So tomorrow we are moving. The painting is done: a light buttery/lemony yellow for the living room and kitchen; "creme brulee" for the hallway and master bedroom; and a hint of "bashful blue" at the end of the hall (E's bedroom). I still can't believe it. I've been living in this apartment for ten years, and although we have definitely outgrown it, I will miss it.

Tomorrow, the moving company will come to pack, move and unpack us - promising to be done by 7 pm. Over the past couple of weeks, I've cleaned the closets intensively, but I still feel like we have so much CRAP. What can you do? And the moving company is called Schleppers - how New York is that?

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Roxanne said…
Good luck on the move tomorrow! I've had similar feelings with each of our moves throughout the years.

Just think of all that extra space for E to explore! You'll probably have lots of new eating places and such to scope out unless you're close to your old place.
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Bearette said…
Only three blocks away, but it still feels like a big deal ;) Of course, we saw a big bug last night, which makes me feel better about the move. And a huge truck doing electrical repairs outside at 11 pm - the new apt is on a much higher floor, so we won't hear stuff like that.
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