Monday, September 12, 2011

Moving stuff phase 1

Apparently it's not possible to allow stuff you can't sell to just evaporate. Some of it even may have some sentimental value. I have such an attachment to the toolbox I built as an apprentice wood model maker.



Liz, of course also has a lot of affection for certain heirlooms and other things too nice to just give up. So, there is a fair amount of stuff we need to store somewhere. Fortunately, Liz has a friend (well, several, actually) named Kay Bruns who is blessed with a large room above her garage she has no use for. Saturday we boxed up the essential cast-offs and prepared them for transport. On Sunday we rented a truck, recruited  another friend of Liz's - Tim Parlin ( a fine handyman and for hire - Liz will be glad to introduce him)  and moved them to Kay's. A sweaty day indeed.

Some before and afters.








There is a lot more to go in the next week. A very cute young couple will be around  to buy that god-awful heavy desk and some other stuff in my man-cave, er, office and there is at least one van-load for my parents and brothers to distribute. All in all, a good start. With a whole (only) 18 days to go.

Have I bragged about my ghost peppers lately? It turns out that hot peppers (maybe all peppers, I don't know) are perennials. If they don't get frosted they can go on quite a while. I brought mine inside last year, just to see. A nice thing about potting. This year, they're outperforming last year by a bunch. Maybe I just lucked onto the right fertilizer.  These fiery little dudes are NOT to be eaten raw - cooking only. I've picked 3 or four dozen and there's that much more left on the two plants. They go to my niece Sarah, who begged to be allowed to take over their care.


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