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best laid plans or some such crap…

You know how you plan and plan and then when the time comes for those plans to actually be implemented, something happens to turn your life upside down? Yeah, that was our October. Everything was in place for me to leave NC with our kitties at the first of November and then Stephen was in an accident while traveling for work. Thankfully he is now fine and back to work but it was very scary for a while.

Things are now back on track (keeping my fingers crossed though!) and I will be leaving in a couple of weeks. Until then, the kitties are chillin’ out and not in the least bit stressed about their upcoming trip. I think I need to learn a lesson from them!

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logistics

Moving anywhere is a pain in the ass but moving cross-country has its own special challenges. When we live in a home and accumulate all the “stuff” we don’t realize how much we have until it is time for it to be moved.

We chose the ABF U-Pack service to get the bulk of our belongings to Montana. This is not the cheapest option but it was about half of what full-service movers would have charged us. The concept is simple – they drop off a 27′ trailer, you load it over three business days, then they pick it up and drive it to the destination location. This is our second trailer – the first was almost two years ago. I’m happy to say that it is the last one too. This was the last of our big/heavy items. The last little remaining items will either fit in the last vehicles that have to go or it will not be going at all. I’m very excited that the last phase of moving is underway and will be over very soon. And I am super thankful that we will have help unloading on the other end!

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