(we're all about bandwagons…)
We’re trying to drink up our wine collection so we don’t have to move it.
The Odfjell Babor 2003 Cab is an amazing wine…and for less than $12 (you can order it only for $8, apparently). It’s got a cool picture of a seahorse on it.
For some reason I’m a sucker for wine bottles with cute animals on them.
Packing up our stuff is like replaying bits of our life.
Looking for a box big enough to fit the mixer, I fished one out from our stash under the bed. It’s got several layers of labels in magic marker, on top and bottom, arranged so a different one shows with every method of folding it up.
Berck was packing up the bedroom. He put a pile of hats in a box, taped it up, crossed out “BOOKS” and wrote “Hats.” The next box he used said, “HATS.”
As far as I can tell, I’ve transcribed them in chronological order. The first is from Berck’s dad’s office moving from Daphne to Longview. The last was to here.
Repiratory Drugs
MISC SHELF STUFF — Berck
Passport STUFF (crossed out)
Med (crossed out) Sized Books
“UNBREAKABLE STUFF” OHM METER Misc Memorabilia
Berck thought that box was too flimsy, so he gave me a sturdier one. This box makes us laugh whenever we see it. I’d asked my brother to be as specific as possible when he was writing the contents of my move from Dallas. Unfortunately, he didn’t have a spellchecker.
Berk’s Brow dishes
Serving plate
quich (the C has been written over a S) dish
Serving bowl
6 sawser
Cassirol, small piture
4 Bowls
Our new address will be
6845 Delmonico Dr Apt C
Colorado Springs CO 80919
We’ve reserved a Budget truck and auto trailer for next week. The plan is to drive to Colorado on Thursday and move all our stuff in our new home on Friday.
In the meantime we’ll be packing like mad.
We’ve found a place to live!
It’s an apartment in the foothills just south of the Academy. It’s two bedrooms and one and a half baths (room for visitors!). It’s older, but there’s a new range in the kitchen. And there’s a fireplace (which actually comes in handy in Colorado). There’s a balcony with a view of the mountains. And it’s next to a nice, big park…perfect for kite flying!
It was the first apartment we looked at today. It all looked so perfect (for us poor folk, anyway). “And how much is this one?” I asked Berck.
“It’s $550 a month.” (Our best bet so far had been $550 for a ONE bedroom.)
“Actually,” said the landlord, who owns the two buildings in the “complex,” totalling eight units, “It WAS $550. Now it’s $500.”
Now I’ve just got to find a job.
We’re headed for Colorado Springs this morning to look for a place to live. We’ll move when we found out we can.