This morning on my ride to BART, the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" popped up on my iPod. I immediately taken back to a party with friends before I was moving away from Kentucky. We were making a mix tape for me of music that they felt I needed to know.
They gave me some Dire Straits because I had only "Brothers in Arms", and some Earth, Wind & Fire that I asked for, and then they said, "You have 'Sgt. Pepper's, but do you have 'Magical Mystery Tour'?" I said I'd never heard of it, and so we listened to it while it copied.
Little other music transports me like that. Phil Collins' "But Seriously..." takes me to the concert at Arco Arena while I was in college. Occasionally, Dire Straits and the credits music from "Buckaroo Banzai" (and strangely enough "Rock Me Amadeus") will take me to driving the country roads in Maryland. It happens other times too in small ways, but it's always a surprise.
Showing posts with label moving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moving. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Unpacked
Yesterday, Jennifer and I opened and unpacked our last moving box. The last room was the office, and we started the day with seven boxes to go.
Mostly it was Jennifer's stuff, but I had random items in her boxes as well. But we got all of them opened and unpacked. I've got several pieces to unwrap and place in the shelves, and our two cabinets need to be hung on the wall, but the boxes are done.
Then we did some picture placement. The fun part is that the ceilings are 9-feet tall instead of the normal 8-feet, and so we can put pictures on top of the bookcases and lean them against the wall instead of nailing them up.
This morning, we hung a few small pictures, and we figure in a couple days we'll start moving the big pictures around the house and decide where we want to hang the rest of them. It's really looking nice, and we feel so relieved to have that stage done.
Mostly it was Jennifer's stuff, but I had random items in her boxes as well. But we got all of them opened and unpacked. I've got several pieces to unwrap and place in the shelves, and our two cabinets need to be hung on the wall, but the boxes are done.
Then we did some picture placement. The fun part is that the ceilings are 9-feet tall instead of the normal 8-feet, and so we can put pictures on top of the bookcases and lean them against the wall instead of nailing them up.
This morning, we hung a few small pictures, and we figure in a couple days we'll start moving the big pictures around the house and decide where we want to hang the rest of them. It's really looking nice, and we feel so relieved to have that stage done.
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Moved
Last weekend, Jennifer and I began out move from Pacheco to Emeryville.
We had begun the process the week before I was laid off, and Jennifer put in our 30-day notice just a couple hours before I was laid off.
We had money set aside for moving expenses, so that was good. We hired movers, and halfway through the day, Jennifer fired them because they were just dragging. Jennifer's phrase of the day was "slower than molasses in winter."
For those that remember from ten years ago, we had water leakage in the place in Pacheco. It got fixed and then a second leak occurs. We had thought that was all fixed. We had three bookshelves on the wall, and when they were moved we discovered that there had been more leakage. Fortunately the bookcases are only stained on their backs, so that's good.
My favorite phrase is: we are well shut of that place.
Now we get to learn all about our new neighborhood, and sign up with the Oakland Public Library.
We had begun the process the week before I was laid off, and Jennifer put in our 30-day notice just a couple hours before I was laid off.
We had money set aside for moving expenses, so that was good. We hired movers, and halfway through the day, Jennifer fired them because they were just dragging. Jennifer's phrase of the day was "slower than molasses in winter."
For those that remember from ten years ago, we had water leakage in the place in Pacheco. It got fixed and then a second leak occurs. We had thought that was all fixed. We had three bookshelves on the wall, and when they were moved we discovered that there had been more leakage. Fortunately the bookcases are only stained on their backs, so that's good.
My favorite phrase is: we are well shut of that place.
Now we get to learn all about our new neighborhood, and sign up with the Oakland Public Library.
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