Fit to be tied.... up?
Happy Belated Valentine's Day my lovelies,
It is will much trepidation that I report that my closing date has been moved up from March 20 to March 10. I now have little more than three weeks to purge, pack, move and clean before I exit my house once and for all. I feel like I am making good progress, (I'm finally at a place where I am packing more than I am purging) but without knowing where I am moving to it's a little difficult to discern what I need to move and what should go to storage. Since I am planning to do a short-term (6-8 month rental) I am working to minimize what I take with me. Additionally, with the items I intend to take I have to balance what I need for the next three weeks versus what I can pack and live without until I'm in my new place. I've been puttering around packing the house for several weeks, but until now I've been ignoring the garage.
Yesterday, I decided to tackle the beast, so I moved Ray's truck (it's likely going to remain parked outside until I sell it) and began moving the various tools and implements into the newly vacated garage bay. I am delighted to say that there are not nearly as many surprises in the garage as there were in the office. Furthermore, I actually think I know what most of the garage items are, I don't know WHY we have many of them, but I do know what they are. For some reason we have three drills (two cordless and one corded) two sanders and a dremel kit. We also have a leaf blower (I actually bought that one) several saws of various size and function including a chainsaw. I don't think we ever used (I know definitively that I did not) a chainsaw for anything, but I take comfort that buried beneath the numerous planters and other yard supplies we did, in fact, have a chainsaw.
By far the most interesting thing I uncovered was the sheer number, size and variety of tie down straps that we have. Seriously, I was beginning to wonder if Ray had some sort of "50-Shades of Home Improvement" thing operating out of the garage. (OK, I really didn't think that at all, but there really are a lot of tied down straps) I realize it's quite wasteful for me to just continue throwing things out or donating them, so I'm thinking that maybe I should post some of this stuff on Craigslist. Here's the ad I came up with for the tie-down straps. I wonder if anyone will call.....
Tied down in J-town? Feeling a little loose and off-balance, no problem I have the perfect strap, ratchet and bungee device to secure even the biggest load. Whether you prefer large or small, tight or something a little more elastic I have just the thing to tie you up to get you to your destination with ease.
Consider this my ode to Valentine's Day (and since I have the mind of a 13-year old boy far too often) I couldn't resist using that as an opportunity to turn a completely innocuous thing into something that sounds way more dirty than necessary.
Until next time...
XOXO