{"id":16,"date":"2011-01-07T10:43:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T17:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=16"},"modified":"2011-03-01T10:27:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T17:27:15","slug":"calgon-take-me-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=16","title":{"rendered":"Calgon, Take Me Away"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Being an autumn, I know that everyone from my generation can completely understand what that headline means.\u00a0 Another one I thought about using was “Six Feet Under” which Jordan’s generation could probably relate to more.<\/p>\n

I’ll just give you a rundown of what my next ten days look like.\u00a0 Let me make sure you understand that I am NOT complaining – just reporting.<\/p>\n

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This week-end we are moving from our place that has been home for the last 16 years.\u00a0 The movers are arriving tomorrow morning to deal with the furniture, but I have boxed up all of the other contents. <\/p>\n

Also tomorrow, I am picking up the key for our furnished rental where we will be living while our new place is being remodeled.\u00a0 We are hoping for three months, but realistically it will probably be four.\u00a0 I will start taking loads of items we will need and items, like silver and jewelry, that we don’t want to sit in storage.\u00a0 Since I\u00a0drive a tiny two-seater sports car, I will be making many more\u00a0trips than if I were using a roomy SUV.<\/p>\n

I will also take a few loads to Goodwill.\u00a0 This is despite having a garage sale last week-end where every single item sold.\u00a0 As I have continued to pack, I have come across things that just aren’t worthly of being packed.<\/p>\n

My husband and I will go to a welcoming cocktail party being given to us by our new neighbors, we will host his brother who is visiting from out of town, and we will celebrate Jordan’s birthday from afar.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the moving will continue.\u00a0 That day we will deal with the items that we decided could be moved without paying the moving company to do it.\u00a0 We will also dismantle and pack up lawn furniture and begin the final clean-up of the interior.\u00a0 We want it to look as good as new when the new owners have their final walk-through on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And, oh yeah, did I mention that Sunday is a monumental birthday for me?\u00a0 Let’s just say I\u00a0will not be an\u00a0age, I\u00a0will be\u00a0a speed limit.<\/p>\n

On Monday morning we close on our home and will then have a chance to start unpacking our personal items at the rental.\u00a0If you would like to see\u00a0the real estate listing for our house here is the link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.lbar.com\/mls\/details\/residential\/1022084.html<\/a> It sold in just three weeks.\u00a0 (I’ll take photos of it empty and post them next week.)<\/p>\n

I will have final meetings with our builder, plumber, electrician and architect and make sure everything they need for\u00a0our townhouse\u00a0remodel has been ordered because…….<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A few days later Jordan and I will meet\u00a0at the\u00a0Detroit airport\u00a0and fly\u00a0to Laos, a small country in Southeast Asia.\u00a0 She will be there for two weeks, and I will be there for a month.\u00a0 We are leaders of a team who will build a school and playground in a small village outside of the capital city.\u00a0 After that task is complete, she will return home, and my husband and I will join three friends and ride our bicycles from Vientiane, Laos to Hanoi, Vietnam.\u00a0 That little journey will take two weeks and cross some pretty steep mountains.<\/p>\n

So, like I said, I am feeling “Six Feet Under”, so\u00a0“Calgon, Take Me Away.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

I was not paid by Calgon to mention their product, images from google images and wikipedia.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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