Packing up for the move to the beach
We are packing boxes, cleaning out, and making decisions. So far we have a 8 x 10 room filled with boxes -half to keep and half to sell.On March 7th we hope to move to the 12th floor of a beach condo here in Jacksonville (beach). We were there Thursday afternoon for our walk thru, and it was cold and windy! Found out there is no pantry in the kitchen, so are thinking of turning a 1/2 bath off the kitchen into a large pantry.
For now will buy some chrome shelving to put there, for the canned goods, the case of paper towels, etc. Not sure how the little dogs will do. Hopefully can train them to "pee" first thing in the morning on a potty area on the balcony.
We plan to have an "estate sale" about 2 weeks after we move out of the house, with about 1/2 of our stuff. Have a person picked out to run it - she gets 30%. She does this part time, and used to do it full time, so hopefully she knows what she is doing. After that give the rest to a charity, then put the house on the market. I know things are supposed to sell better with furniture in them, but last time was a nightmare with the dogs, etc. Some real estate agents were better than others at making sure the doors were locked, lights off, etc.
Have been here 23 years, so it's difficult. The pollen has been bad this year, and hoping we will be healthier with the ocean air and no oak tree pollen. My quilt guild is over there too, and have already told DH that Friday mornings are "my" time to go quilt.
Sara in Fla.
posted by Sara in Florida @ 2:41 PM
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