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Family Forum / Parenting / Single Parents / July 2005Moving sucks
Hi everyone. Here we are, packing up *again*. This whole moving thing gets really old. Of course, on Thursday, I go to Wales, so I won't have any more moving to do here until I get back. But when I get to Wales, we've got to pack up Paul's house..... LOL Moving does suck. It really truly does. I sure can fit a lot into a small space, though! Cele >Hi everyone. Here we are, packing up *again*. This whole moving thing >gets really old. Of course, on Thursday, I go to Wales, so I won't [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Cele Oh my. You're a brave one. 'Kate >>Hi everyone. Here we are, packing up *again*. This whole moving thing >>gets really old. Of course, on Thursday, I go to Wales, so I won't [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >'Kate 'S worth it. [s] Cele > >>Hi everyone. Here we are, packing up *again*. This whole moving thing > >>gets really old. Of course, on Thursday, I go to Wales, so I won't [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > 'S worth it. Does this count as "in writing"? > [s] Hmm...  SignaturePaul Griffiths Ha! lets see if this works. I've tried about 5 different newreaders since the Berlin one started charging but none of them can be seen by anyone but me. Please reply if you can see this! Thanks, dennis >Ha! lets see if this works. Well done! You're back with the living. Welcome back. >I've tried about 5 different newreaders since the Berlin one started >charging but none of them can be seen by anyone but me. Except this one..... >Please reply if you can see this! I can see this. Barely. It's 5:30 AM and I haven't had coffee yet. Speaking of which.....I'm off. Talk to you later. :-) Cele > Ha! lets see if this works. > I've tried about 5 different newreaders since the Berlin one started [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thanks, dennis I see you. How are you? T > Ha! lets see if this works. > I've tried about 5 different newreaders since the Berlin one started [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thanks, dennis I'm replying with my eyes closed so I still can't see you! ;) lol SignatureA: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet? >Ha! lets see if this works. >I've tried about 5 different newreaders since the Berlin one started [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Thanks, dennis Hey.. I see it. Sorry you've had trouble with news services. >>Ha! lets see if this works. >>I've tried about 5 different newreaders since the Berlin one started [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Hey.. I see it. >Sorry you've had trouble with news services. Oh wait. It's gone now. LOL Thanks for all the replies guys, at least I know I can get through via google groups. Lots going on here ATM. Currently on crutches with a ruptured achillies tendon. Can't drive, can't work, can't dance, can't a few other things as well ;-( Life is generally good though. Hoping to meet Celia and Paul soon if they make it over. Spoke to Dolores a few days ago, she and the boys are fine. Freddie finished school today for 9 weeks! I'm hobbling over to London next week to drop him off with my sister for a weeks holiday with her. Middle son just back to England from Italy. Eldest is in London too so I'm trying to get us all together for one of those rare occasions. Willhave more time for a few weeks so I'll type up a general post and bring you up to date. Dennis >Thanks for all the replies guys, at least I know I can get through via >google groups. Sorry that aioe.cjb.net didn't work for you. >Lots going on here ATM. Currently on crutches with a ruptured achillies >tendon. Can't drive, can't work, can't dance, can't a few other things >as well ;-( Yikes hon! That's miserable! Were you driving a standard? Can you learn to drive with the other foot? Who's there to help you? >Life is generally good though. Hoping to meet Celia and Paul soon if >they make it over. Awesome! My daughter's going to No. Ireland (Belfast) around the middle of next month. Last time I heard from her, she was in Zurich. I'm so enjoying her trip. >Spoke to Dolores a few days ago, she and the boys are fine. I'm so glad they're doing well. I so enjoyed hearing about her son's potatoes. >Freddie finished school today for 9 weeks! I'm hobbling over to London >next week to drop him off with my sister for a weeks holiday with her. >Middle son just back to England from Italy. Eldest is in London too so >I'm trying to get us all together for one of those rare occasions. Take pictures. You'll never look as good as you do now. :-) Noooo... put that down! >Willhave more time for a few weeks so I'll type up a general post and >bring you up to date. > >Dennis Hi. 