June 2012
June started out with another quick trip to see my family in
Wisconsin. Until we had a closing date
and knew what we were dealing with we couldn’t plan a trip. Ibby & I were able to see the care home
being considered (still down the road yet) for my Dad.
Then back to packing!
It had to be a strategic packing job, as we needed to evaluate what can
be stored for up to 6 months (when the cottage is built), what we need access
to but perhaps not every day, and what type of item it is – for example I
didn’t want to store photos or papers in storage lockers where there is a
potential for water damage. Movers came
(again) June 20 and took some stuff to the condo but packed a lot of our
furniture into a POD. I have an aversion
to putting good wood furniture into a non-climate-controlled storage locker, so
we tried to get as much furniture as we could into the POD with the left-overs
like dining room chairs at the condo (in the spare bedroom). The POD is stored in their Oshawa warehouse. Filled the first storage locker, and rented a
second. We closed on the house June 27. It was good to be back down to 2 places again
(condo & cottage) but we were definitely not settled!
Also in June we had a huge tree to deal with. There was a large mature maple tree in our
cottage backyard that was not only close to our home but also overhanging some
hydro wires. Hydro came and evaluated
and deemed it should come down. They
would take it down, but it would be up to us to deal with the wood. We were also told they would bring it down in
sections by an arbourist with ropes and pulleys. Unfortunately they came out without telling
us, took one hack, and yelled “Timber!”.
They felled the tree as one big whole trunk back onto a steep hillside
of the shared forest. It was a huge
mess, and Ibby & I spent several weekends clearing up branches &
brush. Ibby had to rent a bigger chain
saw to chop the trunk into sections, and still has a lot of work to do
splitting the round logs this fall.
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