PACKING UP

It was about 10 years ago, when we moved from Central CA, to Lake Havasu City, AZ.  At the time, I distinctly remember saying that I was never going to move again, that I was going to live my last days in this house.  Well, here we go again, packing and sorting through all of our stuff, in preparation for a move closer to Marc, Chandra, and Laila in Tucson.

Moving is such a pain in the you know what.  The only redeeming fact about moving, is it provides one the opportunity to get rid of a lot of junk that has accumulated over the years.  Since returning home on Thursday, the 20th, we've made a pretty big dent in getting lots of stuff packed up.  Patty & Nancy have been like whirling derbishes, moving from one room to the next, as they fill up boxes to take, and other boxes for a mega garage sale that will take place in a month or so.

I thought that packing up the China Cabinet would take at least haft a day, but the girls had it done in less than a couple of hours.  When we quit yesterday afternoon, the stack of boxes in the garage had grown quite a bit, with much less in the house.  More of the same today, and perhaps tomorrow, or the next day, we'll be headed in opposite directions.
 


The girls will be driving back to Nancy's house in Atwater, CA, where they'll be getting ready for their trip to Hawaii.  A day or so later, I'll be taking the motor home and the truck to our new home in Tucson, where I'll be busy with lots of initial projects.  The first priority will be to get some type of garage building erected.  Lots of associated tasks before that can happen, and one of the implements that will make it easier, is the tractor that I purchased about a week ago.  Now that I'm back with a good Internet connection, here's a few more pictures of the Kubota L39 Tractor/Backhoe, and the accessories that came with it.  Anybody want a good boat?

Yesterday, we did all of the necessary paperwork for the sale of the house.  Our asking price is $215,000, and that's about how much money we have invested in the property.  Just a few years ago, the value was over $300,000, but that was then. and this is now.  The reality of today's real estate market is that it's a good time to buy, but not sell.  I guess it's all relative in the long run. 

 Post Hole Digger

 Pallet Forks

 Rock Sifter/Scrapper

 Box Scrapper