Trina's page of Blogginess

Check it out: my last two posts (below) were posted at the exact same time each day! geek.

Ugh.

What a long day. We moved today. We hired 4 guys from emerald Moving Co. on Valencia. They had a big, huge truck. They weren't able to fit everything in the truck, so Dick and I will have to do a few trips back and forth to the house to get the rest of the little stuff. (Actually, it'll take a good many trips, but I'm trying not to think of it too much) As for the rest of the larger items that were left - we're just hoping that stager can use what we couldn't bring over. Anyway, the movers were with us from 8:30am through 4:00pm. They were pretty remarkable - we have some big pieces of furniture (Large Chinese Cabinets) that they were able to navigate up the stairs, and around the bend.

The kitties are trying to figure out what the heck is happening. Poor little things - you just can't explain things like this to them. We had them in the master bathroom all day, then went back to get them this evening. We have them in our bedroom now - we thought it best to keep them in a small space until they've acclimated a little more. Plus, we have our sheets, and comforter in there, so it should smell like home. Last time I checked, Marcel was still hiding under the bed, and Noe was still hiding in her carrier. Poor kitties.

We're exhausted. Just beat.

But, not too tired to get the high speed internet up and running! :)

more later. must take a shower now.

We actually post-phoned moving day until tomorrow. Thought we could use the extra day to get stuff ready.

We're just about done. I just finished packing my dolls, then it's time for bed.

I scanned this picture several years ago when I first moved to Eureka Street. It's from the Raggedy Ann book "Marcella" by Johnny Gruelle. Packing my dolls again made me think about it....

My Mom and my sister came over to the condo today to help us clean for our move-in. They were both so terrific, and such cleaning pros!

They each have their own steam machines, which we used on EVERYTHING! You name it, we steam cleaned it: the softwood floors, windows, linoleum, blinds, refrigerator, counters, etc., Really Amazing!

I'm totally hooked on them now. I think I'll add one to my Amazon.com wishlist! :)

I can't find the exact model my sister has, but it's something like this one. Plus, this one has the bonus of looking like a cute mouse!

My Mom's handheld steamer cracked me up. It's called "The Steam Penguin". :) Now, if you know my Mom, you know that she LOVES and collects penguins. (like how I collect Raggedy Anns) So, you can see that this was the perfect machine for her!

Now that I'm looking these up on amazon.com, I can see that neither one has very good user ratings. Oh well - they both worked very well for us today.

A big "thank you" again to my Mom and Sister, Tiffini. They were so very helpful today. I really feel like the condo is ready for us to move into now!

We're moving.

WHAT?!

Yep. we're moving.
This week.

But, why haven't you blogged about this before?

It has all happened very fast, and we wanted to make sure that everything was in place before telling everyone.

Where?

We're moving to The Castro (a mere 1.5 miles away) - I have a little condo over there.

Why?

Ah, yes. There's more to the story than that. (there always is)

I've owned the condo in the Castro (along with my family) for over 5 years now. I have rented it out for the past 2 years, when I moved in with Dick. In a weird, (but great) series of coincidences, my tenants gave notice to vacate, and my neighbors downstairs (of the 2 unit building) also decided to sell their unit. Dick and I jumped on this real estate opportunity.

So, long story short: Dick is buying the downstairs unit, I still own the upstairs unit. We like to think of it as: His and Her Condos (some people have towels, we have condos)

The idea is that Dick can sell his big house, buy the condo (smaller investment) but we'll have the luxury of owning both units (ie: the whole building) which is the same size as Dick's big house.

We've been working out the details only in the last 4 weeks or so. Everything is squared away now, and we have an actual moving date, so I figured it was safe to share the news with the world now.

It's a 3-step process: We've been having a lot of work done on my condo upstairs (the tenants didn't leave it in great shape, and it was due for a bit of a facelift anyway). We pulled up the old carpet in the bedrooms, and had the wood floors in the entire place refinished. We also had most of it repainted - they're finishing it up today or tomorrow. It looks amazing. Anyhow, our move-in date is set for this Thursday.

We'll be moving in all of our personal items, and some of our furniture. We're having our house "staged" for sale, and will leave so furniture here, so we won't have to store anything. Then, Dick's house will be painted (in the interior) and staged for sale. It should be up on the market in the middle of the month.

Finally, we'll be moving into the bottom unit in about another month. Then, we'll be able to sort things out and move the furniture into both unit.

So, contrary to how my blog has read over the past month, we've actually been really busy on all of this. lots of packing, planning, and contractors.

That's the scoop. I'll fill you in on more later - just wanted to start to get the word out.

I'll send out an email with our new address(s) and phone number this week.

Yep - once every four years - like the Olympics, or the Presidential Election.
Here it is.

Anyone born on a leap day? that would be crazy.

I just read this in sfgate, and thought it was kind of funny:
The Tiffany and Co. jewelry stores took out a big ad to remind people that Leap Day is the "one day when girls can pop the question.'' Tiffany would also like to remind people that it has engagement rings for $1.3 million, a sum than can make boys pop the answer of "no.''

I can see that look on your face now - No, I am not planning on proposing to Dick today. ;)