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Category : Moving

Have I Mentioned That We Bought A House?

Filed Under : Adventures,Cleveland,Moving by Chris Miller

Jun.6,2010

After a call from Earl Newton tonight, I realized that I might not have written about our move. To stem the confusion, here are the facts:

We bought a house.
It’s in Medina, OH, which is about forty-five minutes from where we currently live.
There is no job change for me involved.
My wife is taking a faculty position at the Music Settlement, where she will be teaching fiddle.
The kids are very excited.
The parents are also very excited.
We got it for an excellent price.
It’s in a wonderful neighborhood where the kids can walk to school.
Lots of mature trees.
I have a shed I will be transforming into an office.
We take possession on June 30th.
We move in on July 2.

I will post pictures as I’m able.

Weekend Agenda

Filed Under : Adventures,Moving by Chris Miller

Jun.5,2010

The movers are scheduled. The paperwork is nearly complete. The down payment is saved and we’re ready to make the the move into the new house. All that remains is the packing.

We’ve been packing steadily for the last three weeks, and thankfully, we’re nearly done. The move to/from Los Angeles helped us trim our belongings to a manageable truckload, so it’s really not so bad. Moving out of a house we owned for a decade was much more difficult.

Today is all about packing up my office, including my sound equipment. The new house will not have an office per se, at least, not until I run power to the shed in the backyard. Yes, you heard me…I’ll have an outbuilding to convert into my little man-pit. My wife is debating whether the lock will go on the inside or the outside of the door. She’s just so adorable, don’t ya think?

Other items on the agenda: a piano recital for my youngest daughter, packing, cleaning out my car, packing, prep lists for our family vacation to Kure Beach, NC in late June, packing, and packing.

I might also be packing, if I have time.

Side note: This warrants more of a post, but the first issue of Lightspeed Magazine was outstanding. I highly recommend you pick it up.

First Night of House Hunting

Filed Under : Moving by Chris Miller

Apr.30,2010

First night of real house hunting. Saw two, but neither was for us. Seeing more tomorrow. Also looking beyond Medina city…taxes seem a bit high in the city proper. We wanted something a little more rural, so this seems like a good opportunity to look beyond the city limits.

Also, some friends in real estate think that prices will drop since the tax credit has gone away. This might very well work in our favor.

More news as it develops…

Moving, Days 3 & 4: Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’

Filed Under : Featured Articles,Moving by Chris Miller

Apr.20,2009

picture-7 Day 3

We decided to make day three a shorter day, only travelling 434 miles so we could rest a bit. The late nights were really starting to take their toll. My dear son brought a cold along with him, and since all good children should share, my mother-in-law and wife caught the plague late in the day. The minivan sounded like a TB ward with all the coughing.

Still…we were able to hit the hotel by around 9pm, which was an improvement, and Elk City was fairly good to us.

picture-8 Day 4

Day 4 was brutal, but we needed to get east of St. Louis. 661 miles on the road, total of 13 hours with stops, etc. Got my father-in-law hooked on 7th Son during the drive, which was worthwhile. It eas a pretty subdued day, just pushing on to make it to the destination.

We finally rolled in around 10:30pm, and once the kids were winding down, we prepared to hit the sack. Look! Mouse turds on the sheets! After 40 minutes of calling and waiting, we were able to get fresh sheets and fall asleep. By then, it was after midnight.

Today, we get to Cleveland. It’s another long day (607 miles), but it will be nice to collapse at a house instead of a hotel. And tomorrow…we do NOTHING.

Thanks to everyone who have been tweeting to me while I’ve been on the road. It’s made the trip much more enjoyable.

Tags : Cleveland, mouse turds, St. Louis

Moving, Day 2 – Look, Kids! Sand!

Filed Under : Featured Articles,Moving by Chris Miller

Apr.18,2009

picture-6 Yesterday was a long day.

We took 93 from Henderson and drove over Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam, while amazing on foot, was a pain because the traffic was at a crawl for miles before we finally hit it because…get this…no one controls the flow of traffic or pedestrians over the dam. No no…the pedestrians are not flowing over the dam, but they are going to the visitor center and taking pictures and, in general, slowing down traffic. I’m glad I don’t have to make that commute every day.

We stopped off in Flagstaff at 5pm for dinner at a Crackerbarrel, and while there we took the opportunity to revise our luggage strategy. When you have two cars jammed full of the things you could not live without, it makes fro a rough night when you need to move some of those items into the hotel. The trick is to pack several people’s things into a single bag, so you’re not taking everyone’s bags up at night. Major savings when you roll into your hotel at…

…wait for it…

2:08 AM.

Losing an hour because of time zones is just awesome. Not.

Today’s plan is to take a slightly shorter day so we can reset our clocks. Normally, we like to be up and out by 8am. Since we’ve been gitting in at 2am, that’s just not possible. The idea is that we go for around 434 to Elk City, OK today, and get there by dinnertime or slightly later. We let the kids go swimming, relax a little, and get to be early. The next day, we do Elk City to St. Louis, and the following day St. Louis to Cleveland.

Updates from to road to follow, if you follow me on Twitter: codeshaman is my nickname.

Tags : Hoover Dam, Moving, Nevada, New Mexico

Unquiet Desperation

To be awake is to be alive.

Category : Moving

Have I Mentioned That We Bought A House?

Weekend Agenda

First Night of House Hunting

Moving, Days 3 & 4: Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’

Moving, Day 2 – Look, Kids! Sand!

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