Almost there!

So tomorrow the packers will come to the Fair Oaks house, whether we are ready or not!  We are still doing some final sorting in the garage and shed.  Dara spent the day here on Saturday and she was a big help, going through there with Gordon. She is way more ruthless about not keeping things than me. As Gordon said, I use reason, but she uses contempt.  Our friends Sean and Jenny are here today for last minute packing and exterior projects. If we don't get it all done, we will be calling it good enough.

A new phenomenem has started. We live on a quiet street, not much traffic passing by.  In past homes, when we've left things on the sidewalk, somebody would come by and take them.  Especially in Berkeley.  Things didn't last five minutes there.  But not on this quiet street, so most things we've wanted to give away, I've either free cycled them or taken them to the thrift store. But a few days ago, Gordon brought some things up to Fair Oaks from our Hercules house.  We are having a big trash pick up day in a week, so we plan to put these things in it. So we simply stacked it in the front yard (even though you're not supposed to do that) to wait for the big pick up. Well, the next morning, a bathroom cabinet, light fixture and ironing board were gone!  Now it's gotten to the point that when we put something out, there's a good chance it'll be gone in a couple of hours. Sometimes we've seen cars pull up and take things, and we've spoken to a couple from down the street. They just inherited the home from his father, and they are sort of looking for anything they can find to furnish it.  It's good for us and it's good for them, so we like it. 

Speaking of the Hercules house, it is done!  It will be listed in the next couple of days, and there will be an open house is weekend. At last.