...and pack some more!

The house is full of boxes. Well, the dining room anyway. My closet is finally empty.

There is no way 2 PODS will be enough - but we've figured that problem out. A synergy of plans was needed when the piano plan fell apart...

If you don't know our piano, it's a concert grand, over one hundred years old - inherited from Jennifer's grandmother - a precious heirloom to us. It's big. The company that moved it before doubled their prices from 4 years ago with exorbitant storage fees - so we picked another company, but they do not have climate controlled storage. They would move it inexpensively (relatively) and store it, but when we asked them to move it to another, climate controlled facility, their moving prices went up, and they refused to rent us the piano board which would allow us to leave it on its side for a few months. Ugh.

The solution to both problems is a larger storage shed. The boxes that won't fit into the PODS will go into the big shed with the piano - which will be set up - and that will allow us to not need the piano board, not need another POD, and only cost a little more than the original smaller shed we'd need for the piano - and much less than a 3rd POD. Drama.

All this means we won't be 100% moved out on Saturday. We need to wait for the piano to get moved, next week, then move all that won't fit into the PODS after it. Happily, the storage site we selected provides a moving truck for free, and I will move only boxes that I can handle myself - we'll focus on getting furniture into the PODS. Plus, that gives us the added benefit of accessing boxes easily - think kids toys and winter clothes when this project hits Fall... kidding! Gulp.

PODS arrive tomorrow between 7 and 10am; picking up moving truck at 9am - moving Jen and the kids to Mimi's by noon... Into the PODS on Saturday at 9am... so it begins.