More Lessons from the move.

We have been moving our household effects from Paradise to Middleton for a week. In between, we have made multiple trips to Valley Waste Resource Management in Lawrencetown. We have changed our mailing address from Lawrencetown to Middleton.

We have learned the importance of cell phones in the movement of household items between houses, and the need to keep in contact.

Perhaps the biggest lesson has been the changing of banks. This includes movement of pensions and interactions with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

After a week working closely with Heather and Andrew we realize that moving books, outdoor equipment, furniture etc at the same time as our financial affairs creates considerable strain. Besides rediscovering personal effects from twenty four years in the same place.

Initial reaction is confusion. Items are no longer in familiar places. New rooms contain a mixture of furniture. Some items will take a few weeks to be rediscovered.

We had our first visitors to the new house. Tim and Judy Easley came from Fredericton. We were able to remember good times working together at Sir Sandford Fleming College at the Frost campus in Lindsay. Plus enjoy lunch at the Green Elephant cafe in Kingston.

Today, we had some reaffirmation of our decision. In ten minutes, we could walk to the Middleton hospital for a blood work appointment. Stopping on the way home we checked our mail and purchased a few grocery items. My knees much appreciated the exercise.

Acknowledgements

I want to acknowledge the contribution of our son, Andrew. Besides the heavy lifting, he was able to bring next generation logic to a lifetime of collection and clutter.

We often slipped into emotional attachment to old technology and past interests. This includes records, CDs and IT equipment. He helped us identify our E-waste.

Until the house is sold, we can enjoy the luxury of two houses and reap the harvest from our fruit bushes e.g. blueberries, red currants and gooseberries plus this years planting of lettuce, broccoli, runner beans and tomatoes.

Finally, I can still enjoy the clandestine pleasure of the ‘ride-on’ lawn mower to cut the grass at the ‘old’ house.

Contact information

Bob Maher and Heather Stewart

46, Connaught Avenue, Middleton, Nova Scotia. B0S 1P0

Box 255

Home phone: 902-825-8175

Cell. Bob 902-825-7012. Heather 902-825-7406