July 12, 2008 -- Moving Day!!!

July 11th is moving day for us. We will be without a home for about 6 weeks. We sell our Oregon home on July 14th, but can't move into the new house until the end of August at the soonest. To keep things easy, we will be staying at an extended stay hotel in the interim. (There will be future posts about the craptastic hotel I selected....)

We chose PODS as our moving solution. They deliver portable storage units to your home. You load them, and then PODS will store them in an environmentally controlled warehouse until you need your stuff. With a single call, PODS delivers your stuff to the new house. Sounds awesome.... (but didn't work so well for us - see future posts)

OK... so, I packed, packed, packed, and packed. Lee's work schedule is horrific right now, so I did the majority of the packing. (Basically, he packed the garage and his closet.) I've had horrific schedules when in the midst of a big bid, so I certainly understand what he's up against. He'll have his opportunity to rub my back or unpack... whichever is best for ME! :) We hired Two Men and a Truck to help me load up the PODS. Boy was I surprised at how much stuff we had! We had two PODs, but on moving day learned that all of our stuff wouldn't fit. Cripes. I ended up calling around to find an additional storage unit on moving day -- and on my seventh call, I finally found one. (Who knew "storage" was such a lucrative business right now?)

Moving day brought heavy severe thunderstorms. Much of the inside of the POD got wet. All the more reason for an additional storage unit to house the patio furniture, lawn mower, and grill. It didn't matter, because we needed the space!

Anyway, we finally got everything packed up by 7pm on Friday. Saturday we cleaned the old house, hosed out the garage, and touched up the interior paint. PODS picked up our units on Saturday, and we were officially "homeless". PODS does have a cool way of moving their units... see the pics above. They have a hydraulic lift that surrounds the unit, then lifts it onto a flatbed truck. Every wheel has it's own lift, which is awesome. (I do find power tools and mechanical stuff to be cool. Gotta love that Podzilla!!!)