We're Still Here

Our house is unsold. Not a soul has come through in two weeks, which is just as well since we have u-haul pods in the driveway and boxes throughout the house. Here is a unverified factoid - apparently 95 percent of U-Haul franchise owners are women. Our four pods were delivered by the woman pictured below; she drove the truck, managed the fork-lift, and handled the paperwork. The biggest surprise - how roomy they are. One pod is filled with items to go to Brendan's house - for his use, to store for Colin, or to donate to All Saint's yard sale. We have four pods; we may only fill two. U-Haul will reimburse us for unused pods and unused boxes. We love U-Haul.

We are still donating furniture. The charities that pick up furniture are booked until January. We rented a U-Haul truck to deliver two mattress sets and one platform bed (with mattresses) to the Rescue Mission. Fortunately, other donors were at the donation center to help lift the mattresses out. The one volunteer responsible for the whole operation would have been very taxed - he didn't look like he had been lifting a lot of weights.

Other tasks - changing addresses (some can only be done over the phone) and selling our car. We listed the car today. I hope that we found the sweet spot between my need to drive the car and our need to sell it before we leave.