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Originally Posted by CFrance
We moved several times with Westinghouse, and later a couple of times on our own. I have to say, moving with little kids and cats and dogs was a lot harder than the last two moves without the kids and only the dog and bird. I think we had pared down due to several prior moves.
However, moving to TV involved packing and cleaning up our apt. in Pittsburgh, then driving to MI and packing up a third of our condo, sending that off to TV with movers and then racing back to Pittsburgh to meet the other movers, and then each driving separately from Pgh. to TV.
Then sleeping on the floor and sitting in bag chairs while waiting for two movers to show up.
It was the most fun, relaxing, exciting move we've ever done, despite arthritis in shoulders and neck and one of us with a bad back. The whole difference, I think, was mental. Retirement and a new home in sunny FL made all the work seem easy. And we could take our own sweet time unpacking at this end. Just find the dog food bowl. That's what retirement is about, right? Taking your own sweet time.
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That's true. The fact that you could take your own sweet time unpacking, etc. Thanks for sharing.
P.S.We had a neighbor and dear friend who visited while we had just finished boxing up our entire house back in 1994, prior to moving to the Gulf Coast of Florida........since all of her husband's moves had been "corporate moves" she couldn't understand why we had packed all of these boxes ourselves...............we were still 49 years old....and very organized..........but self employed.....
On the return move from Florida back to Vermont..........I had my elderly mom in tow (with senile dementia and Alzheimers) so that made it a bit more tedious while caring for her........but the movers were great, as this time we brought back our Florida furniture.
Right now, I'm trying to downsize A LOT. We've actually moved at least eight times in our married life. Glad your back, etc. held up.
Again, thanks for sharing..........