'Kate Cheap moving - call 514-836-4905 > Ha! lets see if this works. > I've tried about 5 different newreaders since the Berlin one started [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thanks, dennis See what? Christine I must be the only person that actually loves moving LOL I moved 17 times between the age of 19 and 24. I have now been in my present home for 11 years and I so have itchy feet. I have been trying to move for the last 5 years but it just aint happening!!!! I hope your move goes smoothly, I moved once while I was on holiday. I booked the removal company and gave the keys to my friends and when I came back it was all done ;-) Signature~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't ever stop believing........ Never get tired of watching you, someday you will break through..... http://goodsbyjen.cjb.net/ http://morestuffbyjen.cjb.net/ >I must be the only person that actually loves moving LOL >I moved 17 times between the age of 19 and 24. I have now been in my present >home for 11 years and I so have itchy feet. I have been trying to move for >the last 5 years but it just aint happening!!!! I'm 46, and the longest I've ever lived at any one address consecutively is 36 months. Now you've got me going...I'm gonna count....38. I've moved 38 times. And there are two more moves in my immediate future. That's good, 'cause 40 is such a nice round number, and even, and all that.... >I hope your move goes smoothly, Once we *finally* got a truck, a bunch of T's friends came and they were just delightful. They moved us in about four and a half hours, including three sites, back and forth, and I bought 'em beer & pizza. I only let 'em drink one beer each & made 'em take a couple of others home rather than drink & drive. And yes, they were all legal. What a good group of kids they are. Friends of T's boyfriend, mostly. >I moved once while I was on holiday. I once moved on Christmas eve with an eighteen month old. Another time, a year later, I moved six weeks after a caesarian, with a toddler and a newborn, a quadriplegic husband and me not supposed to lift. That one was a real bugger. >I booked the removal company and gave the keys to my friends and when I came >back it was all done ;-) Now THAT would be the way to move. If you could afford it. That's how officers in the forces are moved, and how we did it when I was a kid. But as an adult, I've been on my own. I think the worst move ever was when I left the Yukon, with the biggest UHaul you're allowed to drive on a regular license, pulling a dolly with the car behind it. It was a stick shift diesel, and it actually wasn't all that bad to drive, but you can only imagine what it was like *filling* the flipping thing witha 3000 square foot house and only my 4'11", 98 lbs soaking wet daughter to help. Took us about sixteen hours a day, for six days, and the day before I drove out the Alaska highway is the only time in my life I've ever literally shaken with exhaustion. After that, the three day drive out was practically a holiday! 'Course, I did hit Vancouver in rush hour driving this rig. It was pretty interesting. Moving. What a pain. Damn, I'll be glad when we get a house. That's that, then. Enough moving. I'm gonna grow roots. Cele >>I must be the only person that actually loves moving LOL >>I moved 17 times between the age of 19 and 24. I have now been in my [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > immediate future. That's good, 'cause 40 is such a nice round number, > and even, and all that.... OMG! OVER THE HILL MOVING!! 40 is a nice number. At least you're older and wiser than your moves ;) I've only moved, I guess, a few times. #1-born in the house my parents rented when they married, then when I was 14 months old, moved into house #2 that parents bought. Lived there until I was 16 or so. Moved into, kinda, #3 which was this rooming house for teens right after. #4 was moving in with this support lady a couple weeks later, then hated the lady because she was a crazy cat woman and moved in with a support family a month before B was born, so that was kind of #5. Stayed there until B was 2 months old, then got this small apartment for #6. #7 was then the 2bdrm apartment, and that was the first 'real' move I had with my own stuff to pack into a moving truck. Then got the townhouse we live in now, and have been in #8 for 2 years