In which I’ve moved to Oregon, a state I haven’t lived in since the early 90’s! We found a house in Milton (or is it Freewater?) and have moved into it. It’s an eight-block walk from the cheese shop for me, and I’m grateful that it cuts his commute in half. Big old tree in […]
In which AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Cycling rapidly between “This pile of boxes will absolutely fit in the U-Box container, no problem,” and “This pile of boxes WILL NEVER FIT IN THE CONTAINER, AND I SHOULD FREAK OUT, BECAUSE THAT WILL TOTALLY HELP!!!” and isn’t it cool how moving just never gets less stressful, no matter how you […]
In which it’s actually not that bad? T minus four days and mostly packed! Here’s the pile: There’s also the bed, half a dozen boxes in the basement, and another half dozen out of shot or not yet packed, but that’s the main bulk of it. It’s really not that bad, but I keep vacillating […]
In which it’s not a real blog post, just moving notes. To take IN THE CAR with us so we have access to it (packed mainly in luggage/duffels/backpacks): – couple weeks worth of clothing – shoes – computers/monitors/electronics and power/chargers etc. – basic toiletries/beard, hair & teeth stuff, vision, makeup, tweezers, shit like that – […]
In which *LOUD SCREECHING NOISES*!!! Embo told me she’d heard that an Oregon dairy might be opening a cheese shop in Walla Walla. I immediately went online and got my Washington state food handler’s card and updated my resume with the Wisconsin cheese course I recently completed. Then I went to the dairy’s website, found […]
In which there are NO MORE DRAWERS! Yesterday, I put our shitty, old, used, and dinged up $99 IKEA chest of drawers on Craigslist, and got three responses in under three hours. A kid came and picked it up this afternoon, and now all the crap that was in it is on the bed. I […]
In which we’ve decided to move! I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m not a fan of the weather out here. There’s no spring or fall, just sweltering, muggy summer, and blizzard season. Living in Uptown is kinda cool in that there are art stores and coffee shops and diners and bars and […]
In which there’s a blurb. I slept really late. So late that it’s 2:19 and I’ve only been up long enough to shower, cook and eat, and make the bed! I’m not even dressed! My hair’s clean, though, and this was delicious: I have no idea why I thought I needed twelve hours of sleep, […]
In which I’m all about the neighborhood. I’m an Uptown girl! After a full month, I think I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not that I’m stupid and missing something, it’s that there really is nowhere to put our remaining stuff. It has to go away somehow, or get packed into the basement storage […]
In which Scott came home for lunch and told me it’s now confirmed that we can actually move this weekend. Today: pack. Tomorrow: pack. The day after: pack and clean. Saturday: MOVE. RENT A TRUCK AND MOVE TO UPTOWN. Sunday: unpack. Monday: unpack. Tuesday: drive to Chicago for a 3-day Amma program. I blew off […]
