It's been awhile........

Wow!  I just checked and I didn't realize it's over a week!  Well it's also been a busy week.  Last weekend and up until Friday morning I spent most waking hours while not in the store, packing. 

We were supposed to move on Wednesday.  Needless to say, that was not going to happen in my wildest dreams.......#1 - like everyone else who moves, I wasn't ready and #2 - the "big" storm!  Okay, maybe it wasn't what was predicted but it still would have put a damper on the move to say the least!

Of course, in preparation for the move certain things have to be done!  Like moving the phone and internet, etc.....  My plan was to move to a new provider, finally leaving Bell behind.  I had chosen Primus at a combined cost of $69.95 - sounded pretty good but there was a catch!  The internet usage was limited to 25G.....since Jonathan has been using up to 50G per month there would have to be some kind of upgrade.  Jonathan streams TV and movies ever since I dropped my satellite dish and went to "rabbit ears" (plain old fashioned antenna).  I had no idea until I called Bell to tell them I was cancelling.

So after 1 hour and 20 minutes and 4 different people, the end result was that I agreed to a new contract with Bell!  I pretty much got the deal of the century - for $75.28 I got 60G of Wireless Internet usage, free North American long distance, a home phone with call display, call answer, call waiting and three way calling.....(never use it but it's part of the package!)!  Previously I had been spending $130.00 - $150.00 with basic internet and basic phone - go figure!  The base should have been about $70.00 but with long distance calls and Jonathan's extra downloading/streaming I was getting additional charges which really added up.

The downside was I told them I was moving Wednesday so by 10:00 a.m. I had no phone.  We also had to be at the new house at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday to wait for the Bell guy to come and hook up the internet.  He was coming between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.!  So Jonathan and I headed over to the new place.....I took some pics so you can see the before!

The kitchen.......there are already boxes because we staged the house so some stuff went earlier......

This is the office/den currently dubbed the "box room"!  Here's where most of the "stash" and quilting projects reside waiting for me to fondle and start or finish.......this room is just off the kitchen and is "supposed" to be the dining room but I had other plans.....

Here's the Living Room which I am using as a combined Living/Dining Room (actually it will also double as the "studio").....

All the stuff in here was moved to the "box room" before the movers showed up with the furniture....

The powder room and the staircase - one up, one down.....it's a pretty big townhouse and at this point I was hoping against hope that all the furniture would fit.....

The above photo also includes the back of Richard, we left Jonathan to wait for the Bell guy while we went to Lowe's to pick up paint for the living/dining room.  The plan was to have the wall where the big wall unit from my studio in the house was going painted because once it's in place it really can't be moved......  We got back around 3:00 p.m. - no Bell guy!  He didn't show up until 5:10 p.m. - I was ready to leave!  Of course he showed up without the new wireless modem too!  After all that, this will require another call to Emily to get it sorted out (anyone who deals with Bell knows Emily - she's the computerized voice you want to KILL!).....Bell is very lucky that I hate Rogers more!

Okay - so, yesterday was moving day!  I was blown away!  As promised, the movers showed up at approximately 8:15 a.m. and whipped through the house!   I mean whipped!  By 4:00 p.m. they were gone!  I have never had such a smooth move!  ...and this all happened at the price quoted!  For anyone who is moving or who knows someone who is moving - this is who you call!

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James Strathdee

905-275-3442

Tell James - Jo-Ann sent you!  He really is amazing and his crew of guys are absolutely fabulous!  Any kind of move - he does it all!  Last night - I fell into bed - exhausted!

Today - I started unpacking!  I think I got about 15 boxes unpacked....which was a real good start but not even close.  Rich came by and painted another wall!  I was able to pretty much complete the dining room area.....

I just need to find the drawers and the shelves for the wall unit and Rich has to put up the dining room light fixture and then it will be pretty much complete.  Unfortunately the anitque blue cupboard I had at the house doesn't fit so it will be going to the store and be put to use for display purposes.....

The large harvest table I had in the house now resides in Windsor in a gorgeous Log Cabin home with Libby and Lorenzo!  I will go visit it soon!

I do feel I accomplished something and now I can safely start bringing my quilting home to work on in between boxes....painting.....and loads more that has to be done!  I do feel that I accomplished something and that's the important thing here!

Will try and keep you all updated but I may need a few days to get acclimated!  I also have to go back to the house and keep packing what we didn't have time to get ready!  Ugh!  It's still not over......

Have a great day everyone!

Jo-Ann