Westward, ho...
Feb. 1st, 2012 04:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lostakashaand yes, you may call me ho.
But not a hoarder, which is what I felt like when the 1-800-Got Junk truck pulled into my driveway on Monday.
I've been having a long, silent freak-out about moving the contents of a 3-bedroom home to an apartment. Despite been purging for months and making enemies of the trash collectors I hadn't really made a dent in the "stuff." So, I called. They came, and now my basement is empty except for a desk and the washer/dryer.
It took all my reserve, but not once did I mention Hoarders or apologize for the mind-bending volume of stuff they hauled away.
The Junk service is very cool -- they recycle what they can, donate what is appropriate, and trash the trash. I was able to sort out the basement into toss/donate/recycle and pack up a few hundred books in advance. As unholy messes go, mine was fairly well organized -- but it was still an unholy mess. It took four guys 2.5 hours from start to finish.
Now we just (just HA!) need to make a few cosmetic repairs to the finished side of the basement and turn my office back into a dining room. Yay for staging! All these years watching HGTV will finally come in handy!
And speaking of HGTV -- it's![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
starlet2367's birthday tomorrow! Happy birthday, sweets!!
Anyhoo, we'll call the realtor next week, do a walkthrough with her, and then list the house.
And if all goes well, we'll be prime candidates for an episode of House Hunters.
CUE VOICE OVER:
"A and D have just five days to find the perfect apartment in the East Bay.............."
AIYEEEEEEEEEE
But not a hoarder, which is what I felt like when the 1-800-Got Junk truck pulled into my driveway on Monday.
I've been having a long, silent freak-out about moving the contents of a 3-bedroom home to an apartment. Despite been purging for months and making enemies of the trash collectors I hadn't really made a dent in the "stuff." So, I called. They came, and now my basement is empty except for a desk and the washer/dryer.
It took all my reserve, but not once did I mention Hoarders or apologize for the mind-bending volume of stuff they hauled away.
The Junk service is very cool -- they recycle what they can, donate what is appropriate, and trash the trash. I was able to sort out the basement into toss/donate/recycle and pack up a few hundred books in advance. As unholy messes go, mine was fairly well organized -- but it was still an unholy mess. It took four guys 2.5 hours from start to finish.
Now we just (just HA!) need to make a few cosmetic repairs to the finished side of the basement and turn my office back into a dining room. Yay for staging! All these years watching HGTV will finally come in handy!
And speaking of HGTV -- it's
starlet2367's birthday tomorrow! Happy birthday, sweets!!Anyhoo, we'll call the realtor next week, do a walkthrough with her, and then list the house.
And if all goes well, we'll be prime candidates for an episode of House Hunters.
CUE VOICE OVER:
"A and D have just five days to find the perfect apartment in the East Bay.............."
AIYEEEEEEEEEE