Moving is NOT my Thing
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amberfocusBut for the most part we are all moved in to town. Oh, there's still a bunch of crap back at the house but nothing I can't live without except the piano and that will come in either February or March. We are in no rush. The house needs to be fixed up and new carpets put in and painted and all the interior doors replaced before we even make an attempt to sell it anyway. I'll go out once or twice a week and pack up a few boxes and make sure no one's breaking in to the place and that the security system is still working, but all the heavy duty grunt work is done.
We have no intention of even trying to put it on the market until May or June anyway and we're good for money so really no worries. Which is good because I still can't squat or kneel down and probably won't be healed enough to do so for six to eight more weeks. But I can empty shelves and closets and stuff. A lot of things are going to be going to charity. Downsizing, thy name is Lisa.
I love being in the city again, even if it's not a big city. I love being 3 minutes from the grocery store instead of 45 minutes to an hour. It's walking distance. True, I can't walk six blocks yet, but when I can, it's six blocks! Half a mile for those of you in the U.K. who don't have blocks. I am looking forward to it when I have sufficiently recovered. 11 and a half years of living in the mountains, in the country, I never thought I'd hate it so much.
Oh, we nearly had a tragedy occur. Season one Rose action figure went missing for two days! Nine was inconsolable. He was leaning with his head against the TARDIS doors and having a total depressive funk. I think I saw tears in his eyes. Finally Brown Suit Ten, in an unsual act of unselfish valor, agreed to share season two Rose with him and let him play with K-9. It perked him up a little until I finally found season one Rose again. Season two Rose was not amused by his sudden desertion of her. Ten was not amused by Season two Rose's sudden irritibility at being tossed over for her younger self and is now pouting. Season one Rose and Nine are currently in a prone position because (Honest) I bumped the dresser on the way out and they fell over. At least that's what they claimed when I came back in the room. Mickey and Martha and Blue Suit Ten with Sexy Specs and Donna are all uncomfortably silent over the whole issue. The Great Coat with Torchwood Jack accessory and Gwen are cheering them on, though. (Yes, if I knew what box my camera was packed in, this would totally be a picspam).
At least I found Rose again, though. That one cost more than all the others put together as she's very hard to find anymore. It's good, too, because silly as they are, sometimes the action figures act as muse inspiration so I like to have them all on display. I will hopefully have time to start writing again now. I need to finish up Body Language, then finish Lilli's very belated b'day fic and work on Stars some more. Possibly HM if it'll stop being so stubborn again. I hate not having time to write. It helps me with stress reduction and I totally need it right now.
We have no intention of even trying to put it on the market until May or June anyway and we're good for money so really no worries. Which is good because I still can't squat or kneel down and probably won't be healed enough to do so for six to eight more weeks. But I can empty shelves and closets and stuff. A lot of things are going to be going to charity. Downsizing, thy name is Lisa.
I love being in the city again, even if it's not a big city. I love being 3 minutes from the grocery store instead of 45 minutes to an hour. It's walking distance. True, I can't walk six blocks yet, but when I can, it's six blocks! Half a mile for those of you in the U.K. who don't have blocks. I am looking forward to it when I have sufficiently recovered. 11 and a half years of living in the mountains, in the country, I never thought I'd hate it so much.
Oh, we nearly had a tragedy occur. Season one Rose action figure went missing for two days! Nine was inconsolable. He was leaning with his head against the TARDIS doors and having a total depressive funk. I think I saw tears in his eyes. Finally Brown Suit Ten, in an unsual act of unselfish valor, agreed to share season two Rose with him and let him play with K-9. It perked him up a little until I finally found season one Rose again. Season two Rose was not amused by his sudden desertion of her. Ten was not amused by Season two Rose's sudden irritibility at being tossed over for her younger self and is now pouting. Season one Rose and Nine are currently in a prone position because (Honest) I bumped the dresser on the way out and they fell over. At least that's what they claimed when I came back in the room. Mickey and Martha and Blue Suit Ten with Sexy Specs and Donna are all uncomfortably silent over the whole issue. The Great Coat with Torchwood Jack accessory and Gwen are cheering them on, though. (Yes, if I knew what box my camera was packed in, this would totally be a picspam).
At least I found Rose again, though. That one cost more than all the others put together as she's very hard to find anymore. It's good, too, because silly as they are, sometimes the action figures act as muse inspiration so I like to have them all on display. I will hopefully have time to start writing again now. I need to finish up Body Language, then finish Lilli's very belated b'day fic and work on Stars some more. Possibly HM if it'll stop being so stubborn again. I hate not having time to write. It helps me with stress reduction and I totally need it right now.
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Date: 2010-01-14 03:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-14 03:07 am (UTC)Glad to hear your move is going okay. I too have been downsizing. I tell family (Especially Mother Dearest) that I am throwing things away so my life is less cluttered, when in actual fact, the reason I am emptying shelves and wardrobes boxes and boxes of crap is simply so I can fit MORE Doctor Who / Tennant stuff in my 2 bed flat. Hoarding thy name is Natalie... *Sighs* Oh well... I have the shiny new specials box set to find space for when I get home... YAY!
Nats x
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Date: 2010-01-14 03:08 am (UTC)Can I say how adorable your DW figurines are! *pets them all*
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Date: 2010-01-14 03:34 am (UTC)Would any others in our Sisterhood care to join with me?
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Date: 2010-01-14 06:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-14 04:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-14 03:40 am (UTC)Glad to hear the move went well. :-)
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Date: 2010-01-14 04:06 am (UTC)Glad to hear the move is done, but remember to take it easy. YOu're still recovering.
*hugs you*
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Date: 2010-01-14 05:38 am (UTC)Sounds like the beginning of a great fic to me! A very Doctorish sentiment!
Happy new home to you, dear! *hugs*
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Date: 2010-01-14 05:58 am (UTC)If you're looking for new dolls ... errr .. action figures, several new ones for EOT are coming out. I posted pics and the link on my journal.
"Possibly HM if it'll stop being so stubborn again."
Perhaps this icon will spook HM into cooperating???
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Date: 2010-01-14 06:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-14 01:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-14 06:13 pm (UTC)And congratulations on having the hardest part of the move over!
(P.S. If you know of anybody looking for a house in Anacortes, I may have one for them.) :)
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Date: 2010-01-15 03:06 am (UTC)