Yes, come the end of March I will be moving, about 150ft from where I am now.

I live in a trailer park and the place I am in I rent, my landlady does not make repairs, I offered to buy the place at a good price for her, she wanted twice that, or three times what it is worth. So I am moving because as luck would have it there is a duplex on the site and one of those is now empty so I rented it, I am as close to Talula's house after the move as I am now just in a different direction. Anyway I most likely will be off line for several days while we get everything connected and set up, moved in etc.

I hate moving but its time that's for sure, the hardest part will be moving the fish tanks, the two small ones will be easy, take out most of the water, carry them over put water back in and not even disturb the fish, however the 55 gal and 100 gal will be a full day project, We need to set up spare tanks and move the big fish, then empty and remove all the water and rock from them, move them and the stands, set them back up, put in the rock and plants and water, put the fish back, empty and remove the temp holding tanks, it will take all day to move just the fish. The dogs and Rupert will take a couple minutes.

Rupert knows something is going on and is not happy about it, he wants more attention then he does normally, the two dogs are, well, dogs. But Rupert is upset and will be until I move his cat tree to the new place then move him, once he sees that he will know we have moved and its OK.

I will keep you all updated until I am off line then again when I get back.

This will not effect the MOM event or its location.

River

Moving is always a job. BUT, it is a good time to get rid of those things you no longer need or was wanting to get rid of. You can usually end up with a little more room. Hope the pets don't get to upset.

Ah.... moving. I've done quite a bit of that in my 40 years.

Let's see, California, Wyoming, California, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, California. I hope I don't do it again for a while, though since I'm living in your old city out here, I doubt I'll stay forever though it's not because River used to live here but is instead for reasons I suspect are why River left it in the first place.

Only once have I moved an animal. I flew with him out to California on this last move. He was surprisingly quiet on the plane, then he was uncomfortable in his new house for two months until I went back east to pick up all the stuff from the old house. Like Rupert, once he saw his cat tree, suddenly life was good.

He's also a happier cat now that he has free reign to go outside which he never had when he lived elsewhere. He was previously an indoor cat. Now he's almost never in the house but is enjoying life outside doing what cats do.

Rupert is an indoor in the winter and outdoor in the summer cat, but his territory will be the same even after the move so he will be fine, and as you say once he sees his cat tree, he will be fine.

Now if the 4.8" of snow we got today clears off, :-\

River

Be sure to save up for the move. It could get expensive going 150 ft. Try not to take it all at once. Might be a three day journey. Get rest and don't drive when you're tired.

LOL.

Sorry to hear the landlady is being a bit of a price gouger on the apt. but it's equally nice that something else opened up.

Rayne

Rent a giant truck from U-Haul. That way you don't actually need to "pack" . You just move a room into the truck and take it to the new place. Here they're $40 a day. Oh, and U-Haul also pimps able bodied movers.

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:24 pm Rupert is an indoor in the winter and outdoor in the summer cat, but his territory will be the same even after the move so he will be fine, and as you say once he sees his cat tree, he will be fine.

Now if the 4.8" of snow we got today clears off, :-\

River

You got by easy. Here we got about 8 inches of heavy wet stuff. Blew up my 8HP snowblower today - damn. At least I still have the 4HP honda. OTOH my brother gets to plow about 12 inches up north. Looking forward to spring! Cmon May.

You moving this weekend? Tax time, but if I can get away, I'll head over.

Should have scheduled an early MoM and you would have had all the help you needed.

I hear River listens to you-know-who for his daily injection of energy to complete the move.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3YRWhg4YaA

Does this mean we won't have any more tales of Talula crashing through your rotted front porch? I look forward to seeing you in your new place at the next MoM. We'll wear a track from your place to Tal's, if there isn't one already worn into the grass.

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