neighborhood school has been no help to mac. Our hood is kinda weird in that there are so many recent immigrants that just flat out do not associate outside of family or culture groups. Even mac's best friend, who has two working parents (not the norm) and goes to afterschool with him (also not the norm), they don't let him go on playdates except with friends of the family. The people I see myself being friends with all have kids pre-school age or younger. Even the family in our building that we have started having playdates with even though their son is 2 years younger than mac, they are already talking of moving. People move to the outer burbs around schoolage and I cannot do NYC burbs.
You turned evil a lot faster than I thought you would.
Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Mar 15, 2009 3:21:44 pm PDT #10812 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
sarameg - Mar 15, 2009 3:23:08 pm PDT #10813 of 30000
If Liese and msbelle ever coordinated a move, it would be a seamless assembly line. They'd probably end up with satellite tracking of the individual boxes in realtime.
I probably should get some rubbermaids for the linens and such, because they may be living in them for a while, and if it is the basement... Ditto some kitchen stuff, depending on how much I can stuff into the cabinets. And some books I don't have enough shelves for.
I keep getting into involved conversations about this place, but in the back of my head, I'm afraid it isn't going to happen.
Jesse - Mar 15, 2009 3:24:49 pm PDT #10814 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wardrobe boxes are the most awesome thing ever.
Stephanie - Mar 15, 2009 3:33:39 pm PDT #10815 of 30000
Trust my rage
I have a whole moving system. Basically, the entirehouse must be super organized first. This is really important for the other end. Then, I let the movers label but I go back and color code each room. Then, on the other end, I put signs on each room designating where the colors go along with major pieces of furniture.
I try to get rid of asmuch as possible before each move. That helps a lot too
aurelia - Mar 15, 2009 3:42:12 pm PDT #10816 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
[link] After the first minute it turns in to something that I just can't describe.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 15, 2009 3:44:00 pm PDT #10817 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I drew up an architectural floorplan of the new apartment with all the major dimensions measured and furniture/storage box placement mapped out in advance. [link]
(Pity it didn't occur to me that front door height would be an issue for my sofa given the narrow entry hallway...)
msbelle - Mar 15, 2009 3:59:39 pm PDT #10818 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Mac just asked me the toughest question, "what do you like more baby pigs or monkeys"? Too hard!
sarameg - Mar 15, 2009 4:02:03 pm PDT #10819 of 30000
Matt, what did you use (software) to draw that up? I'm a frustrated sketcher and...
I won't use it so much for placement because I HAVE NO IDEA. I know what I want in what rooms/floors, but beyond that, I'm going to be doing a lot of shoving because..I HAVE NO IDEA.
Tom Scola - Mar 15, 2009 4:08:57 pm PDT #10820 of 30000
hwæt
Theodosia - Mar 15, 2009 4:13:58 pm PDT #10821 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
aurelia's link should not be looked at if you're super-tired enough to think you might be hallucinating. Srsly.