now. Now I am trying to move again since I don't have the space here anymore and need a 3d bedroom. I'm hoping to get an emergency transfer ASAP, or move anywhere to just get out of here because it's really worse than the Projects. So, really, only had 2 real moves of packing and hauling. I'm actually hoping #3 real move comes really, really soon! >>I hope your move goes smoothly, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > home rather than drink & drive. And yes, they were all legal. What a > good group of kids they are. Friends of T's boyfriend, mostly. Beer and pizza?? I would have soo been down with that! >>I moved once while I was on holiday. > > I once moved on Christmas eve with an eighteen month old. Another > time, a year later, I moved six weeks after a caesarian, with a > toddler and a newborn, a quadriplegic husband and me not supposed to > lift. That one was a real bugger. THAT would be more than just interesting! >>I booked the removal company and gave the keys to my friends and when I >>came [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > day drive out was practically a holiday! 'Course, I did hit Vancouver > in rush hour driving this rig. It was pretty interesting. Hey, I drive stick that is diesel! It's the best and I'd go no other way! Nothing like wicked gas mileage ;) lol I'd also recommend staying far, far away from Vancouver's rush hour. Duh. Like you need me to tell you that! Vancouver = horrible driving on a good day, not in rush hour. Rush hour is insanity at its worst. > Moving. What a pain. Damn, I'll be glad when we get a house. That's > that, then. Enough moving. I'm gonna grow roots. > > Cele >>>I must be the only person that actually loves moving LOL >>>I moved 17 times between the age of 19 and 24. I have now been in my [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >OMG! OVER THE HILL MOVING!! 40 is a nice number. At least you're older and >wiser than your moves ;) Heh. I can't say I've ever looked at it quite that way, but now that you mention it, it does put a nice positive spin on things. LOL >I've only moved, I guess, a few times. #1-born in >the house my parents rented when they married, then when I was 14 months [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >to pack into a moving truck. Then got the townhouse we live in now, and >have been in #8 for 2 years now. Oh boy. You gotta be kidding. We're really gonna enumerate? ROFLMAOSC...Ok. Here you go: 1: Germany to Canada, on a Cunard liner, from a NATO base to Penhold, Alberta, when I was not quite two. 2:Penhold to Red Deer, Alberta 3:Red Deer to Richmond, BC 4: Richmond to Ottawa, Ontario 5:Ottawa to Toronto Ontario 6: Toronto to London Ontario 7: London to Olive St., in Victoria, BC 8: Olive St. to Howe St. 9: Howe St. to Shakespeare St. 10: Shakespeare St. to Olive St (again!) 11: Olive St. to Totem Park, Vancouver BC 12: Totem Park to Victoria 13: Victoria to Gage Towers 14: Gage to Burnaby 15: Burnaby to East 36th 16:East 36th to Steves Manor 17: Steves to East 7th 18: East 7th, Vancouver, to Whitehorse, YT 19: Whitehorse to New Zealand, etc. 20: South Pacific/Asia to Clarke, Vancouver 21: Clarke to Champlain (Kerr), Vancouver 22: Champlain to Whalley (yes, I have actually lived in Whalley, car theft capital of North America) 23: Whalley to Newton, Surrey, BC 24: Newton to Nanaimo BC (Hospital road apartment) 25: Hospital road to Fairview Drive 26: Fairview to Meadow Lane 27: Meadow Lane to Townsite 28: Townsite to Port Alberni, BC 29: Port to Merritt, BC 30: Merritt to Whitehorse, YT (Turner Road) 31: Turner to Donjek Rd. 32: Donjek to North Rocks, Australia 33: Oz to Alsek Rd., Whitehorse 34: Alsek to Surrey, BC (Helston Cresc) 35: Helston to Surrey townhouses 36: townhouses to Chilliwack, BC 37: Chilliwack to Kerrisdale, BC 38: Kerrisdale to New Westminster 39: New West to Surrey (coming in August, when we get back from Wales) 40:right after that, hopefully within the year,when we get a new house. >Now I am trying to move again since I >don't have the space here anymore and need a 3d bedroom. I'm hoping to get >an emergency transfer ASAP, or move anywhere to just get out of here because >it's really worse than the Projects. I hear ya. The townhouses above, #35, were subsidised and so was Turner, #30. In both cases I was paying market, 'cause I was working, but I was one of few, and I know how it can be. We were glad to leave, especially the townhouses. >So, really, only had 2 real moves of packing and hauling. I'm actually >hoping #3 real move comes really, really soon! I do too, for you. But not so soon you're still dealing with a tiny baby. Moves #23 & 25 above I did with really little ones. With #23 D was 17 months and I was pregnant with T. With #25 D was 2 and T was newborn, I was post caesarian, as previously described. You don't wanna go there. >>>I hope your move goes smoothly, >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Beer and pizza?? I would have soo been down with that! Heh. Yeah. That's why I do it. After all this time, I know what works! LOL >>>I moved once while I was on holiday. