the final countdown

today is may first, which means we have approximately nine more days here. we are 95% done with the studio, which was such a huge project that i can't even believe that it's actually done.

we had a sale on saturday where we sold a whole lot of stuff. we moved maybe 50% of the stuff and made a fair chunk of change. on tuesday we had a buy a box and fill it up and it's yours for five bucks day, which was almost completely pointless. on wednesday we said that everything leftover was free. things started off well with some nice dumpster divers and artistic types, and then the junk/scrap metal guys showed up and it was like vultures picking apart a carcass. it was kind of painful. these guys were just snatching up entire boxes full of stuff without even looking at what was in them.

on the one hand this was a good thing, since we would not have to deal with paying to have this stuff removed, on the other hand there were some things that we really wanted to see go to a happy home, and it was hard not knowing if these guys were just scrapping everything. jak was scurrying about snatching up some of the more special things and stashing them.

in less than an hour they had completely gutted the entire place, it was amazing. the only stuff that is left over is some architectural salvage stuff, mostly wood. we have a big load of sorted metal to go sell by the pound and a few boxes of stuff we are keeping to clear out, and the studio is D-O-N-E.


we are both getting haircuts today.

the only thing left really is to finish packing the house.

containers are being delivered on monday, and we are filling them on thursday.

we still have to sell our car, and a buy a car. the buying part is no biggie, the selling part is stressing me out a little, since no one has wanted to even see it yet.

the getaway car

we are having a going away party on sunday.

GACK!