Crazy, Crazy Days

I knew that, once we got our official papers to proceed, things would get fast and furious around here. Suddenly the days seem too short, I'm doing so much running around, there seems like so much still to do.

On the plus side - most of what we are putting in storage has been photographed, itemized, wrapped and packed into big plastic bins. Two bins are actually finished and sealed. Some time this month I need to find a storage place near Vancouver.

I'm just about finished donating things to charity shops. Three people are arriving tomorrow - two have bought some items and will be taking them away, and one person is looking.

And isn't this the month we have to do our income taxes? Arghhhh!!!!!

It's Getting Closer!

Yes, the count down has begun - we're looking at mid-May as our departure time. I've been to our local dollar store recently and found large plastic storage bags that you can suck the air out of with a vacuum cleaner. They are the right size to store my husband's grandmother's afghan quilts that she crocheted for us, plus I also have several that my grandmother made for us, and also one of my aunts. So I've been washing and drying them, stuffing them in the bags and flattening them down to a size you wouldn't believe. It's like saving cooked meat for the freezer. I have visions of using them on chilly mornings in the Central Valley.

We're not bringing much with us, mostly family things like the afghans and my mother's silverware. I went on line to see how to store silver and the information I got was to wrap the silver in tissue paper to prevent tarnishing, and then store in plastic bags. Hope that is correct because that is what I'm doing. Also I am photographing everything so we have a record for the shipping company and ourselves.

Another big project is to scan all my photo albums - ugh - we're talking decades here. And I'm still looking for a company that can scan all my slides for a reasonable price. Any ideas?