tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post2775554076131626660..comments2023-11-05T02:39:09.527-08:00Comments on Monkey Man: Getting HitchedMonkey Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741294113777908130noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-76978576550381147052009-10-29T16:34:53.293-07:002009-10-29T16:34:53.293-07:00Funny stuff! I have moved at least 20 times in my ...Funny stuff! I have moved at least 20 times in my married life, and I'm not even counting the times I moved when I was single. We have moved 4 times just in the town we live in now.<br /><br />Believe me, when you move as much as I do, you take a "minamalist" approach to decorating. There are no attics or basements full of stuff we never use. Plus, I can pack up a house in 2 days flat!Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09496172669599418214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-73930077170948376972009-10-28T19:14:06.257-07:002009-10-28T19:14:06.257-07:00Moving sucks. I will die in this place.Moving sucks. I will die in this place.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-49878624804236288632009-10-28T16:31:08.220-07:002009-10-28T16:31:08.220-07:00Peach - We are actually still moving. We have anot...Peach - We are actually still moving. We have another load of misc stuff but don't have to evac until the 15th.<br /><br />Kys - Come on....think of the stories you'll be able to write. Give moving a chance.Monkey Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741294113777908130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-830700371121647752009-10-28T16:28:46.380-07:002009-10-28T16:28:46.380-07:00GEM - The visual of you, morning sickness and kitc...GEM - The visual of you, morning sickness and kitchen supplies. What the side of that truck must have looked like.<br /><br />WM - I need to hear that story. Sounds like something I would do for sure.<br /><br />Matty - We hired movers two moves ago and they were the laziest three people I had ever been around. Charging by the hour entitled them their "breaks".<br /><br />Nessa - A friend of mine insists on buying pick up trucks. When I asked him why, he simply replied "to haul shit". Yes, boys and their trucks.<br /><br />Phillip - Ouch!! But what a great story. You should copy and paste that as a blog. I loved it!!<br /><br />G-man - Our longest stay was 13 years in one place and what a pile of shit we collected. Goodwill and a rented dumpster took care of most of it.<br /><br />Deb - That is hysterical. Once a neanderthal always a neanderthal.<br /><br />EO - Tools. Yes. Must always know where the tools are.Monkey Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741294113777908130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-84124151358099624902009-10-28T16:22:02.187-07:002009-10-28T16:22:02.187-07:00Thanks for reminding me that I'm going to stay...Thanks for reminding me that I'm going to stay here the rest of my life. I can't handle moving again.Traciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612857982151448455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-19093952218453796512009-10-28T15:49:57.527-07:002009-10-28T15:49:57.527-07:00Oh, argh! Moving house really is high up there on ...Oh, argh! Moving house really is high up there on the stress meter. <br />When Joe and I moved from LA to our lovely new home here in central coastal California, we had lots of help, as you did, on both ends, and a stupid rental van that chugged up hills at 25 mph. We also had sedated the cats, which oddly enough seemed to have the opposite effect, and they escaped the cat box and wandered yowling around in the back seat all during the trip. That night, surrounded by boxes and sleeping on the floor because we didn't know where we'd put the screwdriver so we couldn't put together our bed, I just laid there weeping. We've made a vow that we will not move again, God willing.<br />Thanks for the laughter.Enchanted Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815997287116818456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-70767194088080640772009-10-28T14:27:29.643-07:002009-10-28T14:27:29.643-07:00Moving is such a bitch. Two years ago I had to hir...Moving is such a bitch. Two years ago I had to hire these gumbas to move my stuff from point A to point B. In the process, they had found many "personal items" (eh-hem) that I had forgotten about. Needless to say, they asked my partner and I if we wanted to hang out with them sometime due to the "items" found. <br /><br />I had to laugh at, "testosterone laden punch"...! hehe....Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14986475569600734742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-52073759769646311292009-10-28T09:48:31.574-07:002009-10-28T09:48:31.574-07:00I haven't moved in 23 years thank God!I haven't moved in 23 years thank God!G-Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968807697181554781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-12987611928120197802009-10-28T07:33:56.767-07:002009-10-28T07:33:56.767-07:00Yep, post traumatic stress almost.