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >THAT would be more than just interesting! Yeah. The *real* kicker there, was that we got all moved in, and the carpets had just been cleaned, so in desperation we set up the bed on the lino in the kitchen. Got ourselves undressed and tucked in and I realized I could NOT, absolutely COULD NOT sleep there. I'm very, very severely allergic to cats. The previous owners had had cats, and the carpet cleaning had somehow done something and I truly could not breathe. Ended up in hospital getting ventolin, which I've done maybe four times in my life, and then all of us, babies and all, going off to a hotel 'til the carpet dried. >>>I booked the removal company and gave the keys to my friends and when I >>>came [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >Hey, I drive stick that is diesel! It's the best and I'd go no other way! >Nothing like wicked gas mileage ;) lol I know, you've driven me in your stick shift diesel. I can absolutely guarantee you, however, having ridden in your car, that this rig was...well....considerably bigger. I mean, we're talking a ratio of a mouse to a bull mastiff here. LOL >I'd also recommend staying far, far away from Vancouver's rush hour. Duh. >Like you need me to tell you that! Vancouver = horrible driving on a good >day, not in rush hour. Rush hour is insanity at its worst. Got *that* right. The only good thing about living in an apartment while we wait for the house in Wales to sell is that we get to check out the traffic from the area at all times of day. Only three more sleeps til I get on the plane.... Cele >>>>I must be the only person that actually loves moving LOL >>>>I moved 17 times between the age of 19 and 24. I have now been in my [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Heh. I can't say I've ever looked at it quite that way, but now that > you mention it, it does put a nice positive spin on things. LOL It sure does! >>I've only moved, I guess, a few times. #1-born in >>the house my parents rented when they married, then when I was 14 months [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > 40:right after that, hopefully within the year,when we get a new > house. That's all fine and dandy, but I want dates, now. Dates and times, as well as all the information that you have on each number. :P lol >>Now I am trying to move again since I >>don't have the space here anymore and need a 3d bedroom. I'm hoping to [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > but I was one of few, and I know how it can be. We were glad to leave, > especially the townhouses. Sub-housing is just the Canadian way of saying The Projects. I'm going to stick with that because it's true. lol It's actually sad. I'm now paying absolute lowest, since I really have no income coming in now that I'm on leave and not working. My little income does make do, kind of, so I don't know. Can't wait to get back to work and actually feel like I have a life! It's surprising how many people do NOT work (around here, anyways)... On the side of the units where I live, and all the way down, there's only 2 people who work, that's 3 including me when I was working. There's also units #37-45 on this row, making that 3 out of a possible 8 households that work, or did work, and the rest, as long as I've been here, have never ever worked. They just sit around waiting for their GST rebates, baby cheques and welfare cheques to come in. I'm hoping to be able to get a transfer for the time being. I want to go back to school as soon as I can, then hopefully, between Norm and I, we can save up enough money to get the hell out of these places for good and never look back again! But, for the time being, I'm willing to admit I'm just too poor to be able to get out right now. Staying in here and having a better chance of saving some $$ is definitely the way I want to go, as it is right now. >>So, really, only had 2 real moves of packing and hauling. I'm actually >>hoping #3 real move comes really, really soon! