Wednesday, May 13 - 10 days to "the move"!
It's been a while since my last post, eh? Things have been quite hectic here on Ray St. since then. This post will cover Mother's Day and a few miscellaneous items, so let's get started, shall we?
Mother's Day - We got the best surprise on Mother's Day from son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Lisa. I don't know if you can make out the cards on the right, here, but this is the card M & L gave Kathy for Mother's Day. The second picture, the open card, shows a "Pregnancy Test kit", which reads "Pregnant"! What a way to announce the coming arrival of our next grandchild! Leave it to Mike and Lisa to come up with this novel way to make "the announcement"! Lisa has an estimated time of arrival of Dec. 23, so it will be a Christmas present for all the family, that is, of course, assuming that the baby arrives as expected! Experience tells us that the birth of the first child rarely happens on the expected "due date". Anyway, we are all very happy for M & L, and Lisa's parents, Paul and Elaine, as this will be their first grandchild!
Next item on the agenda is "the move"! Ray Street is now officially a "disaster area", what with furniture and boxes stacked everywhere, ready for the movers to haul away to the "new house" in Hamilton.
It has been 23 years since we last moved, then from Salem to Beverly. Things have certainly changed over the years with regard to selling a house and moving into another one. For example, now the seller has to install smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to code, then have the local Fire Prevention Bureau come in and inspect the premises to make sure that everything is "up to code". Did you know that if you have any smoke detectors 10 years old or older, they MUST BE replaced with new ones? I think I spent over $100 to purchase new smoke and CO detectors. The inspector came today, walked around and looked at the location of, and tested, every one of them. Then, he told me that the Certificate of Compliance was $50! Geez! Seems that every time I turn around, it costs me another $50 - 100. Oh well! It will certainly be nice to get into the "new" place. Actually, the "new house" is, in fact, 10 years OLDER than Ray Street. Some "new house", eh? But, it is in beautiful shape, well taken care of by the current owners. It also has a huge yard, fenced, and nicely landscaped. We are all so looking forward to the move.
Next week, C & J will take ownership at 2PM Monday. After that, we will start moving the tons of boxes we have into the house. The workers will arrive on Tuesday to begin installation of a hardwood floor in our "apartment", and wall-to-wall in our basement. The painter will be working in the main house in the living room, and in Jen's office on the 2nd floor. Meanwhile, K and I will be painting the walls in our bedroom and living room, once the workers have finished. Our move-in date is May 23rd. Hope everything goes as smoothly as we expect. Once we are moved in and settled, K and I will close on the Ray Street house on Tuesday, the 26th.
Check back in about 10 days or so. If I have any time, I will let you know how everything went with the move.
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