Packing up Louisville

The next two weeks were CRAZY!!!!!

I've done crazy before but it has never been like this .  I had to pack up the whole house - in less than two weeks.  I also had to sell a whole bunch of items that will not fit in our new house.  The selling of items went way better than if I had to have a garage or yard sale, because I sold them via Facebook Marketplace, but it took a lot of time to answer people's questions and responses.  It became something that kept interrupting me while I was trying to pack up.

I ended up selling 6 bookshelves, Marissa's desk, two queen beds, the couch in the basement, the table in the basement, dishes, and more.  I got ride of - donated, the green couches, the office desk, and a bunch of other stuff that I can't even remember now. 

Every day went like this:  wake up at 6:00 AM.  Pack, go to Lowe's to get more packing materials - boxes, bubble wrap, and tape.  Go back home, wrap art, box things, and continue in the same process until midnight.  Push pause, play, repeat!  Day after day.  

Kitchen

tried to sell these - no takers

Almost everything is packed - bubble wrapped or ready to load.

The master bedroom is reduced to a tower of boxes.

Entertainment room is all packed up

Game room - redesigned - haha

The hardest thing to leave bind is the growth records on the door frame!

I added another POD because I didn't believe that all of our stuff will fit in 2 - I now have 3 PODS being delivered on 3/26.  They will load them on 3/27.  They will remove them on 3/28.  We will settle a day early on 3/28 (the buyers will sign the papers on 3/29 and transfer the money to our closing in Texas on 3/29).  We will purchase our new home in Texas on 3/29.

Thank goodness I added the third POD.  We ran out of room with just two stories.  I should have had 4 PODS.  We actually ran out of room around 4 PM on 3/27.  I had to call around to find a rental truck that  will do one way packages.  Mark had to drive to PENZKE to pick up a truck.  He brought it back to the house in time for the guys that I was paying to load the PENZKE truck too.  It was a miracle!  A real MIRACLE!

On 3/28 Mark and I attended closing at 9:00 AM.  

While at closing our friend, Sarah Dodson called and said she was not going to babysit our cat for the month that she had agreed to babysit our cat.  She decided to tell us this while we were in closing with less than one hour before we are supposed to leave for Texas.  WHAT!!!!!   Unbelievable - but okay.  We will figure it out.  I made some quick calls and was able to secure a spot for Jasper at the Springhurst Vet for  a week.  I will have to fly from Seattle to Louisville to come back and pick him up and then drive to Austin with him.  Then we will have to find someone in Austin to babysit him while we are on our trip to UT and California.  

We came back to the house.  Sarah met us there and gave us Jasper and everything we gave her to take care of him.  It was so awkward because I wanted to be upset, but I couldn't.  I just took it like a trooper and said thanks for taking care of him for the night.  IT really did help to have Jasper out of the house while the people loaded up the PODS.  

At the house, parked the silver car in front of the Heagy's house and realized we no longer live her.  It was so sad.  The last few items were loaded up in the Penske - we took these parting photos - then Mark got in the van, and I got in the RAV4 and off we went.  This Chapter in our lives has come to an end.  

Saying good bye to Louisville

Squeezing Everything in before we Leave

March 17 - March 23 was insane!!!

Church
I taught a Special Needs Training course in LaGrange Ward
I taught the Book of Mormon class on Tuesday
I taught Nancy Beaman and her daughter about behavior modification to help Nancy's grandchildren

Doctors
I had a doctor appointment for my shoulder with Dr. Makk
I had a doctor appointment for my knee (and medical records for everyone) with Stacie Grossfeld

Personal
I had an appointment to get my hair done
I went to Lunch for LaDonna's birthday
I went to Lunch with Mellie Sephton
My best friend - Katie St. John came for a short visit
We went to our last Missionary Parent dinner

House Preparation
We had the appraisal completed for both properties
We had the home inspection for both houses
We sold book cases, two beds, desks, small household items, etc.

It was a very busy week!!!!

Somewhere in the middle (March 18) I had a birthday - it seemed to be overlooked by everyone and everything that was going on with the move.

Painting and Packing

Oh my gosh - so much work.

At first it started out as fun projects to update the house while we contemplated the possible move away from Louisville KY.

Then Mark found out that we have to move to Memphis, TN in order to stay with the company.  At first they wanted Mark to move to San Jose, CA, but he refused that offer. 

Immediately, we had so much work to get done on the house to get it ready to go on the market.

The LIST:

Paint master bedroom
Paint master bathroom
Paint Robert's room
Paint Robert's bathroom
Paint shared bathroom
Paint Marissa's bathroom
Paint Marissa's bedroom
Paint kitchen
Paint Weight room
Paint game room
touch up trim upstairs
touch up trim middle floor
touch up trim basement
replace carpet basement
replace carpet upstairs
replace one garage door
replace 6 windows
clean moss off patio
remove books and bookshelves from:
two from Master bedroom
Robert's room
Marissa's room
upstairs hallway
England room
two bookshelves in basement
three bookshelves in study/office
pack all books away or sell books to 1/2 price books
get rid of extra bedding, clothes, shoes, furniture, accessories, etc.
get rid of family room couches
store coffee and end tables from family room
remove desk from master bedroom
remove desk from Marissa's room
clean out Robert's room
clean out Marissa's room
clean up and thin Betsy's closet
clean up and organize Mark's closet
clean up and organize dining room
clean up and organize kitchen
clean up and organize game room
clean up and organize weight room
clean up and organize entertainment room
remove sewing machine and sewing stuff
remove personal photos from basement
remove personal photos from bedrooms
remove personal photos from hallways
remove photos from fridge
remove glass table from front entrance
remove round rug from front entrance
remove draperies from dining room
remove draperies from study/office
get microwave fixed
remove microwave from counters
remove TV from family room
clean up where TV was
kill weeds
replant grass
fix cupboards so they hang right
fix tape in master bathroom ceiling
fix broken tile in master bedroom shower
clean out main floor coat closet
clean out shoes from drop zone
paint drop zone
touch up trim in drop zone
clean up and organize storage room
clean up and organize storage under the stairs
clean up and organize storage closet in basement bathroom
THROW or GIVE anything not needed in MEMPHIS