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > newborn, I was post caesarian, as previously described. You don't > wanna go there. Well, I'm high risk for a c-section again. First was an emergency section (footling breech) and second was a normal VB - I got lucky when he turned around at 32 weeks, I believe it was. That emergency one was hell, and you're right, I do NOT want to go there! But, if I can get a transfer ASAP, I would be willing to make the plunge to move with a newborn no matter what. >>>>I hope your move goes smoothly, >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Heh. Yeah. That's why I do it. After all this time, I know what works! > LOL Of course it does. Nothing goes better than a move than a free meal, and especially beer and pizza. We - when I say we, I really mean more Norm - helped my cousin move. I was fairly useless, but B and I did help put the clothes up in the closet and some other things that makes sense to put the useless ones to work doing! My cousin picked up KFC and that was nice. >>>>I moved once while I was on holiday. >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > four times in my life, and then all of us, babies and all, going off > to a hotel 'til the carpet dried. Yikes! You'd have died in my place only months ago! I was up to something like 12 cats - my 3 babies and a litter of 9 kittens. Finally found homes for ALL the kittens by the time they were about 10 weeks old, and I gave my other 3 babies to the grandpa of the kid I went to school with... His dad works with my mom, and the grandpa was a single old guy out on an acreage and was looking for a cat. He was willing to take all 3 of them, so I couldn't pass that offer up of keeping all the cats together. Everyone wants kittens, not adult cats, so yea, it worked out perfect. I'm now just stuck with the one and only female kitten of the litter, which is the one cat that B wouldn't part with, and one cat I can handle. 12 I could not. I also didn't want to take the risk of running a disgusting cat house and getting booted out of here! >>>>I booked the removal company and gave the keys to my friends and when I >>>>came [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > was...well....considerably bigger. I mean, we're talking a ratio of a > mouse to a bull mastiff here. LOL DIESEL POWER! 90hp but tons of torque! lol My friend has a pair of Mastiffs. They're great. I had a pair of mice not long ago. See the connection? Wait... I don't... Must be all the diesel fumes I've been smelling from that car ever since I've taken a disgusting liking to the smell of diesel and gas fumes... They just smell so good, and only a month ago, they used to make me feel sick. Mmm... Exhaust... lol >>I'd also recommend staying far, far away from Vancouver's rush hour. Duh. >>Like you need me to tell you that! Vancouver = horrible driving on a good [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > while we wait for the house in Wales to sell is that we get to check > out the traffic from the area at all times of day. Hahaha traffic... Blah! You can stand at the window and laugh at all the suckers stuck in the traffic! > Only three more sleeps til I get on the plane.... > > Cele Oh good! That would be fun! I'd hardly be able to sleep! Then again, I also hate planes, but just the thought of taking off for a while to a totally new and different place would be so exciting! lol > Hi everyone. Here we are, packing up *again*. This whole moving thing > gets really old. You told me you were good at it by now. Ah well. > Of course, on Thursday, I go to Wales, so I won't have any more moving > to do here until I get back. Or even a little after that, perhaps. > But when I get to Wales, we've got to pack up Paul's house..... Yup and I can't wait. Oh, okay, I lied. I can wait indefinitely for that "pleasure" but I won't be able to of course. Umm... I'm talking packing, right? > LOL I'm glad you think it's funny. :-( > Moving does suck. It really truly does. Yup and I've only done it 6 or 7 times. > I sure can fit a lot into a small space, though! Oh yes? SignaturePaul >> Hi everyone. Here we are, packing up *again*. This whole moving thing >> gets really old. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >Oh yes? ROFL... oh my my. And I'm entrusting my precious oldest daughter with YOU THREE? :-) She's there, safe, and enjoying the weather. Only someone from Houston could enjoy the weather in London, eh? I sent her over the pond cell to ya via ICQ, Cele. She's heading to Paris tomorrow. Hugs to you both. Safe trip, Cele. 'Kate |
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