When we sold o...Yep, post traumatic stress almost.<br /><br />When we sold our house in SW London in 1972 we were heading off to Norfolk and a brand new home. The furniture van had left, the old house was empty. Before I closed the front door I asked my OH if she was sure she'd got everything.<br />Yes, everything, she said. I closed the front door, popped the keys through the letterbox.<br /><br />Got into the car. Wifey then yelps: "Oh! I've left my handbag in the kitchen!"<br /><br />How can I get back in now! Oh, I know - I've left one of the back bedroom windows slightly open. I'd left a ladder in the workshed. Climbed up to the first floor bedroom window. Could not raise the bottom sash window. Lowered the top sash and straddled the window, gripping it hard. My weight on the top sash caused it to come down on my left thumb, crushing it onto the lower sash.<br /><br />I nearly fainted, but managed to hold on and somethow clambered through the window opening. The pain in my thumb was excruciating.<br /><br />Closed window; collected handbag; put ladder back and started on our long journey to Diss, in Norfolk.<br /><br />Driving was a nightmare. My thumb was bleeding from around the nail, swollen and turning black.<br /><br />Somehow we got to our new house. Refused admission by the agent! Some talk of a delay in completion. Furniture van waiting somewhat impatiently. Frantic phone calls to conveyance solicitors. Two hours later he phoned the agent's office and said all was OK. We moved in.<br /><br />By now I was mentally and physically in some pain. Went to see a doctor in Diss that evening about the thumb. Hmm... he said. Nasty. <br /><br />Brilliant diagnosis I thought. Clever doctor.<br /><br />Tell you what,he said, it's the pressure building up underneath the damaged nail. I can relieve that pressure by piercing it with a hot<br />needle. That should ease the pain.<br /><br />No thanks, said I. I just couldn't bear having a needle pushed through. So he gave me some codeine pain killers and I went home.<br /><br />It healed slowly and a new thumbnail eventually grew.<br /><br />Moving house stressful? Erm... well, you could say that.PhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-23580715514592848442009-10-28T04:27:50.357-07:002009-10-28T04:27:50.357-07:00Aw. Well hope the rest of the move went more smoot...Aw. Well hope the rest of the move went more smoothly.The Peach Tarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587235197620014751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-14731530162244581832009-10-28T04:05:19.840-07:002009-10-28T04:05:19.840-07:00And you garnered a funny post. Boys and their truc...And you garnered a funny post. Boys and their trucks make funny stories.<br /><br /><a href="http://vanessavkilmer.com/?p=957" rel="nofollow">Wordless Wednesday - Now That's Scary</a>Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-55343012129451619482009-10-28T02:10:30.582-07:002009-10-28T02:10:30.582-07:00Glad to hear you had help, and got that baby movin...Glad to hear you had help, and got that baby moving. I've moved more times than I care to remember. Most of them we did ourselves. The last time we threw in the towel and hired a moving company.Mattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979949404266325705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-77372610138399185942009-10-28T01:40:56.266-07:002009-10-28T01:40:56.266-07:00Remind me to tell you about the time I got a 32 fo...Remind me to tell you about the time I got a 32 foot motor home stuck crosswise going into a gas station. Blocking both sides of the towns main street during their rush hour. Of course I didn't back up to try it a second time, once was enough.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189125011913017491.post-2468604334906176022009-10-27T20:37:27.208-07:002009-10-27T20:37:27.208-07:00I hate moving. The worst experience, since you as...I hate moving. The worst experience, since you asked, was the move from Clayton Ca to 'Vegas. Long story short, we got some sort of Valium for the cats but instead of them sleeping on the trip, the MEOWED THE ENTIRE TIME. I forgot to pack the kitchen. So, I had bowls and pans and stuff in the cab of Hubby's truck with me, but it was a good thing because I had morning sickness the entire time and had to pull over a couple of times to empty the bowls. The moving truck was too small and we had to leave some of our stuff in CA. We obviously had the truck packed to the limit because it smoked for most of the trip and we probably burned up that motor. If you want to read more, search my blog for my "Las Vegas posts 1, 2 and 3. That's when the fun started. ;)<br /><br />Hope you are getting settled and you're living your dreams. :)Green-Eyed Momsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10175981627284967050noreply@blogger.com