Now it REALLY looks like we're moving

Last night was an incredibly successful Craigslist night - in the space of just a few hours we sold both night stands, both end tables, the TV stand, an arm chair, a bookcase, a cabinet, and Karl's bike.  Now the house is pretty much a disaster because we don't have much left to store things in.  We only have a few more things to sell and we'll hopefully get rid of them this weekend at the yard sale.

Two weeks from today and we'll be on the road!

One month to go!

We leave for Alaska one month from today!  I'm really starting to feel like it's crunch time - there's still so much to do.  We have way more furniture left than I would like, and four little weeks isn't a lot when half the people on Craigslist are just screwing with you.

The pile of boxes in the corner of the dining room seems impossibly large, but it started looking a little less unrealistic once I taped out the size of the trailer.  (Am I weird for doing that?  Cause it seems totally reasonable to me...)  Too bad we still need to fit the dining room table and bed into that little square!  I also packed up most of my knick knacks, so the house is starting to look a little sad.

Twenty days of work left!  I think I might put in my notice tomorrow...

A Very Good Day

Today was a productive and successful day!

After Karl talked to the guy at Advance Auto Parts (in a language I don't understand), we (Karl) figured out how to hook up the wires for a trailer on my car.  We (Karl) was able to find all the parts on Amazon, for only $192, and since he has like a bajillion dollars in Amazon credit, it was a net cost of zero for us.  Score!

Then I went through all of my craft stuff and my house and my dad's and pulled out what I want to list on Craigslist.  The vast majority of it isn't coming with me because it is just easier and more cost efficient to purchase new fabric/yarn/embroidery floss as I need it.  I'm selling each type of craft supply as one bulk item, so hopefully I'll get a few bucks out of it.  Karl's listed his paintball stuff already, and he got one offer of $25 for a gun.  Better than a kick in the teeth, and hopefully we'll be able to sell almost all of this stuff off before we go.  We have about 47 things we want to list tonight, which will not be fun, but needs to happen nonetheless.

Karl picked up a new battery for his Mustang, so now it runs without needing jumped!  Aside from one dead headlight, it's in good shape.  While he was working on that, I managed to pack two more huge boxes in the trunk.  In the tiny trunk of of a '64 1/2 Mustang, I have managed to cram two extra sets of hubcaps, an extra steering wheel, a cd changer and all the wiring, a set of socket wrenches, Karl's poker chip set, his tackle box, and ALL of our Christmas decorations, in addition to the spare tire that already takes up the majority of the trunk.  And Karl's dad thinks a city girl can't pack...

And last but not least, Karl spoke to the landlord who was thankfully cool with us breaking our lease a few months early.  The plan now is to hit the road on June 25th.  Of course that's flexible, but at least it's something to plan for now.

Hope everyone else had a productive Saturday, too!