The 40' Container

On Saturday we moved our furniture and everything to Tacoma and then loaded it all into a 40' shipping container. Wow! I apologize to those of you with overseas moving experience to whom I never showed proper awe and respect. Up until now it's felt like we were getting ready to get ready to move. Now if feels real.

A big MAHALO to our friends who helped with the move: David E, Dave W, Taylor T, Bob K, Jeff L, and Iain L in Seattle. And here's some of our good-looking crew on the Tacoma end:
Thank you so much! We couldn't have done it without you.
The container ships next Sunday, Dec 04. It takes about two weeks to get to Hilo so we'll live out of suitcases for week on either side.

Friday, November 25

We spent Thanksgiving with Donna and Patrick's family. It's exactly two weeks until we move!
Friday, Nov 25th is Abraham's birthday. He's 10 today. We got a 26 foot truck to move our household goods to Tacoma tomorrow and load them into the container. We hope for dry weather.

BIG ADVENTURE!

We move to Hawaii December 08 -- 19 days from now. I've been telling myself that I should blog about our BIG ADVENTURE. Here goes!
First, here's our property in Hawaiian Acres. We have three acres about 15 miles southwest of Hilo. Elevation is about 1000 feet.

We've done many home improvement projects to get our Seattle house ready to sell. You know, all those "weekend" projects that you never get around to. In our case, those weekends have added up to weeks of work. Robert is doing 95% of it while I make sure that there's food in the cupboards and clean underwear for everybody. Here are some recent projects. Sorry, no photos of the clean underwear.