Each day passes in a flurry of activity now. Yesterday was spent moving all my junk from the log house to my mother's and father's house and moving the furniture that they want sold, back out to mine. As of Monday there will be a grand and glorious sale here at Nicholsville West. And hopefully next week if all goes well then I can get the movers to come and take our stuff away from the house in town. Either way, everything has to be out of this house by Thursday. Then I will spend Friday morning here cleaning the toilets, counters, showers, shelves and pantries and last but not least, I will mop my way out the door. Then I will drive to mom's and dad's and that will be that. Ten years of our marriage will be done and over with. I will be sad but no doubt Sir Arsewipe will be over the moon. It will be done, finito for the log house. From that point forward the girls and I will be living at my parents house until we leave. I wish I could have gotten the train tickets earlier but that wasn't to be. The earliest date I could get them, when I booked, was leaving on the night of the 10th. And so our last week here will be a flurry of getting mom's and dad's place cleared out and packing and buying suitcases (more on that in a minute) and saying goodbyes to friends and special places. Somewhere in there I have to get Narmie back to the vet so that I can get his booster shot and I have to go to FSJ looking for a kennel big enough for Jiggs and I have to buy luggage.
The train is beginning to be a priority for us. We have a friend driving us to Edmonton, that is... Mom, Dad, and me, while Sir Arsewipe will be taking the girls and the dogs and our luggage with him in his truck. It is getting down to the wire.
Yesterday while at mom's and dad's house we were discussing luggage. The train will allow us five pieces of luggage each. We are allowed a small piece of carry on luggage which will hold our clothing and towel, shampoo, and toothbrush etc... and anything that we want to do while on the train. We are also allowed 4 pieces of luggage to check into the cargo bay. They must not exceed 48 inches in all directions combined. So that means that the length, width, and heighth must add up to no more than 48 inches. These are not big bags. That means that I have to be very particular in what I choose to bring with me. I have to pick a suitcase that can take my wheel. I have to choose a suitcase that can carry my rigid heddle loom. Then I have to fit the majority of my clothing into the rest of my luggage. So luggage has become the next big issue. I have to buy some because right now we have huge duffle bags that Sir Arsewipe and Daughter #1 used for JCR events, certainly not useable for a train. Today I finished packing the deck stuff and I decided to take the chimes... I figured Sir Arsewipe might get a set at his next wedding... heck if I'm in the right frame of mind I might buy them and give them to him as a wedding gift.... but if I do I'll be sure to buy the most jangling horrible set I can find.
(At one point in his discussions with his girlfriend they talk about their next wedding... you can hear it weighted with anticipation and hope,... she say, "I'm wearing white at my next wedding." He says, you look really hot in black. What did you wear at your first?" She says, I wore my friend's dress. White. I can't wear black at my wedding... " He says, "In Korea white is a funeral colour..." She says, "I'm not in Korea... I doubt if I'll get married ever again anyway." Then it gets disgusting after that.)
Anyway, today I have to take a few more loads of stuff to mom's and dad's place before Sir Arsewipe shows up and wants the truck. He moves his stuff to his new digs tomorrow and I expect that I won't have the truck again for a few days. So I had better be off... there's furniture awaiting to be taken to my parents place. In the meantime, the girls and I are now getting closer to what's represented in the below photo... and we are all looking forward to it.
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Don't know if it will fit your wheel or the loom, but I do have a large, hard sided suitcase I could spare. The one on the surface is 18"x21"x7"; my recollection is that the one I'm referring to would be a bit longer, maybe a half inch or so thicker. I also have a pet carrier that could be spared; don't know what size you need. This is the size you'd use for a Shi-tzu sized dog. I do have a wire one that would be big enough for, say, a spaniel, but it has been sitting out in the chickens house doing duty as a "sick cage" so it's kind of rusty and ugly now. But I still have the tray for it, and it could be scrubbed up so it's not so funky. Let me know if any of them are of interest. I can make proper measurements of the suitcase (it's down in the crawlspace and I'm not going down there tonight!); also, I could meet you in town if any of the 3 are of interest.
Thank you Laura Lee. I will try the Thrift store here for luggage first. As for the Kennel I need a large kennel for Jiggs. I don't think either one of yours will fit. : /
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