It's been nice reading comments and emails from friends. Some of you have noted how difficult it is to post a comment, while others have no problem. All we can say is it takes a while to get used to new technology, ourselves included.
The move has not made much progress today, though Jimmie managed to pack two more boxes. He also took two boxes of stuff to the local Goodwill store. We're not sure what they do with all this stuff, but they seem to have a huge backlog of detritus. It was sad to see the old VHS camera go, as well as various books and porcelain porpoises.
Jimmie spent more time preparing eggplant parmigiana from eggplants he really grew in the garden (!) Blatchely Middle school (Sitka) is sending us a package describing the options for Simon in 7th grade and Davis realty is sending a relocation package for us to peruse. Our friend Mary Dinon in Craig (Prince of Wales Island - hop, skip and jump away) is giving us some leads on housing. So we are slowly readying for the big event.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Moving to Sitka - Page Deux
Simon took his origami pineapple to school and Kami drove to Yakima for her clinic there. This leaves Jimmie a whole day to spend playing Scrabble, er, I mean, packing like a fiend. Luckily, a realtor called not long after and asked to show our house. Jimmie spent the rest of the morning vacuuming, cleaning bathrooms and dressing the house for viewing. It was only later he managed to pack a couple more boxes in the garage.
So what do we get to keep and what do we toss? When we moved here from Anchorage two years ago, we abandoned quite a bit of personal stuff, but we also seemed to bring too much with us. Since Jimmie's checkered career as a photographer and artist, there still remain many crated artworks and many more in various stages of completion, if only to be framed. There are many swell photos, but most, to be kind, require explanation. The hope is to foist some of them off on unsuspecting friends or relatives and jettison the rest, though for the life of us, we can't understand why not rid ourselves of the most we can to start making new works when we get to the "most beautiful place in Alaska"?
So what do we get to keep and what do we toss? When we moved here from Anchorage two years ago, we abandoned quite a bit of personal stuff, but we also seemed to bring too much with us. Since Jimmie's checkered career as a photographer and artist, there still remain many crated artworks and many more in various stages of completion, if only to be framed. There are many swell photos, but most, to be kind, require explanation. The hope is to foist some of them off on unsuspecting friends or relatives and jettison the rest, though for the life of us, we can't understand why not rid ourselves of the most we can to start making new works when we get to the "most beautiful place in Alaska"?
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Moving to Sitka - Chapter One
We're moving to Sitka, Alaska from Ellensburg, Washington within the next few weeks. This will be a blog describing our move. Please feel free to post comments or ask questions along the way. Since this is our first blog, we welcome thoughtful advice, warm encouragements and scathing criticisms - whichever suits your temperament.
It all began more than a month ago. Kami was trolling the internet for positions in Alaska and western Washington as a way to escape the heat and sameness that is much of Central Washington, even our nice little town of Ellensburg.
Within a few weeks she had applied, interviewed and was offered a job in Sitka, Alaska.
The only thing left to do is sell our house, pack all our things, truck them to Seattle, reload them on a barge, drive north to Prince Rupert, Canada, with our 12-year-old son Simon and his standup bass, our two cats, Blackberry and Luna, all wedged in our Subaru Forester, and get on the ferry by October 25th at 5:30PM for a two day ride to Baranof Island to begin a new life where we had no friends or relatives.
Sounds good to us.
Stay tuned for our next installment.
It all began more than a month ago. Kami was trolling the internet for positions in Alaska and western Washington as a way to escape the heat and sameness that is much of Central Washington, even our nice little town of Ellensburg.
Within a few weeks she had applied, interviewed and was offered a job in Sitka, Alaska.
The only thing left to do is sell our house, pack all our things, truck them to Seattle, reload them on a barge, drive north to Prince Rupert, Canada, with our 12-year-old son Simon and his standup bass, our two cats, Blackberry and Luna, all wedged in our Subaru Forester, and get on the ferry by October 25th at 5:30PM for a two day ride to Baranof Island to begin a new life where we had no friends or relatives.
Sounds good to us.
Stay tuned for our next installment.
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