these days are clearly pool tables.

As I mentioned in a previous post, the husband wants to replace our gifted (read free) inferior table with something bigger, better and more stylish.

The problem is, in the entire state of Maine? I can only find 3 stores that sell what we’re looking for and none of them have inventory. They all told us to look online, find what we wanted and then come back to place an order.

While we’ve narrowed it down to the classic style with tapered legs and leather ball baskets, choosing a table online means not being able to feel the quality or take it for a test drive. Heck, they all look good in the pictures…. which is why my husband has had me scouring Craig’s List and Facebook marketplace. We’ve checked out quite a few used tables and none of them have been worthy. Until I found this beauty.

We drove an hour and a half to see it. The husband took it for a test drive.

It was custom made in Maine of solid oak, lovingly cared for and best of all? Cheap! Husband wanted to change the felt color, but liked the table and was ready to fork over payment then and there…. but I suggested we check what it would cost to have the table professionally moved and set up in the Barn Mahal first…. and that’s when the whole thing came crashing down. We got estimates from 4 different places and the lowest was… are you ready?

$1,950.

To. Move. A. Table.

I understand it has to be disassembled and reassembled, but damn Sam. Why on earth would I pay $900 for a used table, twice that to move it and probably another $500+ to change the felt…for a total of $3,350… when I can buy a brand new table, including delivery, set up, choice of style, wood finish and felt color, plus a set of pro balls for $3,500?

I wouldn’t. So I guess we’ll be shopping online and hoping for the best.