James booked us on a flight back to France for May 2nd. Now that the date is set we figured we should get a move on clearing the apartment and all of our needless "things."
So, we put up an ad on Craigs List offering all our goods. Saying basically, "if you can see it, it's for sale." Well, within one week we've been picked clean of most all our furniture and quite a few kitchen things. I'm currently sitting on my big comfy sofa giving it a cuddle since it will be leaving the family in a few short days.
Already Taylor's bed, our dressers, the dining table and chairs, my desk, and our office cabinets have gone, along with lots of shelving. Taylor handled it really well once we discussed how difficult it would be to take his bed on the plane. The other big pieces are leaving us this weekend. What will remain for the next three weeks is our mattress, Emm's toddler bed and the TV shelving unit. Crazy! We'll have to have family picnics on our bed and watch movies on the computer. :)
So......the 10 boxes have begun development. As a reminder, we had a moving company give us a quote to move half of our furnitue and belongings to France and he gave us a price of $13,600. We decided against that, obviously, and chose to ask UPS how much to send boxes. It came to $100 for a 20lb box, $150 for a 30lb box. So we set ourselves a goal of 10 boxes. (With wiggle room of course. Cause as I've said before, I'm a packrat.)
We moved all the things we thought we wanted to keep into the bedroom and all the things we didn't want to keep into the living room. We ended up with 13 boxes in the bedroom. We also gave Taylor and Emm each a box to fill with their favorite toys. If it fit it could come to France. T ended up putting some things in Emm's box and she didn't seem to mind since she plays with them too. They ended up with three once I added their books and cuddlies. One box is kept in mind for my favorite kitchen items, the cutlery/knife drawer and the cooking utlensils. Yes, I'm sure France makes these things, but I'm partial to my dodads. Then add in a couple boxes for linens, love my down comforter and cover and have priced them out there. Might as well spend to send. So, we start with about 20.
Now, we'll spend the next week or so narrowing down these boxes to try and get as close to 10 as we can and then the final week of packing the 4 suitcases we'll bring on the plane. Whew.
Now I'm starting to get a wee bit anxious. Cause time will go fast and as much as you think you have it all under control, the day creeps up to you and you find you're scrambling. And there are soooo many things to do before we leave, people to try and get together with, and dentist appointments, and doctors visits, and..................
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