Moving. Again.

So. We're moving. Again. My mom often says that I've made moving a hobby. I prefer to think of it as an art. Since I turned 21, I've moved...gimme 5 minutes I have to count...still counting...lost count have to start over...17 times. That's 1.42 moves a year folks!

Let me break it down -
5/1996 Home-->1st Apartment
9/1996 1st Apartment -->Home (yeah, I figured living with the 'rents was better than paying rent!)
11/1997 Home --> 2nd Apartment (apparently I forgot the lessons I learned the 1st time!)
2/1998 2nd Apartment --> Home (but quickly learned)
4/1999 Home --> Farmville, VA lil Apartment (COLLEGE!)
10/1999 Lil Apt --> Bigger apartment
5/2000 Bigger Apt --> Farmville House
5/2001 Farmville House --> 2nd set of 'rents (temporary stay - but I still had stuff to move)
7/2001 2nd Set of 'rents --> Apartment with future roommates (again temporary but still there's stuff)
10/2001 Apartment --> Ghetto House (hey! I stayed here for 2 years!!!)
3/2004 Ghetto House --> Raleigh, NC house
6/2004 Raleigh, NC House --> Raleigh, NC apartment
4/2005 Raleigh, NC apt --> B.F.F'S 'rents (while waiting for her to close on her house)
7/2005 B.F.F.'s 'rents --> B.F.F's house
4/2006 BFF's house --> 2nd Set of 'rents (again)
4/2007 2nd Set of 'rents --> Hubby's house (wee!! I got married!!!)
12/2007 Hubby's House --> our "new" house
9/2008 Our "New" House --> Our New "New" House

I am an expert at moving with a U-Haul, Mini-Van, Pickup Truck, or in one case, my Saturn SC1 (for those of you not in the know - a LIL BIDDY car with fold down seats :)

I have accumulated enough "stuff" to deck out a 3 bedroom house, and have gotten rid of enough stuff that allowed me to move back from NC with 1 trip of my Saturn and my dads Jeep. Hey, it was a 3rd floor apartment, and I didn't want to lug furniture back down them steps. Clothes, Pillows and Blankets went over the balcony >grin<

I look at each move as an adventure. New lay of the land. But why this time you ask?? You just finished painting your (rental) house?!?!!!

Over the weekend I will post pics to help me explain. But I will try here. My house is directly across the street from Goodwill. Now, Goodwill is not the problem. Those dropping off their treasures are. They have a bell to signal whenever someone pulls up to unload their wares. Did you know that people ACTUALLY drop off at Goodwill in the middle of the night?!? Are they so embarrassed about the condition of their stuff they can't face the Goodwill worker-bees? So invaribly, I am woken up by the dinging of the bell. Also, Saturday's - good luck trying to get some quiet. Traffic is non-stop as all of the Tri-Cities lines up to give their yearly (monthly? weekly? daily) donation to the wonderland that is Goodwill. My 5 year old is not allowed out the front door w/o us out there with her because of this!

So - my landlord calls me and says "I'm moving - want to look at my house". I respond "WE'LL TAKE IT!!!!!!"!!!!!! "But yeah, we can look at it."

Anyone wanna help us move??? LOL