Looking Back at 2014 – December – Moving into Town

December disappeared in a blur….to say the least.

Contracts exchanged on the sale of our home on 19 November, with settlement to take place on 19 December.  That is shorter than usual, but suited us all.  Mick called the removalists to book them in, only to find that the only dates available were 4 & 5 December, so we had to really get cracking.

The priority was to pack everything that was in free standing furniture.  We could pack built in cupboards after the removalist had been.  We filled two 20 foot containers, and that was without the car loads of boxes we were bringing in each day.

I couldn’t get out of going to work on the moving days, but that was probably not a bad thing.  There wouldn’t have been much for me to do and I would probably have stressed too much.  Mick did a fantastic job.

After they had finished, Mick called me at work.  He told me there had been a breakage.  I told he to show me at home.  I fully expected a breakage of some sort, and what will be will be.  When I arrived home I asked him to show me the worst.

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I laughed……and breathed a huge sigh of relief.  Mick has a rather sick sense of humour.

Our main issue when moving is what I call “The Grown Up Cupboard”.  It is an antique display case that came out of a local jewellers.  When it was delivered to our old place the removalists suggested we don’t take it with us if ever we move…………it is so big and heavy that it takes 6 men to move it.  Here is a sneak peak in its old position.  It is now stored in our garage, as it won’t fit into the house we are in now.

We actually did nearly have a breakage………Mick was putting the glass shelves in the cabinet when one of the doors swung closed.  Mick banged the shelf into the glass door.  It made a huge noise, but didn’t break…Phew!!!!  The poor removalists….. they have to move it again when we move into our new house.  We are designing it to provide easy access to install the cabinet.

The move went remarkably well, considering how much “stuff” we have.  We just brought a car load in at a time and put it away as we went.  The house is affectionately known as “The Tardis”, it has so much stuff crammed into it.  The removalists wouldn’t believe that everything would fit, but we had it all worked out.  One bedroom is “The Box Room”, as it is chock-a-block full of boxes.  Another room is “The Jungle”, as it is piled high with furniture.  Joey the cat loves climbing around in there and finding cubby holes to have a nap in.

We have done this moving stint all back to front.  You are supposed to have the big de-clutter before you move.  We just boxed up everything and brought it with us.  Once we have our new home built we will decide what we do and don’t need or want and will do the big cull then…..that’s the theory anyway.

So that brings us to the end of the year.  We had a quiet Christmas, which was very welcome.

2015 is shaping up to be another big year for us, but we are ready for it.  Bring it on.