Garage sale, Saturday 4/3

I have a huge box, a storage bin, a couple of small boxes, and a bag full of stuff to sell on Saturday. I'm selling a lot of clothes I no longer wear, some books, CDs and DVDs, and some other things. I'm hoping to get at least $100, which I will then use to open my Chase Bank account. I can't wait!

It's a little over a week and a half until Anne goes to New Orleans. She promised to keep in touch while she's there. Can't wait to hear what she thinks about it! Hopefully the roads won't be a big problem... that's really the only concern I have about making the trip. But once I'm there, I'll be there for at least the next four years, I think, so aside from a few trips back to see family and stuff, it shouldn't be a problem.

I'm tentatively planning a trip to Chicago to see Anne in late May for my birthday. As much as I'd love to see the boys in Vegas that night, there's no way I can afford it. Too bad. It would be nice to go see them again. But I think they'll be in Atlanta in August (I think that's what she told me), so maybe I can see them then. That would be really cool.

Update

Three weeks until Anne goes to New Orleans to see Styx and check out the city. I had my cell phone, internet, cable, and landline disconnected to save money for the move. I'll need at least $700 to move... $400 for the truck rental, $150 to pay my driver, and $150 for gas and food along the way. I can save up that much in three months. I'm going to have my "get the fuck out of Texas" sale next month, so that'll help a lot. Most of my furniture will be coming with me... my bed, desk, rolling storage carts, entertainment center, TV, DVD player, etc... so I won't need to buy much when I get there.

I'm glad I'm sorting things out now, so I won't have to worry about it closer to time to go. I don't know if I can wait three months, though... I am not a patient person. It so needs to be July NOW. lol I got most of the stuff out of my closet, now I just need to fold and pack all the clothes I don't need to wear anymore. Jeans, sweaters, jackets, all that kind of stuff. I have four or five storage totes packed with shorts and T-shirts that I can swap out. I need to go through those sometime this week to see what else I have in there. Hopefully some things I can sell. Right now all I have are some clothes and an a few DVDs and some books. I need to find out from Anne if I'll need to bring dishes and pots and pans with me, or if we'll have enough with what she and Jonathan will have. (I'm just assuming for the moment that we will end up in New Orleans.)

I wish I could go see Styx next month and see the city. That would be so cool. But Anne promised me that she'd send me lots of pix, so I'll know what kind of places she's looking at. I hope she can get some interior shots of houses... I want to know what they look like inside as well as outside. Especially the old houses. She says she wants to live someplace that was built in the 30s or before (preferably long before). I personally don't care where we live, although being in a 100-year-old home is very appealing. The architecture of those places is so beautiful, and so are the interiors. I've seen some pictures of old Victorian homes, and I love them. My favorite style of architecture is called Carpenter Gothic (I call them gingerbread houses). I don't know if there are any of those in New Orleans or not.

Well, I've gotta go right now. It's just been awhile since I updated, so I thought I'd write something. I'll keep y'all posted on how things are going.

New Orleans or Chicago?

Spent a few hours IMing with Anne last night, and as of right now it's a toss-up between going to New Orleans or staying in Chicago. I really want to go to New Orleans (even though I grew up in Oklahoma and was used to cold snowy winters up there, I've lived in Texas so long, I'm not sure how I'd adjust to those freezing Chicago winters). And besides, living in New Orleans seems a lot more romantic somehow. lol

Well, whatever the case, we probably won't make a final decision until June or July. I'm still planning on having a garage sale next month to sell off most of my stuff (books,CDs, a few DVDs, etc.), so if any of y'all are in East Dallas, stop on by! :-)

Will keep on updating as I can...

Will have a lot of nice stuff for my new place! :-)

Without knowing it, my housekeeper is helping me get a lot of stuff for when I move to New Orleans. (I haven't told her I'm moving yet. She'll be crushed. I'm good to work for... :-)) I have some curtains, two new mattresses, some pretty pillows, and I'll probably have a new microwave soon.

I'm thinking about what I want to take with me and what I can live without. I can take three carry-ons and three checked bags on Amtrak, according to Anne (who takes the train everywhere, so she should know... *g*) Of course, my bed, desk, and other pieces will be too big to take on the train, so I'll have to rent a U-Haul and drive back to Dallas to pick them up.

I still haven't told my family I'm moving. I've sort of decided to just slip away into the night and maybe call them from N.O. (just to avoid having them try and talk me out of doing this crazy thing. lol My brother Pat, especially, is a little bit overprotective, so he'll raise the biggest fuss over it.)

I'm also trying to get on SSDI so I can have some more money. I'm supposed to be getting food stamps sometime soon (hope it's more than ten fucking dollars a month, which is how much they wanted to give me last time I applied... but then, I didn't have a lot of bills to pay back then, either.) Those two things should help me.

Well, need to go look at my stuff some more. Will update as I find out more about where I'll be. Anne's going to see Styx in New Orleans next month, and will do some house-hounting as well. She said she'll take some pix and send them to me. I can't wait! I'd like to see how they've done with rebuilding the city. I hope they've at least been able to partly restore any of the old homes and businesses that have been there for like a couple of centuries.

May be headed to New Orleans soon...

If I can't find a job by June, then I'm gonna move to New Orleans with Anne and Jonathan. They're both going to be starting school there soon, and maybe I can find some kind of work. They'll only be there for about four years, which will give me enough time to settle into the city, so why not?

Besides, New Orleans isn't all that far from Dallas, so I can come back and visit if I want to. I'm thinking about meeting up with Anne and Jonathan in Chicago when they get ready to leave, and coming back down with them. It should be fun. Traveling is always more fun with friends, right? :-)

Will post updates as soon as they find housing and decide when they're leaving...